Manalo pronunciation?
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MAH, NAH, lo. Like you would pronounce do re do except you sub them with ma na lo.
In Tagalog a word can only be pronounced four ways.
Slow, no emphasis.
Slow with an empasis on the last syllable ending with a vowel.
Fast, and fast with an emphasis.
There are no silent letters in Tagalog. Each letter is pronounced.
In Tagalog a word can only be pronounced four ways.
Slow, no emphasis.
Slow with an empasis on the last syllable ending with a vowel.
Fast, and fast with an emphasis.
There are no silent letters in Tagalog. Each letter is pronounced.
I actually personally asked him this a day or two ago. 
It sounded almost like JoeyInCali said, except I heard this difference (when I made him say it twice). The first syllable sounded like man. Just like you think man is pronounced. The second NA syllable had the same vowel sound as man. So I wouldn't say it was MAHN like Joey wrote, but MAN. There was a slight emphasis on the second syllable. The fellow I was with when I asked him said - Oh, the Spanish pronunciation. I'm not sure what that means.
It sounded almost like JoeyInCali said, except I heard this difference (when I made him say it twice). The first syllable sounded like man. Just like you think man is pronounced. The second NA syllable had the same vowel sound as man. So I wouldn't say it was MAHN like Joey wrote, but MAN. There was a slight emphasis on the second syllable. The fellow I was with when I asked him said - Oh, the Spanish pronunciation. I'm not sure what that means.
I think if you say it fast, it is more like Muh Naw' Low.
The Spanish, Filipino and Japanese all have the same pronounciations of their vowels. A as in Ah, O as in OH, U as in OOO, I as EE, E as in Eh. If these vowels will be pronouced like in English, then it will totally sound very different. Manalo will be May-nay-low.
Actually, I would suspect Americans to pronounce Manalo to sound very much like (Barry) "Manilow". Hehe...Oh Mandy!parvus1202 said:
I think the best way to get the proper pronunciation is to take "mono" exactly the way it sounds from the word (or game) "monopoly", and just stick "low" at the end, and stress the second syllable.