Very cool and fun video. Growing up, my best friend was part Arab (dad was from Iraq) and he had family from Qatar and Jordan. I used to love the way his dad said "Burger King" and "Whopper". I am good with accents and he used to get a kick out of asking me to impersonate the way he pronounced things. Fun note: His favorite insult was "Stupid dummy".
Funny thing is I was telling my class about how I’m moving to Qatar and that locals pronounce it similar to guitar. One kid calls out and says they must have lots of guitars there. Now they’re all convinced the country is full of guitars 🤦♂️
That last bit is super important. Japan & China are not the names their inhabitants use, but it's the American word for them. It's good to diversify, but also good to study why & how languages get isolated & come up with their own words.
@@reknakfarg7252 These words are not created from American English, but it's the words Americans use, to be specific. Americans don't say Nihon or Zhanghua.
Just got back from Qatar bro and this is the best explanation I've found. I exclusive referred to Qatar as "this beautiful country" which worked out fine 😅
Man, I love your attitude and your way of explaining your native language to those of us who have no clue. Thank you for clarifying this pronunciation conundrum! May peace be with you!
I'm working on a deposition, and since the question of pronunciation has come up so many times, I Googled, and you're what I got. Glad I got you! You're hilarious, snarky without resorting to foul language, and efficiently informative. Muchísimas!
Thank you! Here in Canada, when I first heard it in the news, they were saying kaTAR. Then we didn't hear about it for a while, and when it was talked about again, everyone was calling it Cutter.
In the late 70's I had trouble making a phone call to Qatar. I had to teach the operator how to spell it because in English the rule is "U" after "Q". She was looking for QUATAR and was telling me there was no such country. After spelling Qatar for her three or four times she finally put my call through. How things have changed.
Thank you for this video. You are right, and right not just in one way but in many different ways. That's partly because there are different ways pronounce the name of this country even in Arabic as you point out. That loud mouth in the clip near the beginning shouting and then saying that it needs to be pronounced with an emphasis on the first syllable, but in his pronunciation he clearly emphasizes the second syllable is just priceless. Somebody who spends so much effort shouting that loudly has very little energy left over for actually thinking clearly. You did an excellent job though.
Wow, so my mum was pronouncing Qatar correctly the whole time. She says GI-tah, only reason is because in the Fijian language (we're Fijian) we pronounce our Qs like G's. Very interesting
In the past, I dated this guy that had a cousin he introduced me to, and I hung out with her several times. He pronounced her name as An-NO-Shaw. Later, some of his other relatives asked me if I knew one of their cousin whose name they pronounced as Oh-Knee-Sha. I said I didn't know her. One day, after hanging out with my boyfriend, his brothers, and this girl cousin, an uncle of theirs came by and he asked me if I met Oh-knee-sha yet. I said no. Then one of my boyfriend's brothers said: "What are you talking about? You've hung out with her all afternoon!" It wasn't until then, that it I finally realized that they were all talking about the same cousin, but they just had different ways of pronouncing her name. LOL
You Rock Mr Q! Moving to and living in the states with a name like Siobhan (pronounced Shivaughn) and though I do forgive everyone for getting it wrong, I very much appreciate the correct pronunciation of my name, which mostly only happens when I am in Ireland. Shukran Mr. Q!
Finding that people have trouble pronouncing your name is absolutely not something connected with moving to the USA. That would have happened if you had moved to Canada, Egypt, China, Paraguay, Monaco, or pretty much any country on Earth. It's a beautiful name, and I appreciate how you say that you don't get upset when people don't know how to pronounce it the way that you do. It's also important to point out that there are at least three different ways to pronounce it in Gaeilge. 😀
I am indian...but also Muslim, so i know how to read arabic(for quran), and the q sound in arabic is really strong...like squeezing your throat while saying q....
You are extremely charismatic! Great video! I thought to myself, "why is this video 4 minutes long? Just tell me how to say Qatar! But then I watched the whole video!
Thank you so much for this!!! I was told several pronunciations and they all felt wrong. Now I can talk about moving there to others and pronounce it correctly. After some practice of course 😅
Except that this notion of "pronouncing it correctly" is rather complicated. The local pronunciation is different from that in fuṣḥá, also called Modern Standard Arabic.
