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  • February 17, 2012 at 11:02 am #26834

    Cameron
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    I don’t know anyone Japanese, so I get no speaking practice. Could you please watch my pronunciation of あ,い,う,え,お youtube video and tell me if I need to improve (links below).

    Thanks

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5laTT8uGO4

    February 17, 2012 at 11:51 am #26837

    Hatt0ri
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    All are great. Maybe お sounds more like “oh” than it should, but I don’t think you will pronounce it that way when it’s a part of a word. Nice job! (^_^)b

    February 17, 2012 at 11:54 am #26838

    Cameron
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    thanks

    February 17, 2012 at 12:16 pm #26839

    Cameron
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    か　き　く　け　こ　http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJZSLJ1cXhI

    February 17, 2012 at 3:52 pm #26844

    missingno15
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    http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24237377/a%20i%20u%20e%20o.mp3

    か and こ , and everything else has to have an abrupt stop.　 く、き、け sound find however. otherwise, it might end up like ああ、きい、 or おお. most people who’s first language is english will keep exhaling as you say it which makes it have a relaxed sound at the end of words such as か and こ。 so when i heard it, it sounds like “kaahhhhhh” and “kOOOhhhhh”

    February 18, 2012 at 2:57 am #26850

    Cameron
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    thanks

    February 21, 2012 at 5:37 pm #27024

    MisterM2402 [Michael]
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    It seems kinda silly getting pronunciation tips from other learners, no? :P The best way to work on your pronunciation is to imitate native Japanese speakers whenever you can. That’s just my feeling anyway :)

    February 26, 2012 at 1:28 pm #27148

    Jessica
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    Since there is already a pronunciation thread, I thought I would ask my Q here.

    I am having a hard time pronouncing 七人 as heard on the following page:
    http://www.textfugu.com/season-2/past-tense-nouns/practice/

    I have looked at both the pronunciations given for 七 and 人,
    here (http://www.textfugu.com/kanji/1-2-stroke/%E4%B8%83/#top)
    and here (http://www.textfugu.com/kanji/%E4%BA%BA/#top) respectively,
    but I still do not seem to understand.

    Perhaps I am just missing something, but will someone please spell the pronunciation of 七人 phonetically in English?

    Thanks!

    February 26, 2012 at 3:05 pm #27150

    missingno15
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    I guess what MisterM2402 is saying is true, but thought I’d put my two cents since thats the sort of thing I noticed when I heard a recording of myself speak which seems true for speakers of English and have been mistaken as a Japanese person on several occasions before.

    February 26, 2012 at 9:42 pm #27155

    Joel
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    Perhaps I am just missing something, but will someone please spell the pronunciation of 七人 phonetically in English?

    七人 = しちにん = shi chi nin. It’s mostly recording artefacts that’s obscuring things, there.

    February 27, 2012 at 8:16 am #27159

    Jessica
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    Thank you very much Joel!

    I didn’t want to move on thinking I need a hearing aid ;)

    Cheers!

    • This reply was modified 12 years, 9 months ago by  Jessica. Reason: Forgot my tenses
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