In Japanese, diacritical marks like the dakuten and handakuten are considered markers that indicate if a sound is vocalised or plosive, respectively. Handaku-ten (“Half vocalised” = “Plosive”)半濁点・はんだくてん『○ ゚』は→ぱ、ひ→ぴ、ふ→ぷ、へ→ぺ、ほ→ぽ ha→pa, hi→pi, fu→pu, he→pe, ho→po Daku-ten (“Vocalised” = Hum while you say the sound)濁点・だくてん『○ ゙』 は→ば、ひ→び、ふ→ぶ、へ→べ、ほ→ぼ ha→ba, hi→bi, fu→bu, he→be, ho→bo か→が、き→ぎ、く→ぐ、け→げ、こ→ご ka→ga, ki→gi, ku→gu, ke→ge, ko→go た→だ、ち→ぢ、つ→づ、て→で、と→ど ta→da, chi→ji, tsu→dzu,Continue reading “Japanese Diacritical Marks”
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「見えない」and「見られない」 How are they similar, what do they mean?
「見えない」と「見られない」 The best way to see the difference between 見えない and 見られない is through examples: 微粒子は肉眼ではほとんど見えない。Minute particles are hardly visible to the naked eye. 彼は片目が見えない。He is blind in one eye. 肉眼ではほとんど見えない星もある。Some stars are hardly visible to the naked eye. ここじゃないと見えないんだ。I can only see it (the game) from here. 彼女は彼に涙を見られないようにした。She turned away so he could notContinue reading “「見えない」and「見られない」 How are they similar, what do they mean?”