Oh thank god….finally someone who does a decent explanation on this issue! 🤩👍🏻 The ignorance of so many (and don’t get me started bcs those are usually the ones who go crazy when one false pronounces their country🤪)…the discussions I had about the importance to pronounce - when possible - things/names/places right … so…thanks for sharing & enlighten us! 🎉
the main issue is that the Arabic alphabet, while similar to the Latin alphabet in sounds, is not exactly similar, so letters are pronounced very slightly differently (then there are local differences in each country). In English also there's a tendency to have several sounds for consonants as in THe and THatcher (different sounds but written with same letters).
@@acasualviewer5861 For me at least…the main issue isnt about to try fix the right pronunciation and to sound similar…it actually is about those peeps who don’t even try to make the effort bcs they think it isn’t necessary (for various reasons) at all. But thanks a lot for the quick response & explanation…I really appreciate it. 😊 Have a good night.✨
If the choice is between "kah-tar" or "gua-tar" (i can't do the proper Q/K mixed sound), which do you prefer? Would you rather I just said "kah-tar", or do you prefer the G, even if the rest of the sounds don't come out like they would from a native arabic speaker?
Qataris will not get offended, we know it’s confusing that’s why we have the international friendly pronunciation kaatar (the same way Qatar airways pronounces it).
Loved this video. Very important with the World Cup coming up. Question though. In the proper pronunciation it appears that you "roll" the "r" sound. Is that accurate?
That was reallllly great! I have had a look at the different people pronouncing this online teaching people badly and wrong in the most officially wrong way. This from you is more reassuring as I must record something with Qatar and will opt for the sound of GIHDDARRH(works for me to remember the sounds in my head). Thank you again!!!
There are pronunciations and then there are accents. There are also correct pronunciations in different languages. In American English, the correct pronunciation is "KUHTAR", regardless of whether it sounds good in Arabic. It's like when someone with an English accent pronounces "Los Angeles" (Lahss Anjuhless in American English) as "Lohs Ahnjehleez". The "Lohs Ahnjehleez" pronunciation isn't incorrect; it's simply "Lahss Anjuhless" said with an English accent. At the same time, a Spanish-speaker would never pronounce it either way, obviously.
I was watching a local newscast about the World Cup, and the anchor pronounced it "kuh-TAR," and I thought, "No, that's wrong! It's 'Kuh-ter!" But I was dubious, so I had a look. Thank you for making this very informative, VERY funny video!
Thanks for this. If Qatar is pronounced more like Gitar; is there not a letter that would sound more like the English 'g' and why was it transliterated with the English 'q'?
I just listened to an NPR report (on a US general accused of illegally lobbying the US government for Qatar) in which the NPR correspondent got it perfectly, I think she watched your "tutorial", and the guy she was interviewing insisted on kuh-TAR. It was funny hearing the two pronunciations in their back-and-forth conversation.
The right way to pronounce QATAR is you should take it from your throat as in you're cleaning throat or halfway coughing. "Kkkkkkattttarr" then spit it 😂😂😂
Born and brought up in an Arab country, I knew the right pronounciation of almost all Middle Eastern countries. So when I said Qatar in the right way, the Qatar Airways staffs had the nerve to correct me every single time to "Ca-TAAAR." And here I am.
I'm checking this just after an English class. I speak Spanish and I just made a mess of pronunciation 🤣. It's good to listen how to pronounce Qatar by someone from there actually 😃
02:40 is where he actually pronounces it correctly
Guys it's pronounced قطر
I don't speak Minecraft's enchanted book Language
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That's savage
Just when I thought I was the dumbest person on earth
Angrynerd3356 not at all
Very cool and fun video. Growing up, my best friend was part Arab (dad was from Iraq) and he had family from Qatar and Jordan. I used to love the way his dad said "Burger King" and "Whopper". I am good with accents and he used to get a kick out of asking me to impersonate the way he pronounced things. Fun note: His favorite insult was "Stupid dummy".
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"Stupid dummy". That's cute. 😁
Funny thing is I was telling my class about how I’m moving to Qatar and that locals pronounce it similar to guitar. One kid calls out and says they must have lots of guitars there. Now they’re all convinced the country is full of guitars 🤦♂️
loooool how cute!!!
😂😂😂
The World n Us .
Lollx
wow its a muslim country also im from Qatar
That last bit is super important. Japan & China are not the names their inhabitants use, but it's the American word for them. It's good to diversify, but also good to study why & how languages get isolated & come up with their own words.
