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| Lesson ¹3 | Translated from Russian by Svetlana Kyyashko |
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| Melodiousness of Japanese speech is attained primarily by ascending tone. |
Pronounce kuroy [kuroI] (black)
just as you really want to – with stressed “o”.
And now try to pronounce it in the way a Japanese
would do it - bitonously. For that, "ku" (atonic (unaccented))
syllable shall be pronounced as one note and "roy" (accented)
syllable - as another - higher - note.
Another example: try to pronounve “watakushi”. The
first syllable is atonic (i.e. the tone is lower), and the second, third and
fourth syllables are accented (i.e. the tones of reproducing are higher than
the first one).
Íà The accents are not denoted in writing. One just should know how to pronounce some or other words. In textbooks accentuation is frequently marked (when needed) by horizontal broken line. It is placed lower above atonic syllables and higher – above accented syllables.
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| waTAKUSHI (I) | IE (a house) | aKAI (red) |
| aNAta (you,- (singular and plural) |
HOn (a book) | kuROI (black) |
| gaKUSEI (a student) | NEko (a cat) | eMPITSU (a pencil) |
| seNSEI (a teacher) | kuRUMA (a car) | Ii (good) |
| Exercise 2 |
| Explore pronunciation of the new words and learn them |
| Fizzle "SHI" and "SHA" slightly. |
| HAi (yes) | iE (no) |
| KAsa (an umbrella) | iSHA(a doctor) |
| aOI (blue, green) | shiROI [sI`roi] (white) |
| yaMA (a mountain) | KI (a tree) |
| DAre (who) | NAn, NAni (what) |
Note: The accents may change when used in a particular sentence.
| You must not forget
that wrong accentuation results in complete shift of the words' meaning!
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