How do you pronounce the word Kombi?

Red Fau Veh

I say it like "calm bee" but I hear folks say "comb bee" also. And the word sekurit, does it mean "secure" "it"? Like if you close the window, you are securing the heat inside. I also find it quite peculiar that the Volkswagen company doesn't say "Folks" "Vagen" in their own commercials, does Chevrolet say it differently in other countries?
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Brian · Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 3:22 pm Post subject:

depends on which country you're in.

But I think every country has some form of calm-bee
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Tom Powell · Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 3:54 pm Post subject:

kahmbee

there is no L in Kombi
there is no oh sound in Kombi

here are vocal pronunciations in British and American English:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/british/kombi

VW was not involved in the Battle of Kombi, a decisive battle in the war between Ndongo-Matamba and Portugal during the Dutch period of Angolan history.

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Red Fau Veh · Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 4:35 pm Post subject:

The L in calm is silent.
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sambabus · Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 4:46 pm Post subject:

The k sounds like a z.
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Marv [UK] · Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 4:58 pm Post subject:

Try thinking germanically or afrikaansically (???)

Kom as in commander, committee, commissaire and especially kommandant! but not co like that donkey Colin Powell who can't pronounce his own name properly Wink

Bi as in bumble bee, spelling bee, Beebee gun bee

Add I a bit of ze harsh guttural Teutonic cadence

Kombi

No a's, h's or l's.

K o m b i - pronounced as spelled
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Malokin Martin · Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 6:44 pm Post subject:

as with any deep philosophical question, I refer to the 80's for answers...

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Xevin · Samba Member Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 8703

Yes, what Men at Work says. Nice pull, Malokin Martin Laughing

Xevin · Samba Member Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 8703

My bus was 9 years old when that song was released. Geez, that song is old Wink

Tom Powell · Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 7:49 pm Post subject:

Men At Work – Down Under Lyrics
"Traveling in a fried-out combie"

And in the pronunciation of the L in calm there is an east coast/west coast difference

On the east coast the L may be silent, but on the west coast, the L is there, but very quiet. Something like the R difference in New York and New Yawk.

Aloha
tp

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Eh, Bruddah Tom. How you say da kine on da Windward side Wink

Aloha nui loa Very Happy

Tom Powell · Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 9:21 pm Post subject:

LEE 64 · Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 9:31 pm Post subject: .

what does kombie mean ?

Xevin · Samba Member Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 8703

Kombi, from German: Kombinationskraftwagen (combination motor vehicle), with side windows and removable rear seats, both a passenger and a cargo vehicle combined.

Best I can do. Hope this helps.

Wasted youth · Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 10:26 pm Post subject:

Totally refreshing video. I stayed and watched the whole thing. It was the right thing to do. Cool

Kombi pronunciation: money pit, said in any language you choose.

Xevin · Samba Member Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 8703

^^^I stand corrected. What he says Laughing

67jason · Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 11:05 pm Post subject:

say the word combination.

now say just the bolded part - combination

thats how you say kombi.

kombi's are buses, but not all buses are kombi's!
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rustbus · Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 12:19 am Post subject:

Comb-eye
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Wasted youth · Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 12:25 am Post subject:

Know what? I just watched that video again.

Hellya.

madmike · Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 6:29 am Post subject:

"Bus"

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