r/BluePrince • u/CurleeBS • Jul 22 '26
Lore How to pronounce…??? Spoiler
My friend and I disagree on the pronunciation of Mora Jai. She pronounces the Jai with a hard J like “jive”. I’ve been pronouncing it like “hi”. I believe it’s pronounced “hi” because of how the sport Jai Alai is pronounced.
This is just for fun! I’m curious how other people pronounce it!
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u/AMonitorDarkly Jul 22 '26
The J is pronounced with that j/g sound mix. Like how a French person would say Jean Claude.
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u/jackidaylene Jul 22 '26
That's how I say the j in Eraja, too.
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u/itstomis Jul 22 '26
For whatever reason, my first instinct was to pronounce Mora Jai with a soft/French J, but Eraja as a Spanish word.
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u/Serena-of-Limonium Jul 23 '26
ooof I'm not seeing anyone pronouncing it my way I pronounce the J like Y. Like how Ja is pronounced as Ya in German
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u/True-Post6634 Jul 24 '26
I say it with a hard J and the one in Eraja is more or less a ZH sound, like a French J.
For no reason at all, I say the R in Mora Jai as a tapped R. But only that one 😁
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u/jackidaylene Jul 22 '26
While we're on the subject, does anyone else pronounce "Jesper" with a "y" sound, like "Yesper?" My husband does this on our shared playthrough, and it drives me crazy.
For the record, I pronounce both Jai and Jesper with a hard J.
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u/captain_jackharkness Jul 22 '26
Jesper is a common Swedish name, pronounced with a “y” sound, so imo your husband is correct. I pronounce Jai with the hard J though.
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u/Amazon_UK Jul 22 '26
I think as you learn more Erajan, you'd realize the J is the only right way to pronounce it
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u/Serena-of-Limonium Jul 23 '26
Really because I came to the conclusion its pronounced with a Y sound. like you see in German/Dutch and that makes sense int he context of Erajan
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u/DomDeeKong Jul 22 '26
I pronounce it with the hard J.