Yes, the correct pronounciation would be "stsii" it is a difficult
word for Esperanto! There should be a slight pause between the two
letters so you have s'tsii. Hope this helps, ~Lance


--- In ido-angla@yahoogroups.com, "James Chandler" <idojc@...> wrote:
>
> De Jens Wilkinson che la forumo Auxlang:
>
> Me pruntis libro pri Esperanto de la lokala biblioteko
> (Japoniana-Esperanto, nature), ed ol kontenas ulo
> quo konfundas me. Segun la libro, "s"
> pronuncesas [s], e "c" pronuncesas [ts], quo es
> bona, ma esas vorto "scii", quo semble devas
> pronuncesar [stsii]? Ma to semblas neposibla.
> Me ne kredas ke naturala lingui havus serio quale
> [sts]. Ka me falias komprenar ulo?
>
> Jens Wilkinson
>
>
> >From: Jens Wilkinson <jowilkinson4@...>
> >Reply-To: International Auxiliary Languages <AUXLANG@...>
> >To: AUXLANG@...
> >Subject: Esperanto phonology question
> >Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:02:38 -0700
> >
> >I borrowed a book on Esperanto from the local library
> >(Japanese-Esperanto, of course), and it has something
> >that puzzles me. According to the book, "s" is
> >pronounced [s], and "c" is pronounced [ts], which is
> >OK, but there is a word "scii," which seems like it
> >should be pronounced [stsii]? But that seems
> >impossible. I don't think that natural languages would
> >have a sequence like [sts]. Is there something I'm missing?
> >
> >Jens Wilkinson
> >Neo Patwa language: http://patwa.pbwiki.com
>
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