My friend said you say Manga like Monga, But my aunt who lived in japan for ten years said it said like it spelled Manga
2006-12-01 08:00:50 · 5 answers · asked by yumika411 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
i studied japanese and speak with japanese people and i believe that the correct pronounciation is monga. in the japanese alphabet, ma is pronounced ma (like the ma of mamma).
2006-12-02 19:43:41 · answer #1 · answered by Ashiya Mizuki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just like "Mango" but with an "a" at the end. It's okay to (kind of) mispronounce it if you're in the US.
(ever hear that guy on an anime DVD yell out "Man-gah!" ?)
The original pronounciation is closer to "Mawn-ga".
The spelling in katakana characters goes "ma-n-ga"
Japanese has only five vowel sounds--fewer than English, and it's easy to look up how each syllable is spoken aloud.
2006-12-01 08:15:06 · answer #2 · answered by jont 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People, regardless of their native tongue, when pronouncing foreign words, tend to pronounce them their native way. For example, the word Toyota is Toh-yoh-tah, not Toy-yo-duh as said by English-speakers. Another one is salsa; it's sahn-sah, not sul-suh. Ever heard Spanish or French speakers pronounce English words?
2006-12-01 08:09:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
manga is not pronounced like the word "man" as in standard american english. It's between that and the vowel in pond.
Like "La" in "do re mi fa so la ti do". That's it.
2006-12-01 08:23:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wish i knew
2006-12-01 08:29:05 · answer #5 · answered by dreamz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