As we learn Japanese in Japanese
language classes in Delhi NCR, we learn many words to describe events,
ideas, or objects having to do with the country and its culture. Fortunately,
these words are not difficult for us to pronounce. When Japanese is written in
the Roman alphabet, each letter stands for a single sound.The vowel sounds are
pronounced: like a as in father; i as in meet; u as in rude; e as in say; and o
as in go. The basic units of the Japanese writing system are syllables.
Standard Japanese uses 100 distinct syllables. Of these, 5 are single vowels, 62 are consonants combined with a vowel, and 53 are consonants combined with 'y' plus a vowel.In addition to these syllables, Japanese uses one single consonant, the letter "n." It may also be pronounced "m." In general, consonants are pronounced the same way they are in English, except that "g" is always hard, as in "get." When a vowel has a diacritical mark over it (e.g. â, ô, û), the sound is the same, but held longer -- it is doubled. So "Tôkyô" is pronounced "To-o kyo-o," and "shôgun" is pronounced "sho-o gun."Notice that several English sounds are missing from the Japanese language entirely: "c," "f," "l," "q," "v," and "x." When Japanese want to represent these sounds, they have to use Japanese syllables that sound almost the same. For example, to pronounce the country name "France," Japanese say "Huransu."Another difference between English and Japanese is that Japanese syllables are never accented. Americans often say either Hiroshima or Hiroshima, but Japanese say Hiroshima. Although Japanese is not difficult for Americans to pronounce, it is often difficult for us to learn to speak well, because it is unlike English in almost every way. The sentence structure is different. Even parts of speech are different, but Japanese has particles, like wa and o, that indicate how words are related, a device which is absent in English. Often the subject of the sentence, such as "I" (watakushiwa) is left out, and distinctions between the singular and plural are rarely made, so sentences may seem ambiguous to English speakers.
As in English, verbs change to show tense, but so do adjectives, because Japanese is an inflected language.But one of the greatest differences has to do with levels of politeness. People speak differently depending on the person they are talking to, or talking about. A high school student uses different forms to speak to the class teacher than when speaking to classmates, and the forms used by boy and girl students are slightly different, too. The very words,verbs, nouns, pronouns, and adjectives, often change, too.
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Standard Japanese uses 100 distinct syllables. Of these, 5 are single vowels, 62 are consonants combined with a vowel, and 53 are consonants combined with 'y' plus a vowel.In addition to these syllables, Japanese uses one single consonant, the letter "n." It may also be pronounced "m." In general, consonants are pronounced the same way they are in English, except that "g" is always hard, as in "get." When a vowel has a diacritical mark over it (e.g. â, ô, û), the sound is the same, but held longer -- it is doubled. So "Tôkyô" is pronounced "To-o kyo-o," and "shôgun" is pronounced "sho-o gun."Notice that several English sounds are missing from the Japanese language entirely: "c," "f," "l," "q," "v," and "x." When Japanese want to represent these sounds, they have to use Japanese syllables that sound almost the same. For example, to pronounce the country name "France," Japanese say "Huransu."Another difference between English and Japanese is that Japanese syllables are never accented. Americans often say either Hiroshima or Hiroshima, but Japanese say Hiroshima. Although Japanese is not difficult for Americans to pronounce, it is often difficult for us to learn to speak well, because it is unlike English in almost every way. The sentence structure is different. Even parts of speech are different, but Japanese has particles, like wa and o, that indicate how words are related, a device which is absent in English. Often the subject of the sentence, such as "I" (watakushiwa) is left out, and distinctions between the singular and plural are rarely made, so sentences may seem ambiguous to English speakers.
As in English, verbs change to show tense, but so do adjectives, because Japanese is an inflected language.But one of the greatest differences has to do with levels of politeness. People speak differently depending on the person they are talking to, or talking about. A high school student uses different forms to speak to the class teacher than when speaking to classmates, and the forms used by boy and girl students are slightly different, too. The very words,verbs, nouns, pronouns, and adjectives, often change, too.
Official site:- http://kizokujapanese.com/intermediate-japanese-language-course/
Official Blog:- https://kizokujapaneselanguage.wordpress.com/
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