glorious_puffy@lemmy.world to Learn Japanese@lemmy.ml · edit-220 days agoWhy は is pronounced as 'wa' when it is used as connecting wordmessage-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up113arrow-down1message-squareWhy は is pronounced as 'wa' when it is used as connecting wordglorious_puffy@lemmy.world to Learn Japanese@lemmy.ml · edit-220 days agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareglorious_puffy@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 days agoI was confused when there was no explaination in genki, hence the question. Thanks for answering
minus-squareSOMETHINGSWRONG@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-220 days agoOther East Asian languages sometimes simplify pronunciation in these exact situations to avoid awkward glottal stops and make it easier to say/flow better. While Japanese isn’t my specialty (I know what comm I’m in hahah), I would assume similar.
I was confused when there was no explaination in genki, hence the question. Thanks for answering
Other East Asian languages sometimes simplify pronunciation in these exact situations to avoid awkward glottal stops and make it easier to say/flow better.
While Japanese isn’t my specialty (I know what comm I’m in hahah), I would assume similar.