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Japanese Sound System

Japanese Sound System. Differences from English sounds. Japanese Has 46 sound symbols Has 17 consonants Has ONLY 5 vowels (a,i,u,e,o) Has long vowels: [aa], [ii], [uu], [ee], [oo] Has double consonants: [kk][gg][ss][tt][pp] etc. Differences from English sounds. Japanese …..

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Japanese Sound System

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  1. Japanese Sound System

  2. Differences from English sounds Japanese • Has 46 sound symbols • Has 17 consonants • Has ONLY 5 vowels (a,i,u,e,o) • Has long vowels: [aa], [ii], [uu], [ee], [oo] • Has double consonants: [kk][gg][ss][tt][pp] etc..

  3. Differences from English sounds Japanese ….. • Does not have diphthongs [ei] [ou] • [ei][ee], [ou][oo] • Does not differentiate between [u] and [æ] e.g. cap/cup • Does not have • [f] (family)  famirii • [v] (voice)  boisu • [ð ](brother)  burazaa • [θ](theater)  shiataa • [r](crap)  kurappu • [l] (clap)  kurappu

  4. Japanese sound chart (Rooma-ji)– part 1

  5. Japanese sound chart – part 2

  6. Japanese Writing Systems • Hiragana (46 characters) • Katakana (46 characters) • Kanji (1945 characters= 1006 kanji taught in elementary school +939 kanji taught in secondary school)

  7. Japanese Writing Systems Hiragana e.g. あ、い、う、え、お • Represent sounds: Consonants + Vowels • Are round and curvy in shape • Used for conjugation endings, function words, and native Japanese words not covered by kanji

  8. Japanese Writing Systems Katakana e.g. ア、イ、ウ、エ、オ • Represent sounds: Consonants + Vowels • Are straighter, with sharper corners and angles • Used for writing foreign words and names • Onomatopoeia • Stressing certain words for extra emphasis or for certain styles in advertisements

  9. Japanese Writing Systems Kanji (Chinese letters)　e.g. 月、火、木 • Represent sounds and meanings • Most kanji have two sets of readings: Japanese native readings, Kun-yomi, and Chinese readings, On-yomi (pronunciation originally borrowed from Chinese) • Mostly used for nouns and the stems of verbs and adjectives.

  10. Hiragana/ Katakana/Kanji used in a sentence I particle TV particle Verb ending Watashi wa terebi o mi masu 私 は　テレビ を　 見 ます KG H KT H KG H

  11. Hiragana Chart – part 1

  12. Hiragana Chart – part 2

  13. Katakana Chart – Part 1

  14. Katakana Chart –Part 2

  15. What letters can you find in his face?

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