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pronunciation

/pɹəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/, /pɹə''ʊ''ˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən/, /pɹəˌnaʊnsiˈeɪʃən/ naamwoord

(countable) The standard way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.

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ukubiza

The way words are made to sound when spoken.

A person can learn correct pronunciation only by learning the Korean alphabet.
Ekuphela kwendlela yokufunda ukubiza amagama ngokuchanileyo kukwazi oonobumba besiKorea.

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Groups of Masoretes in Babylon and Israel invented signs to be placed around the consonants to indicate accents and proper pronunciation of vowels.
Amaqela amaMasorete eBhabhiloni nakwaSirayeli asungula imiqondiso eyayibhalwa ijikeleze oonobumba bamaqabane ukubonisa indlela yokuthetha nobizo-magama olululo lwezikhamiso.

When all three syllables are pronounced in a low tone, the word means “puddle or marsh”; a low-low-high pronunciation of the syllables means “promise”; a low-high-high intonation means “poison.”
Xa aba nobumba bathathu bebizwa ngemvakalo-zwi ephantsi, eli gama lithetha “udaka okanye umgxobhozo”; xa ababini bebizwa ngemvakalo-zwi ephantsi omnye ebizwa ngephakamileyo lithetha “idinga”; xa omnye ebizwa ngemvakalo-zwi ephantsi ababini bebizwa ngephakamileyo lithetha “ityhefu.”

Then there will be just one pronunciation of that holy name by everybody on earth.
Ngelo xesha iya kuba nye kuphela indlela yokubizwa kwelo gama lingcwele ngumntu wonke emhlabeni.

If one takes into account personal names that include the divine name, such as the Hebrew name of the prophet Elijah (Eliyahou) the pronunciation might just as well be Yaho or Yahou.”
Ukuba ubani uthi akhangele kumagama abantu anegama likaThixo, njengegama lesiHebhere lomprofeti uEliya (Eliyahou) ukubizwa kweli gama kusenokuba nguYaho okanye nguYahou.”

A footnote on Exodus 6:3 in the Catholic Douay Version says regarding God’s name: “Some moderns have framed the name of Jehovah . . . , for the true pronunciation of the name [of God], which is in the Hebrew text, by long disuse is now quite lost.”
Umbhalo osemazantsi we-Eksodus 6:3 kwiDouay Version yamaKatolika uthi ngokuphathelele igama likaThixo: “Bambi abantu banamhlanje baye balitshintsha igama likaYehova . . . , ngenxa yokuba eyona ndlela yokulibiza igama [likaThixo], elikumbhalo wesiHebhere, ngoku ayaziwa ngenxa yokungasetyenziswa kwalo kangangexesha elide.”

In “that day” of Jehovah’s Kingdom by the “Prince of Peace,” God will reveal the exact pronunciation of his name.
“Ngaloo mini” yoBukumkani bukaYehova obulawulwa ‘nguMthetheli Woxolo,’ uThixo uya kutyhila indlela yokubizwa ngokuchanileyo kwegama lakhe.

Must we stop using the name of Jesus because most of us, or even all of us, do not really know its original pronunciation?
Ngaba simele sikuyeke ukulisebenzisa igama likaYesu kuba uninzi lwethu, okanye thina sisonke, singazi ngokwenene indlela elalibizwa ngayo ntlandlolo?

It may take some time before they understand everything you say, but you can kindly help them with their pronunciation.
Kunokubathatha ixesha ukuqonda yonk’ into oyithethayo, kodwa unokubanceda ngobubele bawabize kakuhle amagama.

A two-syllable pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton as “Yahweh” would not allow for the o vowel sound to exist as part of God’s name.
Ukubiza iTetragrammaton ngokuthi “Yahweh” onamalungu amabini bekungayi kuvumela isikhamiso esingu-o ukuba sibe yinxalenye yegama likaThixo.

These are forms that have been suggested by modern scholars trying to deduce the original pronunciation of God’s name.
Ezi ziindlela eziye zacetyiswa ngabaphengululi bakutshanje bezama ukufumana indlela igama likaThixo elalibizwa ngayo ntlandlolo.

With regard to pronunciation, there are some pitfalls to avoid.
Kumba wobizo-magama, kukho imigibe efanele iphetshwe.

Pronunciation of Chinese Words
Ukuphinyiselwa Kwamagama EsiTshayina

So whether the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton becomes Yahweh or Jehovah depends on which vowels the reader supplies to the four consonants.
Ngoko enoba le Tetragrammaton ibizwa ngokuba nguYahweh okanye uYehova kuxhomekeka ukuba umfundi ufaka ziphi izikhamiso kula maqabane mane.

