2006-12-21 18:11:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Well, the first thing you need to remember is that the 't' & the 's' are joined together - can you do that? Tsar, Tsu ..? You do NOT say set-soo-na!
Se is like the 'se' in 'seven'.
Tsu rhymes with to (remember what the other answerer said - short vowels!!)
Na is like the short 'na' in 'natural'. (Not with the 'nia' pronunciation that some Americans use though... just plain, simple, one syllable, NA!)
Incidentally, the sound 'tsu' was once pronounced 'tu' - literally like the word 'to', but over time it ended up being pronounced 'tsu' instead, so it's just like the word 'to' with an 's' sneaked in.
2006-12-21 20:04:24 · answer #1 · answered by _ 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Not very easy to teach pronunciation by words but the important thing is to not elongate the u. All of the vowels are short. In Japanese the characters are divided into Se tsu na all of the same length and all short. Hope it helps
2006-12-22 02:17:02 · answer #2 · answered by Olly Octopus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The syllables are se/tsu/na with equal emphasis on each syllable.
2006-12-22 02:20:29 · answer #3 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
seh-tsu-nah
2006-12-22 02:15:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
seht soon uh
2006-12-22 02:26:20 · answer #5 · answered by Bibsy 2 · 4⤊ 3⤋