How to pronounce Japanese つ tsu ( big つ)

Seize Japanese (Ms A Soma)

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Published 2021-01-03

I've heard that some non-native speakers have trouble pronouncing つtsu.

I hope this video will help them.

All Comments (21)

@SparklSeoul 3 years ago

What helped me is when I first pronounce つ long ago is saying Cat soup but remove the p and spell it as CA-TSOU and pronounce the end over sorry if it doesn’t make any sense I tried :P
@khale7180 2 months ago

I have two Japanese teachers gave up on me with Tsu.
@moniquedesir7357 2 years ago

Great video! :) It helped me to teach my son the proper pronunciation for one of the books he's reading!
@olivia.wittlin 3 years ago

Thank you for the video. I really like the examples part😊👍👍 ありがとうございます😊
@introverticalibrated1271 2 years ago

This is cool! We borrow the word Tsunami in the US and I've always (unknowingly) pronounced it with the Tsu featured here even though others say it with a silent T (like Sue). Though I'm not actually sure which is the correct pronunciation in Japanese for Tsunami specifically since I'm not studying the language, still very interesting!
@schenschen-li5me 3 years ago

Thank you so much! This is very helpful:)
@shiv6110 1 year ago

Thanks for this great explanation this really helped
@SoulmateParis 3 years ago

I went to work in Tsukuba and was astonished by the real pronunciation lol !!! More videos please! ありがとうございます
@somewonderfulguy 2 years ago

In Slavic languages (Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian) there is Ц sound it is exactly つ without U :)
@jayselfridge5646 3 years ago

Thank you so much! I was having trouble pronouncing Tsu but I think I have it after a few tries 😁
@tramarthomas6105 2 years ago

It all makes sense now, at least how to pronounce it
@Pollagrini 3 years ago

This makes me remember when I had problems pronouncing "綴る" when I was studying Japanese. Sounds like じ・ぢ　ず・づ　can be pretty hard for most foreigners indeed lol
@edyhekul 1 month ago

Thank you :)
@sotothecreator 5 months ago

youre pretty entertaining this was fun
@user-qy8ok9vt2y 2 years ago

へえありがとうございます！i was having very trouble to pronounce “shisutsu” しすつ .. but now the more i was repeating it i got better at it . ありがとうございます again ! 😁
@chuon_choeurn 3 months ago

In Cambodia 🇰🇭 Tsu( ត្សុឹ)is amazing ❤ like Tsubasa bridge of donated by Japanese people. Arikato friends
@NessyGx 3 years ago

Hmm... It sounded like "zi" to me as in Chinese word 姿（姿态 zi tai）or 滋（滋养 zi yang）. But still thank you for making this video and providing some examples with つ. Arigatogozaimasu 😅😆😁 It's very useful and helpful for absolute beginner like me.
@user-hc3nu0in6f 10 months ago

つ 발음 너무 어려웠는데 감사합니다!😊
@arm4950 2 years ago

説明がうまくて、分かりやすいです！ありがとうございます。
@randomjeff3141 2 years ago

some time i pronounce it STU like the " (st)udent " it's confusing ....