How do you pronounce, Anime!
Question: How do you pronounce, Anime
me and my friends had an argument because we both didn't know how to pronounce, anime ( silly huh!? ) so how do you pronounce it!? like Ani-me or Ani-may!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
It is a Japanese shortening of the transliterated English word "animation"!. Japanese has few vowels, so pronunciation is relatively simple for most words!.
The long version would be:
a-ni-me-shon
said something close to
ah-nee-meh-shohn
So anime would be:
a-ni-me
said similar to:
ah-nee-meh
The "a" in romanized Japanese is said like the a in "Mario"
The "i" is said like the i in "Mario" or e in "bee"
The "e" is said like "eh"
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That being said,
http://dictionary!.reference!.com/browse/a!.!.!.
a couple of dictionaries, at least, list a very Americanized version of it!.
Basically, the Japanese drop off lots of post-fixes of adopted English words!. Constructs such as "tion" are essentially meaningless in Japanese, so they shorten words by removing them!. We adopted our own word back in the shortened form, and many people pronounce it in a more familiar way!.
If you say it more like "animation" without the "tion", then that is more American!. If you say it like "a-ni-meh", then that is more Japanese!. I guess your choice depends on your allegiances!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
The long version would be:
a-ni-me-shon
said something close to
ah-nee-meh-shohn
So anime would be:
a-ni-me
said similar to:
ah-nee-meh
The "a" in romanized Japanese is said like the a in "Mario"
The "i" is said like the i in "Mario" or e in "bee"
The "e" is said like "eh"
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That being said,
http://dictionary!.reference!.com/browse/a!.!.!.
a couple of dictionaries, at least, list a very Americanized version of it!.
Basically, the Japanese drop off lots of post-fixes of adopted English words!. Constructs such as "tion" are essentially meaningless in Japanese, so they shorten words by removing them!. We adopted our own word back in the shortened form, and many people pronounce it in a more familiar way!.
If you say it more like "animation" without the "tion", then that is more American!. If you say it like "a-ni-meh", then that is more Japanese!. I guess your choice depends on your allegiances!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Seriously,I had the same argument with my friends when we started watching anime,and!.!.!.!.!.!.!.we ended up pronouncing it however each of us likes!.No more arguments!
We have,like,four different pronunciations among us!:)
Mine's a-nee-meh!.
But it doesn't matter!!Say it however you like!!
:):)Www@Enter-QA@Com
We have,like,four different pronunciations among us!:)
Mine's a-nee-meh!.
But it doesn't matter!!Say it however you like!!
:):)Www@Enter-QA@Com
It's definitely not ani-me!. In my opinion, I believe it's pronounced as ani-may!.
Of course, some people like to put emphasis on the A, like "Ah"-Nee-may!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Of course, some people like to put emphasis on the A, like "Ah"-Nee-may!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Go here, please: http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Anime
Your answer awaits you there!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Your answer awaits you there!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
It's pronounced Ani-may!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
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An-e-may
yep thats it but say it fast lol but yeah to make it simpler Ani-may is the true one lol Www@Enter-QA@Com
yep thats it but say it fast lol but yeah to make it simpler Ani-may is the true one lol Www@Enter-QA@Com
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ANY-MAYWww@Enter-QA@Com
ANNE - E - MAYWww@Enter-QA@Com
ani mayWww@Enter-QA@Com
An Uh MayWww@Enter-QA@Com
it's like your saying Anna May
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I pronounce it!.!.!.!.!. anna-may lol haha my easy wayWww@Enter-QA@Com
An-i-mayWww@Enter-QA@Com
i say it like An- ih - mayWww@Enter-QA@Com
Short i like in pickle!. An i mayWww@Enter-QA@Com