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hi I’m up to kanji on season 2 past tense and the kanji for person is confusing me the pronunciation looks like hito ひと but sounds completely different but on google they pronounce it heto any help ??
It should be pronounced as ひと just keep in mind that sometimes people, including natives, will leave an い or う as a silent vowel. As to which is more common in this situation, I am unsure. When I listened to the link it sounded more like he used a silent vowel for the first syllable but I have heard it pronounced before as well. I have never heard it pronounced as へと though. I hope this helps, I would gladly try and explain it a different way if that would be better.
What exactly is “on Google”? If you mean Google Translate, I’m pretty sure that’s generated on the run by a computer, so I’m not sure I’d put a great deal of faith in it (though it’s usually fairly good).
I always use Forvo when learning how to pronounce things that I am unsure of:
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