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.:Lesson 1: The Laws of the language:. You need to run through this first before you can start learning Japanese. Law 1- Pronunciation A= ah I= ee U= oo E= eh O= oh Ka= kah Ki= kii Ku= “k” Ke= keh Ko= koh sa= sa shi= shi su= ss se= seh so= so ta= ta chi= chi tsu= sst oo te= teh to= toe na= na ni= knee nu= n ne= neh no= noe ha= ha hi= hee hu/fu= who he= heh ho= ho ma= ma mi= mee mu= moo me= meh mo= moe ya= yah yu= you yo= yo ra= ra ri= ree ru= r re= ray ro= row wa= wah n= nn As you can see on “Ku” the u is silent. The “U” is usually silent because you say it fast. Also, when you add another vowel, you pause a bit while reading. Like Ippai which means full, is said “eep-pie” the only vowel you don’t add two of is O, for that you use a U. like in Jounouchi’s name. It’s still Jonochi, but you hold out the O. Japanese also like to use a lot of “sound effects” when talking. For example, koro koro is the sound of something rolling and doki doki is the sound of the heart beating. Some times you can spot these words if one word is repeated. Musha musha is the sound of some one eating and is said twice. Another thing, the sentences are arranged differently than in english. For example, instead of saying “I have a red shirt” you would say “Shirt of mine is red” pointing out the subjet first. Along these lines are words that don’t have any meaning at all and point out the subject and what you should be focusing on. Watashi wa Karny des Watashi= I wa=pointing out the focus of the sentence before it. Karny des= Karny is. Instead of being fancy, is and are are the same word, des. You will see des spelt with a u at the end, but I go for purnounciation more than spelling.
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