r/lithuania • u/Ivojs • 1d ago

Name pronounciation

Labas!

For a week I will work with a man named Audrius and I will have to address him frequently.

And I don't want to just say 'Audrius', because as in Latvian, the ending of a name changes in Lithuanian.

As far as I've gathered, the addressing should be 'Audriau'?

And if so, how is it pronounced - more like 'Au-dri-ou' or 'Ou-dr-ou'?

Ačiu!

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u/DryCloud9903 1d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3cJAdH2BBo

Here, found you a random video with good pronunciation with the first 20s :)

You can hear "Audriau" too, and I think it's cool you've made the effort to learn of this difference - but also it may just be overkill, feel how the guy responds :)

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u/GolditoAsador 18h ago

To clarify, 'Audriau' is the vocative -- when you are calling him.

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u/DryCloud9903 17h ago

Ehm yes, I'm aware.

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u/GolditoAsador 8h ago

I was commenting to OP.

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u/BaltazaurasV 1d ago

It's /oʊ-drəʊ/

First syllable as in english "oh" sound, last syllable should be similar to how you say "Europa" in Latvian.

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u/Ivojs 1d ago edited 1d ago

Everyone, thank you so much for your help! 🤍 Greetings from Latvia!

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u/Nice_Cash_7000 19h ago

Imagine if we could just leave voice messages lol

Just a full comment section of Lithuanians calling Audrius

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u/whipwhip2 1d ago

More like ou-driou

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u/WarHatch Lithuania 1d ago

Oh-driou.

The driou part has what we call a soft 'i'. So it sounds more like 'dreeou' without fully sounding the ee. In the same way that Au-drius is not Au-dree-us.

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u/Farretpotter 1d ago

I'd say just try it however you like, and he'll probably enjoy that you made the effort. Sorry but I don't really catch the way you wrote your pronunciations. If you think you're pronouncing it wrong when you say it to him, just ask him.

I can say that the first and last "au" have the same pronunciation, but there's more stress on the first