Monday, April 26, 2010

This completes the 50 basic vowels of Japanese

In this post, I will list the rest of the basic vowels or sounds of the Japanese language. These are:

ま み む め もん [ma mi mu me mo]
や ゆ よ [ya yu yo]
ら り る れ ろ [ra ri ru re ro]
わ を [wa wo]
ん [n]

ま [ma] is pronounced as mo in mother
み [mi] is pronounced as mi in missing
む [mu] is pronounced as moo in moon
め[me] is pronounced as may in May
も[mo] is pronounced as mo in more

や [ya] is pronounced as
ゆ [yu] is pronounced as
よ[yo] is pronounced as

ら [ra] is pronounced as ra in rather
り [ri] is pronounced as re in repeat
る [ru] is pronounced as ru in rule
れ [re] is pronounced as ray in rayfish
ろ[ro] is pronounced as ro in roll

わ [wa] is pronounced as wo in won
を[wo] is pronounced as wa in wall

ん [n] is pronounced as n

Try to remember all the 50 vowels given in this blog and you will enjoy reading Japanese then. Of course, there are other sounds such as g, z, d, b, and p. They are formed by adding straightened right inverted commas on the right upper sound of k for g sound, s for z sound, t for d sound, h for b sound. However, you add the degree sign to h for p sound.

Here they are:

g sound: が ぎ ぐ げ ご [ga gi gu ge go] pronounced as [gargle, guitar, good, gay, god]

z sound: ざ じずぜぞ [za ji zu ze zo] pronounced as [beza(Malay), Jill, zoo, zay, zo]

d sound: だ じずでど [da ji zu de do] pronounced as [radar, Jill, zoo, day, doll]

b sound: ば び ぶ べ ぼ [ba bi bu be bo] pronounced as [bar, bee, book, bay, bore]

p sound: ぱ ぴ ぷ ぺぽ [pa pi pu pe po] pronounced as [part, pee, put, pay, pore]

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