Showing posts with label Consonants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Consonants. Show all posts

Sunday, 11 August 2013

Pronunciation: Consonants Part 4

Hello again everyone. Sorry for the delay. I managed to catch a bug a couple of days ago. In this section, we will be covering the use of characters combined with other characters to make different sounds. After this, we will go on to studying vocabulary.

Wednesday, 7 August 2013

Pronunciation: Consonants Part 3

This is part 3 of Pronunciation: Consonants. Tomorrow we will finish up with combined sounds. If you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to leave it in the comments section below or contact me via email. Good luck with your studying!

Tuesday, 6 August 2013

Pronuncation: Consonants Part 2

This is a continuation on pronouncing Japanese consonants. If you have any questions or feedback, you can leave it in the comments section or send me an email. Happy studies!

Monday, 5 August 2013

Pronuncation: Consonants Part 1

This section will be divided into 3 parts so that you have time to practice each sound. Japanese is very different from English in how consonants work because all their characters are phonetic. Also, all but one of their consonant characters end in one of the five vowel sounds. One very important thing to note about consonants and vowels in Japanese is vowels dictate the shape and movement of the lips, whereas consonants dictate the movement of the mouth and tongue. Try to be mindful of this when trying to say these sounds: