by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “How do you pronounce that?” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
How do you pronounce that?
どうやって発音するの?
douyatte hatsuon suruno*
*We often pronounce “するの suruno” like “すんの sunno” in casual conversation.
If you want to ask politely, you can say :
どうやって発音するんですか?
douyatte hatsuon surundesuka
- how = どうやって douyatte
- you pronounce = あなたは発音する anatawa hatsuonsuru
- that = それを soreo
We do not usually say “あなたは anatawa (= you)” or “それを soreo (= that)” in everyday conversation.
どうやって
how
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あなたは それを 発音するの?
do you pronounce that?