Week
Five Focus:
Culture;
Noh and Kyogen Theater
JAPANESE
PHRASES
All
vowels are pronounced the same way:
(There
are not long and short vowel sounds.
There are not any diphthongs.)
| A = ah |
E = a (long a) |
I = e (long e) |
O
= oh (long o) |
U
= oo (long u) |
(1)
Wakarimas ka?c..Do you understand?
(2)
Wakarimasc..I understand
(3)
Wakarimasenc..I do not
understand.