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Originally Posted by masaegu
ANSWERS!
A single response was not what I had expected but so be it. I frankly do not know what to do to be of help on JF anymore. Maybe this one was too easy with such short words. Raise your hand if you want an intermediate or advanced version of this. I will do it if more than a few people want it AND promise to do it.
１．空（そら）、 ２．海（うみ）、 ３．川（かわ）
４．町（まち）、 ５．家（いえ）、 ６．花（はな）
７．行く（いく）、 ８．来る（くる）、 ９．住む（すむ）
１０．歩く（あるく）、 １１．走る（はしる）、 １２．食べる（たべる）
１３．ある、 １４．いる
１５．ボク、 １６．オレ
１７．若い（わかい）、 １８．すごい、 １９．楽しい（たのしい）
２０．スミス、 ２１．ジョンソン、 ２２．ラジオ
NOTE: 「ボク」 is the correct way to pronounce the word originally but its pitch accent has been shifting in the last few decades. Currently, 「ボク」 is VERY often heard around Kanto, so I am going to call both correct.
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I appreciated this, but I didn't have time to answer. I'm sorry. This was going to honestly require some thought on my part; time that I didn't have. I came here today, in fact, just to say I appreciate this but don't have time to answer, and I saw you'd already posted the answers. Doh!
I started a new job last Monday and I've been flying across the country for the past two weeks. I'm also in a musical and am rehearsing a lot.
I'm sorry!
Looking at this, the only one I would have definitely gotten right was はな because I remember basically that 花は上に伸びる。鼻は下に。 (flower = LH/HH, nose = HL)
Similarly, 雨は下に落ちる。This is how I remember whether rain or coughdrops gets the め to be a higher pitch (HL = rain, HH/LH = coughdrop/hard candy)
Also I memorized 橋／箸 using a similar mnemonic. But most words I absolutely don't know the pitches for. I just stay as flat as possible to minimize my Americanality.
There aren't really any
rules, right? I mean in the "I before E, except after C and when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh" sense of rules. It's completely random for each word? So I can't memorize some simple rules, right? I'd have to basically learn all over again for every new word?