I'm a bit confused.....I have always heard her name pronounced as kō ma ni chi (with ni having a short e sound as in "each" and Chi having a short e sound as in "each")
In Romanian we have a lot of words/names that end with “i” but it’s slightly deceiving bc it’s not meant to be a hard “ee” sound always - in Comăneci’s case it’s mostly just there to create the “ch” sound with the “c” that comes before it (same with David Popovici’s name)
She was born in Csangoland , Moldova and his real name was Kemenesi . His profesors was hungarian , Marta and Bela Karolyi . Cum a fost romanizata cu forta populatia din centrul Moldovei ! ruclips.net/video/JazRNjGmZwo/видео.html
One of the highlights from the 1976 Montreal Olympics
Great content on NC the legend. TQ
I'm a bit confused.....I have always heard her name pronounced as kō ma ni chi (with ni having a short e sound as in "each" and Chi having a short e sound as in "each")
Maybe we were saying it incorrectly all along 🤷🏾♀️
In Romanian we have a lot of words/names that end with “i” but it’s slightly deceiving bc it’s not meant to be a hard “ee” sound always - in Comăneci’s case it’s mostly just there to create the “ch” sound with the “c” that comes before it (same with David Popovici’s name)
She was born in Russia. His profesors ware russian.
You’re probably thinking of someone else!
She was born in Csangoland , Moldova and his real name was Kemenesi . His profesors was hungarian , Marta and Bela Karolyi . Cum a fost romanizata cu forta populatia din centrul Moldovei ! ruclips.net/video/JazRNjGmZwo/видео.html