possessives (pronounciation), please help me!

Question

Imagine your are in this situation: You have a Latin American friend called "Carlos", but also you have an Italian friend called "Carlo" ... and you've got to communicate something important about Carlo's sister.

For instance: Carlo's sister has died.

How could you differenciate, talking about pronounciation, CARLO'S SISTER from CARLOS' SISTER

Well, cheerio...

has died - 00494d19, Apr 23, 2010

You're right!... Thanks - nelson_rafael, Apr 27, 2010

Answer 1

Carloses sister died.

Carlos´ is a possesive for a plural Carlos.

So unless she had two brothers called Carlos it would never be used.

Answer 2

You could say:

Remember my friend Carlo? Well, his sister died.

Humm, Thanks (I think your answer is based on this: Things are easy, the only complicated thing, are ourselves. : ) : P : D - nelson_rafael, Apr 27, 2010

Answer 3

As Ian points out, "The sister of Carlos" would sound like "Carlosez sister died" (note: the first 's' is unvoiced). "The sister of Carlo" would sound like "Carloz sister died" (note: the final 's' is voiced).