When I've read it I've always said "reeva." But I was watching a youtube video where I heard a guy pronounce it "r'eye'va" with an "i" instead of "e" sound. Does it matter?
How do you pronounce Riva?
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People have no concept of phonetics. It's ree-vah. English is the only western language where the i can have an "eye" sound, and English pronunciation rules in general are a mess. English must be a nightmare to learn, we break all our own rules of grammar and pronunciation.
In European languages i is almost always long e when it is the vowel the accent is on. E is generally a long a sound in European languages when the accent is on the e. Enough linguistics.
In European languages i is almost always long e when it is the vowel the accent is on. E is generally a long a sound in European languages when the accent is on the e. Enough linguistics.
Humm... I went to a speaking dictionary but couldn't find the word "Riva", but I did find "rivage" [riv'-ij] (has a mix of 'a' and 'e' sound as in 'river'), "rival" [rì´vel] (has a distinctive 'i' sound) and "rive" [riv] (also with a distinctive 'i' sound).
Could not find any word that had a distinctive 'e' sound, so, maybe the correct pronunciation is
"R 'eye' va" or "R 'a+e' va" as in the southern pronunciation of "River", ie, "Riv 'ah'".
Could not find any word that had a distinctive 'e' sound, so, maybe the correct pronunciation is
"R 'eye' va" or "R 'a+e' va" as in the southern pronunciation of "River", ie, "Riv 'ah'".
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I'm just going to call it ree vah. It makes the most sense to me. Sounds like a ladies name.
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