Need help^_^

[kat_san23]

I need help on how to pronounce the japanese vowels..two together like >>> ae ai ao au ie iu io ia ei ea eu eo ou oe oi oa.. ^_^ .

[flammable hippo]

Hi, first off, it might have been better to look around the site for pronounciation guides before posting this thread. Clay has put up a lot of in depth stuff. Second, just pronounce each letter seperately (oe-o e, ao-a o) and eventually some of them like ai and ei will begin to sound more slurred as you speed up and will sound like eye and ay respectively. Try listening to native speakers if you can. They normally have the best pronounciation.

[kat_san23]

ok ill look then! thank you! ^_^

[flammable hippo]

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