How to say 三つの?

[Diamondsmith]

Hi. Should we pronounce 三つの as "mitsu no" or "mittsu no"?

 

[JimmySeal]

Usually mittsu no.

 

[Diamondsmith]

Usually mittsu no.

Thank you very much !!!

 

[Coffeesan]

Sorry too butt in...

When I read the start of that I thought it said ''San Tsu'' because thats the Kanji for San(3) and the Hiragana for Tsu.. Was just curious why it was Mi rather than San? Not been studying long so apologies if its really obvious.

 

[Toritoribe]

The reading is from the kun'yomi.

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[Diamondsmith]

Sorry too butt in...
When I read the start of that I thought it said ''San Tsu'' because thats the Kanji for San(3) and the Hiragana for Tsu.. Was just curious why it was Mi rather than San? Not been studying long so apologies if its really obvious.

Because 'tsu' is the indigenous classifier rather than the Sino-Japanese 個, so the indigenous word for 'three' -- 'mi' is used. I just wonder mittsu and mitsu which is the Tokyo pronunciation.