Learning Basic Japanese With Baka: Vowels
 

This is just a little tutorial Of kanji. Maybe if this is a hit I would make more ^_^

MYTHS about Japanese:
1. "Japanese is hard"
After much study and talking to several people, I must say that Japanese
is not "hard" or "complex", but "different". It's true that it is very
different from English or Spanish. However, the grammar, spelling, etc.
is very straightforward. Making sentences in the language, conversing,
etc. can occur very early on. The pronunciation is very close to Spanish,
although the accent is different.

2. "I don't have time to learn it"
This is a common reason why many people aren't bilingual in Japanese
right now. If you don't have a goal in mind, or guidance, you won't
notice how much time is spent doing nothing.
If you take a look at your average day from an objective standpoint,
you'll find many wasted hours and minutes. Look how much time is
spent waiting. Waiting in line, waiting for someone to show up, waiting
for the commercials to end, waiting for the movie to start, etc. That
wasted time can be used constructively to inch you toward your goal of
learning Japanese!


Now, Onto Our Basic Lesson

Vowel Sounds
The vowel sounds in Japanese are as follows:
A as in "Father"
E as in "seven eleven"
I as in "Easter treat"
O as in "open, Pope"
U as in "fruity google"

For example, the word
kaeru
would be pronounced "KAH eh roo". In English, you might want to pronounce it
"KAY roo" or "KAY ruh".
The vowels 'i' and 'u' are weak vowels. That means that many times they are not
pronounced. The most important example is:
desu (the u is silent - pronounced DESS)
However, don't constantly drop u's and i's. People will have no clue
what you're saying.

More Coming Soon!

オメデトウ　( ^ _ ^)∠☆PAN！

I have ALOT of free time and no life....sadly T_T. This is a great topic, I look foward too more

Good idea BakaC. How long have you been studying?

Since Freshman year 2004. I am a senior now.

(ﾟ.ﾟ*)