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In the audio of the example sentences, the woman uses a consistent, specific inflection on か as a question marker: descending then ascending. Let me see if I can graph it:
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I’m finding this hard to replicate (or at least remember to replicate) when I’m doing my practice. I tend to just go up without first dipping down. How hard should I be trying to replicate the inflection she uses? Is a simple ascending inflection also correct, and the down-up in the examples are just particular to the woman speaking?Thanks!
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Jonathan Anderson.
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Could you link to an example of this?
Also, I’m almost certain there is no need to worry about this :P
You can hear it pretty clearly in all of the examples on this page except the せんせい one:
I think it might be because all the sentences are so similar and she’s recorded them one after the other, she’s kinda getting into a rhythm :P
In English, if you were to ask one after the other “Is it an apple?” “Is it a pumpkin?” “Is it a lightsaber?”, inflection/intonation-wise, they’d all be pretty much the same. But then if you asked “What time is it?” or “Where is the library?”, you’d most likely say it differently.Again, nothing to worry about :)
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