View Single Post
(#13 (permalink))
Old
ryuurui's Avatar
ryuurui (Offline)
Japanese calligrapher
 
Posts: 880
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Tokyo
11-08-2011, 03:04 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by masaegu View Post
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.
Now I remember, like through a fog though, something i learned in japanese lang. school about homophones and diff. pitch, but man, that was 9y ago...I forgot. Well, I look forward to your answer, this is an interesting quiz!
Reply With Quote