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I have a question about じゃありません
is it jya-arimasen or ja-arimasen
thanks in advance ^_^I always believed you pronounced it as “Jya-arimasen”
The way I think of is that し and じ are a little bit different when it comes to ゃ, ゅ and ょ.
I think
しゃ = sha
しゅ = shu
しょ = sho
じゃ = ja
じゅ = ju
じょ = joThis is also the way I type it. It doesn’t give me problems, and to me it doesn’t really sounds like it’s wrong.
So in romanji I would say “jaarimasen”-
This reply was modified 10 years, 7 months ago by
Cimmik.
thanks for the replys you two
to be honest there simaler enough that it sounds the same when you say it anyway it just had me confused about the way you type it as the worksheet was called jaarimasen not jyaarimasen-
This reply was modified 10 years, 7 months ago by
tVAK.
You will see it written as “jya” around the place, but that a different romanisation, not a different pronunciation – it’s written as “jya” to fit the pattern of “kya” and “hya”, but there’s a reason that most people romanise it as “ja” instead.
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