Pronounciation of 'vlcak'
 

Please excuse my ignorance, but I would really appreciate it if someone could write out phonetically how I should pronounce 'vlcak'.

Thanks!

Uuuh, great! Yes, I would appreciate it too, thank you!

Thank you! 'vlchak' it is then!

So many different answers, even the "best" has just two votes.

So, it's like vul-chuck? (With a short u)?

This is one questions I haven't been able to find an answer.

TY Pavel. With that accent I expected to hear "Your papers" next. :)

So the syllables would rhyme with "bull" "chalk"?

Will that be up for a while? Can I link it from my site?

"VL" like in second part of word "level", "Č" like in word "czech", "Á" like in "shark", but long, "K" like in "kilo".
:wolf

I was curious if I may link it to my site also :) thanx!

Czechoslovakian wolfdog.

Easy peasy.

But Google translator can read this word and you can hear it.
czech- československý vlčák
slovak- československý vlčiak

IPA transcription
 

If you're familiar with the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet), československý vlčák would be:

/ tʃ e s k o s l o v e ŋ ʈs k iː/ /v l ʈʃ aː k/



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you can use CSV 8)

Oh but Hanka, it's so important to remember to have either Czech or Slovak selected as the language - and also to have the symbols above the letters...:)

I went to try "vlcak" (no symbols), and had the language selected on Dutch (from the last time I translated) - and instead it sounded more like "foo-cock", and with English - "Vul-cack"...and with Korean, "veal-shaky"...:jumpie (to my native American English ears, anyway!)

Thanks Blitzen for this really interesting post :) I really think we all need to practice :p

Actually it’s easier to pronounce it when you speak French ;)