Japan and china are not "american" words
@@reknakfarg7252 These words are not created from American English, but it's the words Americans use, to be specific. Americans don't say Nihon or Zhanghua.
Just got back from Qatar bro and this is the best explanation I've found. I exclusive referred to Qatar as "this beautiful country" which worked out fine 😅
This young man has personality thank you for teaching me how to say it properly😂😂😂❤😂
Thank you for this!!! People saying "cutter" drive me nuts.
Man, I love your attitude and your way of explaining your native language to those of us who have no clue. Thank you for clarifying this pronunciation conundrum! May peace be with you!
Sounds like the sound the cat makes when she’s all happy. Guatarrr
I'm working on a deposition, and since the question of pronunciation has come up so many times, I Googled, and you're what I got. Glad I got you! You're hilarious, snarky without resorting to foul language, and efficiently informative. Muchísimas!
Thank you! Here in Canada, when I first heard it in the news, they were saying kaTAR. Then we didn't hear about it for a while, and when it was talked about again, everyone was calling it Cutter.
In the late 70's I had trouble making a phone call to Qatar. I had to teach the operator how to spell it because in English the rule is "U" after "Q". She was looking for QUATAR and was telling me there was no such country. After spelling Qatar for her three or four times she finally put my call through. How things have changed.
Thank you for this video. You are right, and right not just in one way but in many different ways. That's partly because there are different ways pronounce the name of this country even in Arabic as you point out.
That loud mouth in the clip near the beginning shouting and then saying that it needs to be pronounced with an emphasis on the first syllable, but in his pronunciation he clearly emphasizes the second syllable is just priceless. Somebody who spends so much effort shouting that loudly has very little energy left over for actually thinking clearly.
You did an excellent job though.
Wow, so my mum was pronouncing Qatar correctly the whole time. She says GI-tah, only reason is because in the Fijian language (we're Fijian) we pronounce our Qs like G's. Very interesting
"we're all respecting eachother, but NO" is such a mood
thanks for the vid! I'm sure your channel must be blowing up right now, see you in Qatar!
*hmm sounds easy? *
*Kaaatarh*
Hmmm maybe I'll try that again
Kataarh
*runs out of breath*
Okay I'll pass-
An obscure 3-year old video that I had to watch now, in 2022.
This dude is CLASSIC!! Thumbs up mate! And he speaks absolutely perfect English. But the walk off is frickin hilarious.
In hindi we say ktr. That's exactly how we pronounce like you pronounce.
Absolutely
क़तर,i.e.Qatar not Katar
sahi gll a
Bro we say in Punjabi 😁
......
Love from Dubai 🇦🇪
🇶🇦❤️🇦🇪
In the past, I dated this guy that had a cousin he introduced me to, and I hung out with her several times. He pronounced her name as An-NO-Shaw. Later, some of his other relatives asked me if I knew one of their cousin whose name they pronounced as Oh-Knee-Sha. I said I didn't know her. One day, after hanging out with my boyfriend, his brothers, and this girl cousin, an uncle of theirs came by and he asked me if I met Oh-knee-sha yet. I said no. Then one of my boyfriend's brothers said: "What are you talking about? You've hung out with her all afternoon!" It wasn't until then, that it I finally realized that they were all talking about the same cousin, but they just had different ways of pronouncing her name. LOL
🤦🏼♀️
Thank you thank you! Also love your sense of humour on this, guys! I hate sounding ignorant about other countries.
"Excellent" air guitar joke from Bill and Ted movie.
I was never this confused after watching a pronunciation video
😅😅😅😂😂😂
hahahahahahaha
those interviews with the expert correspondents are the funniest
In phillipines we pronounce it katarr yes strong r
Yes
Truee
I'm a Filipino and I pronounce it kwatar
@@seanbluekiller magagawa ko
trexer gaming bobo di hahaha
Finally. My love and gratitude for this video is beyond expression. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Dude. Nice video, you really covered it. Thanks.
You Rock Mr Q! Moving to and living in the states with a name like Siobhan (pronounced Shivaughn) and though I do forgive everyone for getting it wrong, I very much appreciate the correct pronunciation of my name, which mostly only happens when I am in Ireland. Shukran Mr. Q!
