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しゅじん ＝ 主人［my husband］
など。
じゃあ読んでみましょう！
サムネイルの わたしの 声を聞いて、どっちか 当てましょう！
Today’s topic is long vowels in Japanese (長音 / chōon).
Be careful — adding or missing just one long sound can completely change the meaning!
shujin = husband [my husband]
shuUjin = prisoner [prisoner]
obasan = aunt / middle-aged woman
obaAsan = grandmother
ojisan = uncle / middle-aged man
ojiIsan = grandfather / old man
koko = here
koUkoU = high school * two long vowels here :)
biru = building
biIru = beer
…and many more!
Now let’s read these sentences!
shujin wa shuujin desu / しゅじん は しゅうじん です。
(My husband is a prisoner.)
obaasan no obasan / おばあさん の おばさん
(The grandmother’s aunt)
biiru no / biru / ビール の ビル
(The building of beer )
koko wa koukou desu / ここ は こうこう です。
(This place is a high school.)
koukou wa koko to koko desu / こうこう は ここと ここです。
(The high school is here and here.)
★ Quiz ★
Listen to my voice in the thumbnail and guess which one I’m saying!
1.shujin / shuujin
2. ojisan / ojiisan
3. koko/ koukou
4. biru / biiru
Answer
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1.shujin (no long vowel)
2.ojiisan (one long vowel)
3.koko (no long vowel)
4.biiru (on long vowel)
Was it easy?
See you next time! matane!
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