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Part 3-0. The Introduction of Pitch Accent is available

みなさん、こんにちは!


Part 3-0 from Japanese Phonetics with Fumi is available now.


It's the introduction of Japanese pitch accent.


Pitch accent has two important functions:

  1. To help differentiate between words that would otherwise sound identical, for example:

    • あめ (candy) and あめ (rain) We can tell them apart by the pitch accent.


  1. To indicate word boundaries. For instance, the phrase まいにちしんぶんをよみます can have two different meanings:

    • "I read the Mainichi Shinbun" and

    • "I read a newspaper every day." We can distinguish between them by the pitch accent. Please check the video and listen to the differences.


Additionally, I uploaded a new blog episode titled "こうし/こおし: When 'ou' is not a long vowel." This episode discusses the differences in spelling and pronunciation and might be a little bit advanced.



Have a great day!"











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