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I’m just beginning Kanji vocab in season two, and I’ve run across a confusing pronunciation and I’m not sure if I am just not hearing it right, or if there was a certain rule to pronouncing these kana together I wasn’t aware of.
When practising 一人 ( ひとり) in Anki I hear it pronounced “shtori” when I thought it would be “hitori” Are both correct? Is there something I’m missing here?
Thanks for your time!
It’s “hitori”. The sh-like sound is just an artefact of the microphone used to record.
Ah, thank you very much! That can be confusing, but I suppose if I wasn’t warned of a different way to pronounce said kana, I should stick to what I know. I just try to replicate the pronunciation as accurately as possible, and that through me off.
You do make a bit of a hiss sound when saying “hi”, but it’s not quite so far as an actual “shi”.
Yes, I’ve heard native speakers pronounce it as “shitori” as well and wondered about it myself. Here’s what one native speaker says about it.
“and you also said that it sounds like “shitori”.
thats right in a way, too.
“shitori” is easier to say than “hitori” in some situations.
its like english “t” sometimes can be “d”.
actually i sometimes say “shitori”.
and one of the good examples is that words “hitsuji” and “shituji” are verry similar.
BUT the correct pronunciation is “hitori”, and i recommend you say in this way.”Thanks very much for the advice, I’ll start using the correct pronunciation when studying now.
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