User blog comment:JapaneseOPfan/Lesson 12 or something (Pronunciation)/@comment-24287735-20150813234747/@comment-3345720-20150814010139

Right. English = Sahhkay, Japanese = saKe, with short vowels. (normally you would emphasize both syllables equally, but thinking of the Ke as emphasized at first helps get rid of the "sigh effect" in the a as well.)

As for the "f", it can also be pronounced like you would pronounce it in English and you'd be fine, but you mostly just have to make sure to pronounce the L correctly X,D