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Po tas si um Per man ga nate. Accent is on the second syllable in both words. PO is pronounced like POLE, with a long O sound. The rest of the syllables have the short sound, as in Tas= as; si= see; and um = Yum. Per= per; man=man; ga= ga as in " gather"; and nate= NATE, short for Nathan.
Just slow down. Many people try to rush pronouncing 4 and 5 syllable words, and panic when any word is over 3 syllables. There is really no reason to do so. Long words are simly compellations of short syllables from common words. Now, we all have concerns, legitimately, when we are asked to pronounce words and names in a foreign language, simply because we don't know those rules of pronunciation. Potassium is close enough sounding like Museum, that we don't have much problem understanding how to pronouce this Latin word. Permanganate is actually a modern word, and is as much American as anything else.
Just slow down. Many people try to rush pronouncing 4 and 5 syllable words, and panic when any word is over 3 syllables. There is really no reason to do so. Long words are simly compellations of short syllables from common words. Now, we all have concerns, legitimately, when we are asked to pronounce words and names in a foreign language, simply because we don't know those rules of pronunciation. Potassium is close enough sounding like Museum, that we don't have much problem understanding how to pronouce this Latin word. Permanganate is actually a modern word, and is as much American as anything else.
