youronlyone Mod , 27 days ago

#LearningFilipino #MatutoMagFilipino

Two of the members of the new K-pop "idol" group, UNIS / U&iS, are pure Filipino, they are "Elisia" and Gehlee.

But how do you pronounce their names?

If you write their names in Hangul, you can get the pronunciation correctly.

• Elisia = 엘리시아 = e·li·si·a = eh-lee-si-ah (not e-lai-sha)
• Gehlee = 젤리 = je·li = je-lee (sounds like jelly)

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P.S. Happy Birthday Elisia!

Or, in Filipino, Maligayang Kaarawan Elisia!

• Maligaya (ma-lee-ga-ya) = happy
• Kaarawan (ka-ah-ra-wan) = birthday, anniversary

"Maligayang kaarawan", when used in context to refer to a single person, is generally understood as "happy birthday".

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