Originally posted by DrFrag@May 10 2004, 12:51 AM
k (the first k is written to force a slight pause, I think the katakana has a dash there)
close but a dash is used to extend a sound. To break up symbol by symbol komikksu:
KO MI tsu(little) KU SU
so this is basically KO MI KU SU. The tsu(little) i refer to is the symbol TSU
. TSU has another use in both katakana and hiragana. When placed after a symbol at a reduced size (hence little tsu) which is a less than half about 2/3 height of normal symbols it produces the affect in comics by adding the extra k.KO MIK KU SU
You can think of it as looking at the consonant after which the little tsu appears and copying it and attaching it to the previous symbol (i'm saying this in terms of Romanji and to make it easier to explain and understand how to say. Japanese dont separate their symbols).
As i said before a dash lengthens a sound. So KO MI dash( like - but longer) KU SU will be spelt KO MII KU SU. Not what we want at all ^_^ I find katakana often very tricky. When sounding out it is often hard to figure out the word, especially if its from another language
Oh and by the way i made a post in general chat before about Japanese basics. For now in here i'll give peple a few more romanized katakana to try and figure out. No cheating and looking up the answer 
OOSUTORARIA
PAN
AISUKURIIMU
PAIROTTO
BAREBOORU
NYUUJIRANDO
SHIDONII
Note: OO in Japanese is pronounced like oh or hot or rot sort of o not like the o in shoe
:huh: ummm, just a quick question:
h34r:
