昔々: read as むかし、むかし or むかし、ばなし？

[Child]

I read a tale that started as:

むかし、むかし、あるところに
おじいさんとおばあさんがいました。

Long, long ago, in some place there was an old man and an old woman.

I assumed that the むかし、むかし part could be written shorter, as 昔々. How is it pronounced, though?

Like in 人々 (ひとびと), the second part gets a dakuten. What happens with 昔々?

 

[Rinilex]

昔々 = むかしむかし

'M' syllables don't undergo any changes. I believe that's only when it starts with k, s, t or h.

 

[Toritoribe]

I read a tale that started as:

むかし、むかし、あるところに
おじいさんとおばあさんがいました。

Long, long ago, in some place there was an old man and an old woman.

I assumed that the むかし、むかし part could be written shorter, as 昔々. How is it pronounced, though?

Like in 人々 (ひとびと), the second part gets a dakuten. What happens with 昔々?

Rendaku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Child]

Thanks a lot! Sorry, I did not know it was called rendaku.