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#1102
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Ultima
Lurker of Lurkiness
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Haunting: Actually, I think it's "Douzo yoroshiku onegaishimasu"
As for pronounciation, luckily Japanese letters virtually all have one way to pronounce them unlike English where "c" can sometimes sound like a "k" or sometimes "s" ...
a = father
i = macaroni
u = blue
e = Mexico
o = hello
There are also double consanant sounds, aa, ii, uu, ee/ei, and oo/ou.
It's just a slightly longer sound, without changing the sound. So "ee" just sounds like a longer "e" sound (using the pronounciation above). Also ee and ei sound exactly the same, as do oo and ou.
The consanants are basically pronounced the same as in English, but a couple are slightly different.
j = mirage as opposed to message
r = everyone seems to pronounce it differently. Some flip the r (like rolling, but only one sound instead of a repeated sound) and some people pronounce it just like 'L,' or anywhere inbetween.
n = (the 'n' character on it's own, not followed by a vowel) can sound like an n or m. Either is acceptable.
Double consonants are pronounced just as if there's a hyphen between two words. There's a slight pause with the sound still in the throat. So "gakkou" would be pronounced like "gak-kou".
Also, sometimes certain vowels are not pronounced. I hear it done a lot with 'su' and 'shi' For example 'desu' is pronounced 'dess,' and 'soshite' is pronounced 'soshte' ...
And when 'ha' is used as a particle it is pronounced like 'wa.' The character 'wo' is pronounced like 'o.'
I hope this helped and didn't just confuse you more x.x;
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Posted 05-11-2012, 01:24 PM
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