Recreation Pronunciations...again

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  1. Dr. Nick Rivera

    Dr. Nick Rivera New Member

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    OK, how do you pronounce manga correctly? I've heard it said mang guh and mahn guh. Which is right?
    And another, where do you put the stress on the word Battosai?
    **** CN....
     
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  2. Komugi-chan

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    Manga is pronounced "Maan-Gah" as for Battosai.. i think.. the stress it put on the second syllibal.. but don't quote me on that becase i'm not sure... o____O
     
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  3. kawaii_turkey

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    hmmm isn't battosai

    pronounced as bar-toe-sign
     
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  4. Dr. Nick Rivera

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    Thanks again, but as for you, kawaii_turkey(??), i don't think thats right.....
     
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  5. Kogarashi

    Kogarashi Summon of Wood

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    exiztone's prolly closest. I'd say battousai is pronounced close to "bah-TOE-sye" (where sye is like 'bye'). All-caps is the emphasis.
     
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  6. seraphinx

    seraphinx Oy, Artista!

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    Just remember that vowels have the same sound throughout, so pronouce both A's the same way.
     
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  7. Izzy

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    hmmm...say it phonetically. Extend the "t" sound. Pretty much say it as it's spelled. Battosai. Pretty much just think of it as each letter takes up the same amount of time. For examples sake, 1 second each letter. Now, since there's two "t"s, say it for 2 seconds rather than one. Hmm, i guess it'd look like, Ba-Ttoh-sai

    As for manga, it's the same thing. It's phonetic, for the most part. So...man-ga. Note that "ma" is pronounced the way it's spelled. Not like...errmm, the way americans say it. Ma-n-ga. ^_^

    Damn my crude explanations. I should be an English major. ^_^
     
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  8. HeavyPowerMetal

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    I don't think it really is pronounced "toe" cause it is a totally different sound then they say in the Japanease Kenshin episodes
     
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  9. Kirei na kimyou

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    Ba-ttou-sa-i
    "ou" is pronounced oftenly as "o". Remember due to accent japanese may also pronounce is as a high "o", such as the "o" in "or."
     
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  10. seraphinx

    seraphinx Oy, Artista!

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    Come to think of it, actually an even more accurate way to pronounce "manga" is to treat the letter n as a syllable by itself. That's how I learned it after 3 years of high school Japanese. But don't make it sound too forced; keep the flow, so it sounds like you're saying "man" then "ga" but with "man" lasting twice as long. That's whether or not you pronounce the n like a normal n, or create the ng sound which I automatically do.

    As for Battousai, the two t's is the Romanized way of showing there is a small "tsu" character/letter before the "to" when written in Hiragana characters. (I forgot what it's called, but in class we just called it "the small tsu") What it does is that it sort of creates a silent syllable by itself (aka the glottal stop, or something like that). You don't actually pronounce the t twice as in "bat-to," but simply make a brief yet sudden pause before saying "to." And yeah, it sort of does give the t a lil more power, especially since the following vowel sound is extended anyway. Of course, this is just the technical textbook rules; likewise, in everyday life people don't always pronounce things super accurately. I say this cuz when I hear Battousai, the tt is almost made to sound like a normal t.
     
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  11. SaberJ2X

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    I'm super lucky to be born in a place where my first language is spanish, and japanese and spanish is pronounce exactly the same except the word in japanese the are derived from english.

    :D KOGARASHI is right is "Bah-TOE-sye"
     
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  12. Bloodberry

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    ok, manga...ma n ga...3 sylables there, pronounce phonetically.
    ma (a like ah) n (it is a seperate character in japanese so it's said seperately too. ...) ga (a like ah)
    battosai...
    ba -to sai remember the a sounds like ah; o is like oh, so it's said like toe...but because of the double letter, you say ba a second longer. the reason you may not hear the toe sound, is because it is a habit in japan that when you say the word fast enough, you drop the vowel sound. (yoshiki is then said yoshki)
    sai..take the word hai, now, change the h to an s. easy enough.
     
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    Bloodberry, Apr 10, 2003
  13. Verbs

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    Manga - Mang-Ga... that's me anywhoo

    and call me stupid but... what in the name of pink pandas is/does Battosai (mean).

    ...moment of stupidity over and done with!
     
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  14. Kirei na kimyou

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    The japanese has no ng-sound.
     
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    Kirei na kimyou, Apr 11, 2003
  15. Kogarashi

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    No, it doesn't. Hence why it's been pointed out a couple times that it's ma-n-ga. They have 'n' and 'ga' ('ka' with a diacritical mark to soften the 'k' sound).
     
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