5/15/2011

Japanese Tongue Twister 6

<Skill Levels>

はやくちことば/ Tongue Twisters

(A) すもももももももものうち 
        Sumomomomomomomomonouchi

(1)すもも (2)も (3)もも (4)も(5)もも (6)のうち 
Both (Japanese) plums and peaches are kinds/varieties of peaches.

(1)すもも:Japanese plums
(There are over 300 varieties. They are juicy but more sour than peaches.)
(2)も:also
(3)もも:peaches
(4)も:also
(5)もも: peaches
(6)のうち:kinds of, parts of, members of

(2)(4) AもBも:both A and B


(B) 東京特許許可局 

I can repeat up to .... 3 times. Never passed 5. How about you?

とうきょうとっきょとかきょく
Tokyou tokkyo kyokakyoku
Tokyo Patent Office

東京:Tokyo
特許:patent
許可:permit, approval
局: office, a bureau,