You can bet that if an American pronounces Siobhan correctly, we're fond of BBC TV (on either PBS or BBC America).
Finding that people have trouble pronouncing your name is absolutely not something connected with moving to the USA. That would have happened if you had moved to Canada, Egypt, China, Paraguay, Monaco, or pretty much any country on Earth.
It's a beautiful name, and I appreciate how you say that you don't get upset when people don't know how to pronounce it the way that you do. It's also important to point out that there are at least three different ways to pronounce it in Gaeilge. 😀
sah brah! glad you made this video
love from New Orleans. Or "New Or'lins". But if you say you're in "NOLA", it's cool too
I am indian...but also Muslim, so i know how to read arabic(for quran), and the q sound in arabic is really strong...like squeezing your throat while saying q....
This was the most helpful video on the topic. Thank you
Oh my gosh. Just "discovered" you. loved it. whatafind. adorable, great personal presentation style, thanks.
Did not expect to laugh while checking a pronunciation, thanks for the fun! ❤
Either way, what I know for sure is...I love Qatar! ♥️
You are extremely charismatic! Great video! I thought to myself, "why is this video 4 minutes long? Just tell me how to say Qatar! But then I watched the whole video!
2:43 there you go
Thanks so much from a native, this was soooo helpful, so Kuh turrh!
I was in the Doha airport and a prerecorded announcement clearly said "Cat" - like my favorite animal - "tar". Meow.
Thank you for this light-hearted and humorous video on how to pronounce your Qatar correctly. Much appreciated!
Thank you! I'm an ESL teacher that needed to know this!
Mr Q is quite entertaining and funny. Really enjoyed this!
I love it! Thanks صديق. So amazing listening to 'professional announcers' say cutter, gutter, etc.
So it's Cat-R?
I was confused when F1 went there because I had always been saying cutter.
Dude, Thanks bro.
Loved this! Love your sense of humor.
This is what RUclips was made for. Love it.
That was great, thanks!! Got the pronunciation AND a few laughs :) Keep on, Mr. Q!
Hilarious and informative. Thanks for this most helpful guide.
Thank you so much for this!!! I was told several pronunciations and they all felt wrong. Now I can talk about moving there to others and pronounce it correctly. After some practice of course 😅
Except that this notion of "pronouncing it correctly" is rather complicated. The local pronunciation is different from that in fuṣḥá, also called Modern Standard Arabic.
Oh thank god….finally someone who does a decent explanation on this issue! 🤩👍🏻
The ignorance of so many (and don’t get me started bcs those are usually the ones who go crazy when one false pronounces their country🤪)…the discussions I had about the importance to pronounce - when possible - things/names/places right …
so…thanks for sharing & enlighten us! 🎉
the main issue is that the Arabic alphabet, while similar to the Latin alphabet in sounds, is not exactly similar, so letters are pronounced very slightly differently (then there are local differences in each country). In English also there's a tendency to have several sounds for consonants as in THe and THatcher (different sounds but written with same letters).
@@acasualviewer5861
For me at least…the main issue isnt about to try fix the right pronunciation and to sound similar…it actually is about those peeps who don’t even try to make the effort bcs they think it isn’t necessary (for various reasons) at all.
But thanks a lot for the quick response & explanation…I really appreciate it. 😊
Have a good night.✨
How Qatar is pronounced: قطر
How english pronounce it: كتر
2:16 LOL Mr.Q is so funny
Save you guys the trouble 2:40
If the choice is between "kah-tar" or "gua-tar" (i can't do the proper Q/K mixed sound), which do you prefer?
Would you rather I just said "kah-tar", or do you prefer the G, even if the rest of the sounds don't come out like they would from a native arabic speaker?
Qataris will not get offended, we know it’s confusing that’s why we have the international friendly pronunciation kaatar (the same way Qatar airways pronounces it).
Loved this video. Very important with the World Cup coming up. Question though. In the proper pronunciation it appears that you "roll" the "r" sound. Is that accurate?
Yep
That was reallllly great! I have had a look at the different people pronouncing this online teaching people badly and wrong in the most officially wrong way. This from you is more reassuring as I must record something with Qatar and will opt for the sound of GIHDDARRH(works for me to remember the sounds in my head). Thank you again!!!
“Gih’tarlrl” got it. Thanks!
Best thing I’ve learned on youtube! Thank you!
its the same way like saying “vibrate” in my language which is “getar”😂😂
I finally found it. I have a little trouble because I’m not used to rolling R’s, but I think I pronounce it well enough now. Thank you for clarifying
As For me , I pronounce this Kawtar (Qatar).🇶🇦 . I Love Qatar ❤️🇶🇦❤️🇶🇦
Pink Sugar wtf?
There are pronunciations and then there are accents. There are also correct pronunciations in different languages. In American English, the correct pronunciation is "KUHTAR", regardless of whether it sounds good in Arabic. It's like when someone with an English accent pronounces "Los Angeles" (Lahss Anjuhless in American English) as "Lohs Ahnjehleez". The "Lohs Ahnjehleez" pronunciation isn't incorrect; it's simply "Lahss Anjuhless" said with an English accent. At the same time, a Spanish-speaker would never pronounce it either way, obviously.
I was watching a local newscast about the World Cup, and the anchor pronounced it "kuh-TAR," and I thought, "No, that's wrong! It's 'Kuh-ter!" But I was dubious, so I had a look. Thank you for making this very informative, VERY funny video!
Thank you for clarification!🤗🤗
Thanks for the commonsense explanation the ammerican kudder is a real wind up to me
Forget about your question .Dude you look so awesome.... 👍👌
Thanks for this. I need to do an English voiceover and correctly pronounce Qatar.
Thanks for this. If Qatar is pronounced more like Gitar; is there not a letter that would sound more like the English 'g' and why was it transliterated with the English 'q'?
Great Video. Thanks! I am an American in Qatar. So when do we get to see you make a video about our brand new Metro? I think you will love it.
Good stuff. Thanks
Lol this guy is awesome! So glad I found his channel.
Fun video! My first visit to Qatar was during the summer, really enjoyed it!
Lovely!
I just listened to an NPR report (on a US general accused of illegally lobbying the US government for Qatar) in which the NPR correspondent got it perfectly, I think she watched your "tutorial", and the guy she was interviewing insisted on kuh-TAR. It was funny hearing the two pronunciations in their back-and-forth conversation.
What makes you think she saw this video. I haven’t seen this video until now and yet I’ve always been pronouncing Qatar the correct way.
This was wonderful- thank you!
Hey thanks for this!
I really like how they say america.
Love this channel. Looking forward to way more content now that I've moved to Doha! Shukran brothah!
Thank you for the heads up! We homeschool so we REALLY wanted to know!!! Gtrrrr
Hey Mr.Q whats your real name?
Edit:nevermind i watched an old phrases video and you introduced your name its Khalifa Al Haroon right?
Yes indeed :)
The right way to pronounce QATAR is you should take it from your throat as in you're cleaning throat or halfway coughing. "Kkkkkkattttarr" then spit it 😂😂😂
SO FUNNY. Great Video
Eddie Van Halen was and is a fave Qatarist of many, but he wasn't a cutter, he was a shredder.
😂
Great video...with a lovely Qatari sense of humour thrown in...made me smile...
I've actually heard a newscaster pronounce it as "cater" , LOL!
This is how I was pronouncing it before watching this video lol
Born and brought up in an Arab country, I knew the right pronounciation of almost all Middle Eastern countries. So when I said Qatar in the right way, the Qatar Airways staffs had the nerve to correct me every single time to "Ca-TAAAR." And here I am.
I'm checking this just after an English class. I speak Spanish and I just made a mess of pronunciation 🤣. It's good to listen how to pronounce Qatar by someone from there actually 😃
.....Hyper Down Under STYLE FTW!!
You just ended a debate between my dad and I lol
Really cool vid Mr Q
I shall think of you as
Mistar Qiyu Al kool 😊
HaHa ! In Britain we pronounce it 'catar' - seriously - 'cutter' was the first time I heard this.
Yeah, the reason I was searching for the correct pronunciation was hearing it pronounced as though it was an illness, i. e. caTarrh. Yuck.
It was amazing video
Awesome presentation
It's k+k =Q, A, t, a r+r = r :::- Qatar! 😉 However We love you Qatar and best of luck for today’s match with Argentina ❤
Love the Country soo much that I can definitely say . Qatar is my Home ❤️
This is GREAT stuff! Love it Mr. Q!
Wow. How many times did I have to hear it wrong before we get to the right one?