Question by Roxasbhk: How do you pronounce Prokofiev?
I was wondering how you say Sergei prokofiev’s last name… Prokofiev.
It’s very strange looking and I can’t figure out for the life of me!
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Answer by [email protected]
Without being there to tell you myself here is the closest approximation I can give: pro-KOF-ee-YEV.
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What do you think?
Michael J. Cummings says
Prokofiev is pronounced as follows:
Pruh KOFF e ef
Dios es amor says
I know it is strange, but it is not really so difficult.
In Russian, the final V sounds like a FFF. That's why, some time ago, these names were spelt in the Latin alphabet as
Prokofieff
yuliyasa2003 says
here it is
Pruh-coffee-ef
good luck
Fr.Al says
Pro cough FEE ev.
yahoohoo says
Pruh-COFFEE-ehf.
Two other acceptable ways are
Pro-KOHFF-yeff
Pro-KOHFF-ee-yev
bryan_q says
pronounce it the way it's spelt.