How do you say "Iseki"

[Iplayfarmer]

Okay, maybe this is a silly question, but what is the right way to prounounce "Iseki"?

I keep saying it like "i-see key". They guy I bought it from called it an "i-sack-a".

How is it really said?

 

[MrJimi]

Okay, maybe this is a silly question, but what is the right way to prounounce "Iseki"?

I keep saying it like "i-see key". They guy I bought it from called it an "i-sack-a".

How is it really said?

How would know who is right?
I would do
EEE-Sa-Ski
Depends if your buying or selling ( laughing face goes here )
Jim

 

[higgy]

what you should say is "at that price, Isickee, give me a better deal.

Having said that I have no idea if the price is good, ok or other, it is just a line for a dealer.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

what you should say is "at that price, Isickee, give me a better deal.

Good one, Higgy.

I laughed...Really...I did.

 

[JerryG]

Okay, maybe this is a silly question, but what is the right way to prounounce "Iseki"?

I keep saying it like "i-see key". They guy I bought it from called it an "i-sack-a".

How is it really said?

It is "I soc E".

 

[bones1]

How bout i zeck e

 

[RobertBrown]

Depends on where you live
In the south it's Ah-sack-ee
In the north its eye-seck-ee
I would think the closest's pronounciation to correct would be as it is spelled.
I-seck-e with the emphasis on "I".
Occasionally I here the first i pronounced as an e.
e-seck-e
It may be easier to call them in Japan an ask. It'll be the second word after they pick up. The first one is "hello"
No matter how you say it, mine is a dam fine tractor.
(For what I paid for it anyway)

 

[JerryG]

I did ask, that is where I got the pronunciation.

 

[Chris_in_Oz]

Over here (in Australia), our local Iseki dealer pronounces it "eye-seeky". He's a Malaysian guy who says he worked (origionally) for the manufacturer.
Just my 2c...

 

[JerryG]

Over here (in Australia), our local Iseki dealer pronounces it "eye-seeky". He's a Malaysian guy who says he worked (origionally) for the manufacturer.
Just my 2c...

I think a lot of the different variations that we see on this thread are actually the same. We just have different ways of typing it.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

I asked a friend of mine that was a Mormon missionary in Japan for 2 years. I couldn't find the Japanese spelling for him at the time, but he said that based on how the Japanese usually spell things when they use Roman characters, the pronunciation would go like this...

ee (as in "tree") sec (like the first syllable in "second") and ee (as in "Tree")

ee-sec-ee with the emphasis on "sec".

 

[Eggsiam]

True, very true. A DAMN fine tractor. I own a 1984 tu1600 4wd w/differential locker (engages w/step of a pedal), 16.8 hp, w/rotovator & an aftermarket add -on front loader. And it surprises me everytime I take her out in the field. It only had 62 hrs on it when I purchased her last week, it’s paid ($5800) for itself already. No joke. Oh yeah, it is pronounced
eye-sek-ee, with emphasis on the eye.

 

[bcp]

You can probably hear the name in one of these videos:

https://www.google.com/search?q=site:https://www.iseki.co.jp&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjvvuSuooiAAxVwADQIHRawDR4Q0pQJegQILRAB&biw=1158&bih=660&dpr=2

Bruce

 

[Midniteoyl]

I asked a friend of mine that was a Mormon missionary in Japan for 2 years. I couldn't find the Japanese spelling for him at the time, but he said that based on how the Japanese usually spell things when they use Roman characters, the pronunciation would go like this...

ee (as in "tree") sec (like the first syllable in "second") and ee (as in "Tree")

ee-sec-ee with the emphasis on "sec".

That sounds like it would be correct..

I've always pronounced it 'eye-sec-ee' myself though, but your friend is most likely correct on the first syllable.

 

[Eggsiam]

Does anybody know how to reset the idiot light in the picture? I’m talking about the one in the farthest upper right hand corner of the pic. Or what it is even for? The person I bought it from said that it was for the air intake on the air filter. I’m not positive about that, but it came on the other day. I pulled the air filter out and blew everything out of it. Took me about 20 minutes to get it halfway clean put it back together and the idiot light is still on so I don’t know if there’s a way to reset it or do I have to just change the filter. And where do I get parts for an 1984 ISeki, TU 1600 4 x 4 tractor In the USA?? please help

 

[Torvy]

That sounds like it would be correct..

I've always pronounced it 'eye-sec-ee' myself though, but your friend is most likely correct on the first syllable.

I checked with my daughter who is both a student of linguistics and a bit of a fan of Japanese language in general. She confirmed that it would be ee-sek-ee as vowels are consistent in Japanese. I, too, was mentally saying eye-sek-ee. Nice opportunity to learn, thanks OP.

 

[Snobdds]

Like

E SEEK E?

 

[ning]

Romanji (Japanese with "roman" alphabets) has very simple pronounciation rules.

• A = ah
• E = eh
• I = ee
• O = oh
• U = oo

The vowels are all clipped, without any swinging like Americans say their A's like the vowel sounds of "hey". The "eh" of E is a quick eh, chopped at the end (and definitely no breathy "h", I give you "eh" just to understand the vowel sound there without resorting to cryptic pronunciation symbols that I'd have to look up).

Iseki = ee - seh - kee

Note that "R" is complicated as there's no exact such thing in Japanese; it's kind of a combination R and L to us.

 

[bcp]

I have trouble pronouncing the "R" in Iseki, too.



Bruce