OCR Text |
Show Japanese Pronunciation. a like a In father at as in aisle e like e.lp men el as In weigh 1 like 1 in pin nu and o as 0 In bone o like o In pony uu a3 00 In moon u llko 00 In book 1 In tho middle of a word and u In the middle or at tho end of a word aro sometimes some-times almost inaudible. Tho consonants aro all sounded, as In EnBllsh; g, however, ha3 only tho hard sound, as In "give," although the nasal ng I3 often heard; ch and s are always soft, aa In "check" aud "sin;" and z bo fore u has the sound of dz. In tlio case At double consonants, each one must bo given its full sound ' There aro as many syllables as vowols. There Is practically no accent. Do suro to avoid tho flat sound of a, which Is always pronounced ah. From ' A Hankbook of Modern Jupan," by Ernest Er-nest W, Clement. |