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Originally Posted by SHAD0W
ミサさんはかわいそうだ - Poor Misa / I feel sorry for Misa
ミサさんはかわいいそうだ - Sounds like Misa is cute.
I learned the difference between these the hard way while in Japan. A friend of the family was telling me how her grandchildren were enjoying elementary school. I told her I felt sorry for them..
Oops.
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lol It explains exactly why I asked this question. Native speakers would rarely, if ever, fail to catch that split-second difference between short and elongated vowels.