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Sorry for the late reply. I decided to take your advice and start katakana. It is going pretty well so far. I imagine I should have it down by Friday :)
Sorry for taking so long to respond. I have been practicing, and I got a Japanese friend of mine to help me with my pronunciation. I think I might have it this time. I tried my best to take your advice Sayuri, and I would love to get your feedback again.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bwhbe4nxypj3pvb/Ra%20column%202.wav
I recorded a wav file of me trying my best to do the whole tongue thing and trying to mimic Koichi. Would anyone be willing to listen to it and give me feedback?
Yeah, I need to just move on, and come back to it a little later. Maybe I can find some more videos of people speaking to practice with. I have been thinking of trying the JapanesePod101 site to supplement my learning, but they don’t list their prices unless you sign up for a basic account. I think I definitely need to incorporate more listening into my study though.
Thanks for your input, and for your encouragement.
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James.
I have been watching multiple videos on the pronunciation of the Ra column and I am just starting to get more stressed out. In almost every video the speaker says it slightly differently. To me Koichi sounds like he is saying da, di, du, de, do. I watched one guy who said it kind of like La, Li, Lu, Le, Lo. Then I watched a native male and female say it, the male sounded like La, Di, Du, De, Lo and the female sounded like La, Li, Lu, De, Do. >_<
I don’t know why I am having such a hard time with this, but it feels like a roadblock I can’t pass. Times like this I wish I had a teacher or someone to listen to me speak and give me pointers. Maybe I will check out the Teamspeak soon and see if someone will listen to me speak.
I have listened to Koichi’s video, I guess I just need to train my ears to hear it better or something. I have a similar problem with the Ra column. I can’t produce the sounds in Koichi’s video by following his instructions, or at least I can’t produce the sounds I think I hear.
That would be nice. I just started using TextFugu, and this feature would make my life easier for sure.
Thanks! I really hope I do too :)
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