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Okay, I downloaded the Learn Kana flashcards...thingy from this site, and I was wondering if anyone knew what Dakuten and Handakuten and/or Diphtongs are???:|
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the dakuten turn an unvoiced consonant into a voiced one: k into g, s into z, t into d, ch and ts into dz (or just z), and h (for reasons known only to the Japanese) into b.
The handakuten turn h into p.
and diphthongs are generally written out in Japanese as double vowels or combinations of vowels, which is at least easier than English in that regard.
Shira
The handakuten turn h into p.
and diphthongs are generally written out in Japanese as double vowels or combinations of vowels, which is at least easier than English in that regard.
Shira
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The above is perfect, but for a bit more visual idea. The dakuten is the quote looking thing ( " ) and the Hanadakuten is the little circle used only with H. Diphthongs are the double consonant sounds in Japanese that have a brief space between the preceeding syllable and the Diphthong syllable. It's usually indicated in Hiragana by a small "tsu" right where the space should be.
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RE: question
diphthongs are the vowel slides like in: hai. where the vowels slur together rather thanKojiki wrote:
The above is perfect, but for a bit more visual idea. The dakuten is the quote looking thing ( " ) and the Hanadakuten is the little circle used only with H. Diphthongs are the double consonant sounds in Japanese that have a brief space between the preceeding syllable and the Diphthong syllable. It's usually indicated in Hiragana by a small "tsu" right where the space should be.
being pronounced seperately. hai vs. ha-i.
the double consonants are glottal stops: nippon. where the flow of air is momentarily
blocked by the glottis.
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Thank you ^__^ I was so confused about it but I do have another question.
I read in the grammar section of this site that the Japanese right: subject-object-verb as opposed to subject-verb-object so I was was wondering if I were gong to say "Hello, everyone" in Japanese would i say "everyone" and then "hello"?
I read in the grammar section of this site that the Japanese right: subject-object-verb as opposed to subject-verb-object so I was was wondering if I were gong to say "Hello, everyone" in Japanese would i say "everyone" and then "hello"?