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I just got a Sanskrit primer but I don't understand how you pronounce two consonants next to each other, like in "gacchati" how do I pronounce "c" ?

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Double consonants are pronounced as there were two consonants.

For example in Mallika the double l sounds like a long l.

But for gacchhati it is a bit more difficult for beginners.

c is like ch in English church (not exactly)

Try to pronounce "Church child" like one word.

The ch in child must be aspirated if you want to pronounce gacchhati.

 

Listen to the last word of the third sentence on this page:

http://www.saice.org/sanskrit/Speak%20Sanskrit/Html/Prathama.htm

(BhaShaNaM kartum icchhati.) There is a audio file of the text.

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