{"id":402,"date":"2011-09-17T14:53:43","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T19:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/?p=402"},"modified":"2011-09-23T10:18:47","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T15:18:47","slug":"japanese-from-scratch-1-1-4-t-n-sounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/17\/japanese-from-scratch-1-1-4-t-n-sounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese from Scratch 1.1.4 \u2013 t\/n sounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re new to this series, check out my previous posts under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/category\/japanese-from-scratch\/\">&#8220;Japanese from Scratch<\/a>&#8221; category.<\/p>\n<p>In this lesson, we learn how to write the \/t\/ and \/n\/ consonant sounds in Hiragana.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qMYsdjeeC1Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The best way to practice writing is to use plain old-fashion pen and paper. You can download the Hiragana practice writing sheet here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/japanese-lesson.com\/characters\/hiragana\/hiragana_writing.html\">http:\/\/japanese-lesson.com\/characters\/hiragana\/hiragana_writing.html<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Sounds to watch for<\/h2>\n<p>Japanese doesn&#8217;t necessarily follow how we would normally expect consonant and vowel combinations to sound like. While most are pronounced how you would expect, \u300c\u3061\u300d is actually pronounced &#8220;chi&#8221; (instead of &#8220;tee&#8221;). Another very tricky sound for English speaker is \u300c\u3064\u300d which is a sound that really has no equivalent in English. To pronounce \u300c\u3064\u300d (&#8220;tsu&#8221;), try forming an &#8220;o&#8221; with your mouth as if you&#8217;re pronouncing &#8220;sue&#8221; and add a hard &#8220;t&#8221; sound at the start of the sound by touching your tongue to the back of your teeth.<\/p>\n<p>It is often difficult at first to distinguish between \u300c\u3059\u300d and \u300c\u3064\u300d. The word for &#8220;moon&#8221; and the adjective for liking something is often used as an example. I got the sample audio files below from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forvo.com\">forvo.com<\/a>. Can you notice the hard &#8220;t&#8221; sound that&#8217;s only in the first clip?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href='https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/tsuki.mp3'>\u3064\u304d<\/a> &#8211; moon<\/li>\n<li><a href='https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/suki.mp3'>\u3059\u304d<\/a> &#8211; likable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Reading Practice<\/h2>\n<p>Admittedly, learning random vocabulary is not very useful but it is good reading practice so do read over the list below but don&#8217;t worry about memorizing the definitions.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u3044\u3061 &#8211; one<\/li>\n<li>\u3066 &#8211; hand<\/li>\n<li>\u305f\u3064 &#8211; to stand<\/li>\n<li>\u305f\u3053 &#8211; octopus<\/li>\n<li>\u304b\u3064 &#8211; to win<\/li>\n<li>\u306b &#8211; two<\/li>\n<li>\u306a\u306b &#8211; what<\/li>\n<li>\u306c\u306e &#8211; fabric<\/li>\n<li>\u3059\u306a &#8211; sand<\/li>\n<li>\u304a\u304b\u306d &#8211; money<\/li>\n<li>\u3057\u306c &#8211; to die<\/li>\n<li>\u306c\u304f &#8211; to extract, to pull out<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re new to this series, check out my previous posts under the &#8220;Japanese from Scratch&#8221; category. In this lesson, we learn how to write the \/t\/ and \/n\/ consonant sounds in Hiragana. The best way to practice writing is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/17\/japanese-from-scratch-1-1-4-t-n-sounds\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beginner","category-japanese-from-scratch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}