{"id":576,"date":"2019-12-08T08:55:52","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T15:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learnjapanese.best\/?p=576"},"modified":"2019-12-08T08:55:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T15:55:52","slug":"twenty-vowels-english-make-simply-seven-japanese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/japanesecomplete.com\/articles\/?p=576","title":{"rendered":"Twenty Vowels English Make, Simply Seven Japanese."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

English in all its glory has pure vowels 12 <\/strong>and 8 vowels glide.<\/strong> Compare this with Japanese that has 5 vowels.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

“Pure” Vowels of English
<\/strong>\/\u0131\/as in hit
\/\u026a\/ as in read
\/e\/ as in bed
\/\u00e6\/as in bat
\/\u0251\u02d0\/as in hard
\/\u0252\/ as in shot
\/\u0254\u02d0\/ as in short
\/\u028a\/as in full
\/u\u02d0\/ as in school
\/\u028c\/ as in hut
\/\u025c\u02d0\/as in alert
\/\u0259\/ as in aloud<\/p>\n\n\n

“Glide” Vowels of English<\/strong>
\/a\u026a\/ as in fight,
\/\u0251\u028a\/ as in shout
\/\u0259\u028a\/ as in go
\/\u0254\u026a\/ as in boy
\/\u028a\u0259\/ as in poor,sure
\/\u026a\u0259\/as in ear
\/e\u0259\/ as in air
\/e\u026a\/ as in hate<\/p>\n\n\n

“Pure” Vowels of Japanese<\/strong>
\/\u026a\/
\/e\/
\/a\/
\/o\/
\/u\/<\/p>\n\n\n

Listen to this sound file to get an idea of the five pure tones of Japanese.
This brief “song” can be the basis of a great pronunciation in Japanese.<\/p>\n\n\n