もん ??

[sakura]

Does もん have 2 different meanings?

I saw on one page that 'gate' it pronounced もん and I also saw that 'question' is also pronounced もん. Is this right? I just wanna make sure, thanks

[clay]

Japanese only has 48 main sounds to play with. English has 26 letters but the combinations thereof produces many more sounds. So since there are fewer sounds in Japanese, there are many words that have the same pronunciation but different meanings. For example, shi could mean death, poem, city, a man etc.

[sakura]

Oh, I get it, thanks so much ^_^

[Gaijinian]

Also, "mon" is sort of a childish way to express dissatasfaction...
学校に行きたくないもん！ I don't wanna go to school!
If you under 7 (and I assume you are), this can be used, but usually when your trying to be funny.

[redfoxer]

wow...i can actually read hiragana....makes me feel big now for the other billion or so kanji/kana....Thanks clay. your sites the best!

[sakura]

What in this world made you think I was 7?? xD