Buna, dragi prieteni!
Although I do not have too much exposition to spoken Romanian, I do have the impression that, sometimes, the two consonants -gn- (as, for example, in răstigni) might be pronounced in a similar way to French or Italian -gn-, or Brazilian -nh-, or Spanish -ñ-. I would say, not so much soft as these sounds, but not having the -g- and -n- clearly pronounced. Basically, my impression is that the g suffers some palatalization from the proximity with the n, and this sounds closer to French -gn- in soigneur than to a hard gutural g, clearly distinct from the dental n, both articulated in opposed regions of the tongue.
Since Romanian spelling is consistently very phonetic - the more phonetic I ever knew - I wonder if:
1) Is this impression true at all?
2) If true, is such pronunciation considered standard, or correct? Or a hard pronunciation would be the standard?
3) Or is it rather a matter of some dialect, local accent, or idiolect (that is, some personal odd accent it happened I have had some exposition to?)
Thanks to all, mulţumesc!
Although I do not have too much exposition to spoken Romanian, I do have the impression that, sometimes, the two consonants -gn- (as, for example, in răstigni) might be pronounced in a similar way to French or Italian -gn-, or Brazilian -nh-, or Spanish -ñ-. I would say, not so much soft as these sounds, but not having the -g- and -n- clearly pronounced. Basically, my impression is that the g suffers some palatalization from the proximity with the n, and this sounds closer to French -gn- in soigneur than to a hard gutural g, clearly distinct from the dental n, both articulated in opposed regions of the tongue.
Since Romanian spelling is consistently very phonetic - the more phonetic I ever knew - I wonder if:
1) Is this impression true at all?
2) If true, is such pronunciation considered standard, or correct? Or a hard pronunciation would be the standard?
3) Or is it rather a matter of some dialect, local accent, or idiolect (that is, some personal odd accent it happened I have had some exposition to?)
Thanks to all, mulţumesc!