In order to ensure that the pronunciation of the Hebrew language as a whole would not be lost, Jewish scholars of the second half of the first millennium C.E. invented a system of points to represent the missing vowels, and they placed these around the consonants in the Hebrew Bible.
Ukwenzela ukuqinisekisa ukuba ukubizwa kwamagama olwimi lwesiHebhere luphela kwakungayi kulahleka, abaphengululi bamaYuda besiqingatha sesibini sewaka leminyaka lokuqala Kwixesha Eliqhelekileyo bayila inkqubo yokubhala amachaphaza amela izikhamiso ezingekhoyo, yaye bawabeka la machaphaza angqonga amaqabane kwiBhayibhile yesiHebhere.

Many who have a problem with pronunciation are not aware of it.
Uninzi lwabantu abanengxaki yobizo-magama aluyazi into yokuba lunayo.

* The result has been that, over the last 2,000 years, the correct pronunciation has been lost.
* Umphumo ube kukuba, kwiminyaka engama-2 000 edluleyo, kuye kwaphulukwana nendlela echanileyo yokulibiza.

The teaching ability of individual Witnesses was enhanced as they listened regularly to God’s Word and took note of the pronunciation of Bible names and the manner in which passages of Scripture were read.
Ubuchule bokufundisa beNgqina ngalinye bakhuliswa njengoko ayephulaphula rhoqo iLizwi likaThixo aze aphawule ukubizwa kwamagama eBhayibhile nendlela iindinyana zeziBhalo ezazifundwa ngayo.

Actually, other scholars have cited reasons for not using this pronunciation.
Abanye abaphengululi baye bachaza izizathu zokuba bangayisebenzisi le ndlela.

Jesus used God’s name, Jehovah, in his ministry and demonstrated a correct pronunciation of it, but he did more than that to make God’s name manifest to his apostles.
UYesu wasebenzisa igama likaThixo, uYehova, kubulungiseleli bakhe waza wafundisa indlela elungileyo yokubizwa kwalo, kodwa wenza okungakumbi kunoko ukuze abonakalise igama likaThixo kubapostile bakhe.

The truth is, many translators have not felt that the name, with its modern pronunciation, is out of place in the Bible.
Inyaniso yeyokuba, abaguquleli abaninzi abakhange babe nemvo yokuba eli gama, kunye nendlela elibizwa ngayo kwezi mini, alinandawo eBhayibhileni.

But he had not mastered the difficult pronunciation of mo’a, so he had been saying “chicken spirit.”
Kodwa wayesoyiswa kukubiza igama elinzima elithi mo’a, ngoko lonk’ ixesh’ eli wayesithi “umoya wenkuku.”

* A comparative study of these manuscripts shows that Aaron developed rules on certain minor points of pronunciation and notation that differed from those of his father, Moses.
* Ukufunda ngokuthelekisa le mibhalo-ngqangi kubonisa ukuba uAaron wavelisa imithetho engeengongoma ezithile ezincinane zobizo-magama nobhalo eyathi yahluka kuleyo kayise, uMoses.

Why, then, is the original pronunciation of that name uncertain today?
Kutheni singaqinisekanga ngendlela elalibizwa ngayo eli gama namhlanje?

A second way that pronunciation can be improved is by reading to someone else —someone who pronounces words well— and asking him to correct your mistakes.
Indlela yesibini onokuluphucula ngayo ubizo-magama lwakho kukulesa phambi komnye umntu—umntu owabiza kakuhle amagama—uze umcele ukuba akulungise apho uphazame khona.

Nevertheless, in the introduction to his recent translation of The Five Books of Moses, Everett Fox points out: “Both old and new attempts to recover the ‘correct’ pronunciation of the Hebrew name [of God] have not succeeded; neither the sometimes-heard ‘Jehovah’ nor the standard scholarly ‘Yahweh’ can be conclusively proven.”
Noko ke, kwintshayelelo yenguqulelo yakhe yakutshanje yeThe Five Books of Moses, uEverett Fox uthi: “Imigudu yamandulo neyakutshanje yokufumana indlela ‘echanileyo’ yokubiza igama lesiHebhere [likaThixo] iwe phantsi; akuqinisekwanga ncam ngegama esilivayo maxa wambi elithi ‘Yehova’ nelithi ‘Yahweh’ elithandwa ngabaphengululi.”