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    LESSON NOTES

    Ultimate Japanese Pronunciation


    Guide #1
    Introduction to Perfect Japanese
    Pronunciation

    CONTENTS
    2 Grammar

    # 1
    COPYRIGHT © 2016 INNOVATIVE LANGUAGE LEARNING. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
    GRAMMAR

    T he Focus of t he Le sson is Mast e ring t he Building Blocks of Japane se Pronunciat ion

    It's often said that Japanese pronunciation is one of the easiest aspects of the language.
    And guess what-it's true! But it still takes some practice, and we're here to help you with
    it. We'll introduce you to the ins and outs of Japanese pronunciation and show you how it
    differs from English pronunciation.

    Sounds and Syllable s


    Let's first take a look at how Japanese sounds work. Compared with other languages,
    Japanese has a relatively small set of sounds, with only fourteen consonants (k, s, t, n, h,
    m, y, r, w, g, z, d, b, and p) and five vowels (a, e, i, o, and u). In Japanese, there are no
    such words as the English word "strength," which has clusters of three or more consonants.
    Japanese is made up of syllables, which are made up of a consonant and a vowel. The
    only exceptions are the vowels and the n sound, which stand alone.

    St re ss
    Let's think about stress in English for a moment. Try saying the words "important" and
    "interesting" aloud. When you say these words aloud, you're putting emphasis, or stress,
    on a certain syllable. In "important," the stress is on the "port" syllable. In "interesting,"
    the stress is on the "int" syllable. If you haven't studied phonetics before, it's probably
    something that just comes naturally that you've never noticed! Because correct English
    pronunciation emphasizes certain syllables, English is known as a stress language.

    Japanese, on the other hand, doesn't have stress! It's a stress-free language! (Until you
    start learning kanji, perhaps...) In Japanese, each syllable is held the same length of time
    and given equal stress. Stressing only certain syllables will sound unnatural; so keep this in
    mind when pronouncing Japanese.

    Let's take a look at a word in Japanese and compare how it is pronounced in both
    Japanese and English. Let's take the word teriyaki, the name of a cooking technique
    where meat is marinated.

    English pronunciat ion: [ ter-uh-YAH-kee ] Note how the third syllable is stressed.
    Japane se pronunciat ion: [teh-ree-yah-kee ] In Japanese, each syllable receives the same
    amount of stress.

    JAPANESEPOD101.COM ULTIMATE JAPANESE PRONUNCIATION GUIDE #1 - INTRODUCTION TO PERFECT JAPANESE PRONUNCIATION 2

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