Hiragana Pronunciation

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A good way to start out learning Japanese is to learn hiragana (and learn it correctly). This will get you well on your way to reading Japanese, and help build a good foundation for your pronunciation as well! Repeat after me until you feel comfortable!

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[Ackyay]

if you do it 200 times a day it will get stuck... thats what i did.

[Alvarez3230]

Finally damn I thought that alphabet would never end!

[gisebelle18]

ok im learning japanese now and its hard to tell the difference between tsu and su. Can you help me ?

[Lolikooly]

x) thanks for this video

[draggt03]

@ciaoskater ah ill have to practice that thanks!

[ciaoskater]

@draggt03

forget the English r, it does not exist in Japanese. now say la, li, lu, le, lo. make it short. notice where your tongue is, between your teeth right? place your tongue on the roof of your mouth right behind your top teeth. now say the sounds again. there you go. yes it's awkward at first, but it'll get easier. happy learning :]

[draggt03]

i know this is a old video but how do you pronounce the R's i was told its not a r but an L sound but not really a L sound its between an R and a L. Always get corrected by my japanese friend and i want to impress him lol.....

[BraveGabe]

this is good fr persons that speak in a language where the words are pronounced different than how it's written, but for those languages as japanese where you read as it's written is pretty easy but thanks anyway

[gmaulrocks]

@NyuxSaysxNyu I say it like tuhsoo but the uh is very short so its a fluid tsoo sound

[NyuxSaysxNyu]

@marioman756 Yu'll always hear yourself different than someone else. Try to record yourself then listen to yourself - why do you sound different? You aren't hearing the extra vibrations that sound through your chest.

I speak with a native daily. That's a lot better practice than talking to myself and judging myself.

去年の十月から、日本語を勉強しています。

[marioman756]

@NyuxSaysxNyu

It shouldn't matter because if the 2 sounds are different, then they are different, no matter who is hearing it (as long as you can accurately judge your own voice). I listen to a lot of Japanese music and also Music Hyper Market podcast so if you just listen over and over (and over and over and over), you will know what it is supposed to sound like inherently, although the MHM hosts talk pretty damn fast. I think that is the trick though, listen to natives as MUCH as you are able