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How do you pronounce Què és allò?
A careful Central Catalan pronunciation is roughly keh ez ah-YOH?
In IPA, a common pronunciation is /ˈkɛ ˈez əˈʎɔ/.
A few notes:
- què sounds like keh, with an open e
- és sounds like ez
- allò has the ll sound typical of Catalan, often like the lli in some pronunciations of million, though this varies by accent
- the stress in allò falls on the last syllable because of the accent: allÒ
Depending on dialect, the exact sounds can vary a bit.
Why is there an accent in què?
The accent in què helps distinguish it from que, which is a very common word meaning things like that, which, or than, depending on context.
So:
- què = what
- que = usually that/which or a linking word
The accent also shows that the vowel is stressed.
Why is the word order Què és allò? instead of something more like What that is?