Savetherocks wrote:
QUOTE:
"o" is like the "o" in "rope"
"ko" is like the "co" in "cope"
"so" is like the "so" in "soap"
"to" is like the "to" in "tofu" (obviously)
"no" is like the "no" in "note"
the _o sound is more like:
"ko" is similar to
coffee (in fact,ko-hi, means coffee)
and not comb
"so" is similar to
sorry
and not soda
"to" is similar to tick tock
and not toasted or
toby
"no" is similar to nomnom (and, funnily,'nomu' means 'to drink'-- though it'd be funnier if it meant to eat (which is the unfunny 'taberu' )
and not nose
similarly:
"ho" is similar to
hostel
and not hotel
"mo" is similar to
motto
and not motel
"yo" is similar to
yob (don't know if you know that word!)
and not yogi bear
"ro" is similar to
rocky (well, intricacies in the 'r' sound come about, but that's more or less the idea)
and not rose
We English speakers pronounce tofu like toe-foo, but it's actually more like toh-hfu
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