Japanese pronunciation

mossarelli — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:32:07 +0000

How do you pronounce the language? Well, to start off with: Japanese have the easiest soundbendings compaired to languages as English and French. With 5 vowels only and 9 different konsonants, it’s pretty easy. But Japanese is a language that gets harder the more you learn because you want more of it every seconds that passes. So we’ll start with the letters that is used in Japanese.

You can make a nice chart with all the pronounciations to make it more understandable.

(The ones in parenthesis are not the pronunciations)

Pronouncing Japanese is as said: easy. As pronouncing Japanese through text where you can’t here the pronounciations, I refer to these videos as they will teach you the readings super fast.

First lesson
Second lesson
Third lesson
More advanced:Fourth lesson
Last: Fifth lesson
You’ll need all this lessons in order to proceed.

So if you’ve followed Shoyu’s lessons, you should be able to pronounce different words. Try the following.

WaTaShi No NaMaE Wa, (Your name) DeSu.
Good, now that’s a way to start. But we’ll jump straight into the pool:

A I U E O
KA KI KU KE KO
GA GI GU GE GO
SA SHI SU SE SO
ZA JI ZU ZE ZO
TA CHI TSU TE TO
DA JI DZU DE DO
NA NI NU NE NO
HA HI FU HE HO
BA BI BU BE BO
PA PI PU PE PO
MA MI MU ME MO
YA I YU E YO
RA RI RU RE RO
WA I E WO
N

With that in mind, please move on to the information about the writing system.

Dawn of a new era

mossarelli — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:04:26 +0000

Yes, this bar is getting an update. First a new graphics design, and then, totally fresh from the start Japanese for beginners.
Japanese is still a very interesting language for people watching anime. That’s why all old and confusing posts will be deleted and I’ll use a new system with categories to make all the posts able to the people that just want a certain type of information.

Just wait.

Ichiraku Ramen Bar

Japanese pronunciation

Dawn of a new era