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11-08-2011, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ryuurui View Post
What do the following words mean when they are pronounced with the high pitch accent placed on the syllable in red in Standard Japanese?

When the pitch is on the last mora, they are questions, but I may be wrong.

Q い
A まだよ!
I cannot really answer any of the questions now but no, that is not it. You can place the high pitch accent on the い and still utter the word いま with a rising intonation for a question. There is just no way a multiple-syllable word can be misheard as another when used in a question in Japanese. It would be too confusing for us all.


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