It's pronounced... tsutsumu.  Although the u vowel in Japanese becomes devocalized very easily so you might hear it as tstsumu/tstsmu depending on the speaker.

Maybe the recording is saying 積む（つむ）, which has a somewhat similar meaning in some usages?

Last edited by Jarvik7 (2008 October 14, 6:58 pm)

I just checked the meaning of 積む. It was not what he intented. This is driving me nuts.

Is it possible that when read fast　に包む　can be pronounced にっつむ.

Edit:

Okay, now after listening to it for the umpteenth time it sounds like Nit-tsumareta which I guess is what you were saying when you put "tstsumu."

Last edited by kazelee (2008 October 14, 8:44 pm)

Yeah. It was written. It just didn't sound like what was written there. I'm not adding this to the SRS just yet (splicing an mp3 is not fun). I was just shadowing a Soseki story.

The reader makes many small changes, like with 行, so I was wondering if there were some sort of alternate pronunciation.

Unless I'm mistaken, I think 包む can also be pronounced くるむ. I guess it depends on the context.

samesong wrote:

What's the context? に is commonly placed before 包む to show what something is wrapped in.

大きな潤いある眼で、長い睫に包まれた中は、ただ一面に真っ黒であった。

Mp3 can be found here.

http://speaking-japanese.com/breaking/lite_01.html

It's at around 1分2０.

You heard correctly, kind of . He is in fact saying つ twice, but the first time he says it, the う isn't voiced. It's kind of like how you say です and it comes out sounding like 'Dess'.

edit -- albion beat me to it!

Last edited by samesong (2008 October 15, 10:07 am)