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egg1111115
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0.  Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:08 pm Post subject: sakura pronunciation? |
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hello!
i just wanted to know how to pronounce "sakura"
is it like "sah-koo-rah" (i think that's how the romaji or something is) or like "sah-ker-ah" like how it's pronounced in naruto i think (i dont really watch it)
so... yeah i just wanted to know. sorry if this is the wrong forum!
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yagsimit69
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| 1. Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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I've always pronounced it sakura.
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egg1111115
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| 3. Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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| yagsimit69 wrote: | | I've always pronounced it sakura. |
...that's how it's spelled... 
i have heard several different pronounciations of it |
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| 4. Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, how they say it in Naruto is correct. |
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| 5. Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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but that sounds crappy, so I pronounce it my own way sah-ker-rah.
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GackTMN
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| 6. Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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I prefer Sa-kur-ah, it just sounds better than Sa-ker-ah.
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UncertainKitten
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| 7. Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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closer to sah-kul/r-ah
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| 8. Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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| forbiddanlight wrote: | | closer to sah-koo-l/rah |
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| 9. Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| I think it's suppose to be pronounced Sah-koo-rah. |
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tekkie
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| 10. Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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I'm Caucasian (complete with a Cauc) and I admit it.
Hence I pronounce it Suh-ker-uh.
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UncertainKitten
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| 11. Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:06 am Post subject: |
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| Baggage wrote: | | forbiddanlight wrote: | | closer to sah-koo-l/rah |
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Actually, I dunno how to write the pronunciation. The trick is remembering that that 'u' after the k will BARELY be pronounced. One could in theory pronounce it in two syllables as Sah-Kl/rah, and be close to correct, but not quite. . The "u" is there enough to make it 3 syllables...but barely. Meh, I'm gonna confuse myself and probably others. but yeah, it would not be a full "oo" sound for the "u". I'm not explaining it well, but I should be on the right track.
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mydixiewrecked
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| 12. Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:36 am Post subject: |
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| forbiddanlight wrote: | | Baggage wrote: | | forbiddanlight wrote: | | closer to sah-koo-l/rah |
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Actually, I dunno how to write the pronunciation. The trick is remembering that that 'u' after the k will BARELY be pronounced. One could in theory pronounce it in two syllables as Sah-Kl/rah, and be close to correct, but not quite. . The "u" is there enough to make it 3 syllables...but barely. Meh, I'm gonna confuse myself and probably others. but yeah, it would not be a full "oo" sound for the "u". I'm not explaining it well, but I should be on the right track. |
Believe me, the pronunciation I posted is correct enough. It's as correct as you're going to be able to post in English, and it shouldn't be pronounced as if the 'u' was silent. As long as you're not putting emphasis on the 'u' it'll be fine. |
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| 13. Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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SAH-ku-RAH
I believe that's correct.
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tekkie
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| 14. Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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| DarthWhammy1983 wrote: | SAH-ku-RAH
I believe that's correct. |
That's just as specific as Sa-Ku-Ra.
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ChilliumBromide
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| 15. Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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Oh my god.
This is pathetic.
Sa ããã
Pronounced "Sah"
Ku ããã
Pronounced "Koo"
Ra ããã
Pronounced "Rah"
And so you get ããã or æ¡
EDIT: as for the tense on each syllable, they're all the same. It's Japanese. Unlike English, their language actually makes sense. The Caucasian /sa KER a/ is complete crap. In Japanese, they don't have short vowels, long vowels, umlauts, or any of that European bullshit. They don't have pronunciations in their dictionaries because hiragana and katakana characters can only be pronounced one way.
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| 16. Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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| SoymilkCharlie wrote: | | as for the tense on each syllable, they're all the same. It's Japanese. Unlike English, their language actually makes sense. The Caucasian /sa KER a/ is complete crap. In Japanese, they don't have short vowels, long vowels, umlauts, or any of that European bullshit. They don't have pronunciations in their dictionaries because hiragana and katakana characters can only be pronounced one way. |
Some Japanese words require emphasis on syllables. It's not nearly as bad as English, Mandarin, Thai, etc, but they do exist. The first word that comes to my mind is 'Nashi' meaning 'pear' (or asian pear if you're a westerner), by putting emphasis on the second syllable. If you leave the word without emphasis it means 'nothing'. |
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egg1111115
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| 17. Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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| SoymilkCharlie wrote: | Oh my god.
This is pathetic.
Sa ããã
Pronounced "Sah"
Ku ããã
Pronounced "Koo"
Ra ããã
Pronounced "Rah"
And so you get ããã or æ¡
EDIT: as for the tense on each syllable, they're all the same. It's Japanese. Unlike English, their language actually makes sense. The Caucasian /sa KER a/ is complete crap. In Japanese, they don't have short vowels, long vowels, umlauts, or any of that European bullshit. They don't have pronunciations in their dictionaries because hiragana and katakana characters can only be pronounced one way. |
i knew that... and that's exactly why i'm asking. since i've heard it pronounced differently and was wondering whether or not on naruto it was pronounced right and yadda yadda yadda  (dont ask what that was for but i wanted to use it real bad  ) |
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Maverickdebater
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| 18. Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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I've always pronounced it Sa-Cur-Ah
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ChilliumBromide
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| 19. Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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| egg1111115 wrote: | | SoymilkCharlie wrote: | Oh my god.
This is pathetic.
Sa ããã
Pronounced "Sah"
Ku ããã
Pronounced "Koo"
Ra ããã
Pronounced "Rah"
And so you get ããã or æ¡
EDIT: as for the tense on each syllable, they're all the same. It's Japanese. Unlike English, their language actually makes sense. The Caucasian /sa KER a/ is complete crap. In Japanese, they don't have short vowels, long vowels, umlauts, or any of that European bullshit. They don't have pronunciations in their dictionaries because hiragana and katakana characters can only be pronounced one way. |
i knew that... and that's exactly why i'm asking. since i've heard it pronounced differently and was wondering whether or not on naruto it was pronounced right and yadda yadda yadda (dont ask what that was for but i wanted to use it real bad ) |
Okay.
I derived my explanation from the following:
1. sakura means "cherry blossom" in Japanese.
2. the melody comes from the tradition Japanese dance, æ¡
3. It's written in Kanji, which suggests one should use the proper Japanese translation.
The reason it's pronounced wrong in Naruto is because the American anime is made by Americans based on the English translation of the manga, and it would seem that, like most narutards, the people in charge of name pronunciation don't know how to speak Japanese. 
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