--- In [email protected], "pvasquez_guitar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Noah Riding > <noaharkrider@> wrote: > I know there's no L per se, but when you pronounce words that begin > with an R it sounds very much like an L, for instance the way a > native Nihonjin would pronounce ramen, it sounds like they're > saying "lamen." > >Actually if you ask someone who is a native Nihojin ramen would sound like damen. > > > There is no L in japanese, only r. So if you ask a japanese person > to pronounce the name Lena, they will always end up saying Rena. > The 'D' part of it you are referring to isn't actually a 'd' sound > per se, but a particular way of articulating the tongue that makes > it sound that way. In general, a word beginning with R in japanese > is the same, as in saying, Romaji, or Rainen...if it is a syllable > sound R then what you are hearing is ...the best way to describe as > almost a fluttering of the tongue. In both japanese, and spanish ( > nearly identical pronounciation, which is very interesting) you use > the tip of the tongue a lot in saying the words and when you > pronounce long words it sort of almost like bounces between the > front top of the mouth and the bottom tip of the mouth, and that > creates what you think is a d sound, but just remember its R your > hearing and should be treated as such. The whole japanese alphabet, > there is absolutely no L, so don't worry its less to worry > > about. > > > > Moshi shitsumon ga areba, kaite kudasai. > > > > Jaa ne, > > > > Noah > > > > pvasquez_guitar <pvasquez_guitar@> wrote: > > How are you supposed to pronounce R, I read that it is > usually > > pronounced more like the American "L" such as in Arigatou, > however, > > recently I heard it is sometimes pronounced with a "D" sound, such > as > > in arimasu? Which is it and how do you know when to pronounce it > like > > an "L" and when to pronounce it like a "D"? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. > Great rates starting at 1ยข/min. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >
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