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L and R sounds Part 2

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Aug 11th 2012 09:23
After I posted my first journal about the L and R sounds, I got an interesting comment saying, “the Japanese R is actually 50% English R, 40% English L, and 10% English D.” Until then I had thought Japanese R is closer to the English L.

Yesterday I went to an English conversation class and talked to the Australian teacher about the Japanese R, the English L and the English R. And I said ra/ri/ru/re/ro in Japanese and asked her what it sounded like. She said English L. But she also said the Japanese ra/ri/ru/re/ro sometimes sounds like the English R.

What do you think the Japanese ra/ri/ru/re/ro sound like? Are they closer to the English L or the English R? Or do they sound completely different?
Ryan
Thank you for your correction!
Aug 11th 2012 10:55
  • After I posted my first journal about L and R sounds, I got an interesting comment saying, “Japanese R is actually 50% English R, 40% English L, and 10% English D.” Until then I had thought Japanese R is close to English L.

  • After I posted my first journal about the L and R sounds, I got an interesting comment saying, “the Japanese R is actually 50% English R, 40% English L, and 10% English D.” Until then I had thought Japanese R is closer to the English L.

 
  • Yesterday I went to an English conversation class and talked to the Australian teacher about Japanese R, English L and English R.

  • Yesterday I went to an English conversation class and talked to the Australian teacher about the Japanese R, the English L and the English R.

 
  • She said English L.

  • She said the English L.

 
  • But she also said Japanese ra/ri/ru/re/ro sometimes sounds English R.

  • But she also said the Japanese ra/ri/ru/re/ro sometimes sounds like the English R.

 
  • What Japanese ra/ri/ru/re/ro do you think sounds like?

  • What do you think the Japanese ra/ri/ru/re/ro do you think sound like?

 
  • Is it closer to English L or English R?

  • Are they closer to the English L or the English R?

 
  • Or does it sound completely different from them?

  • Or do they sound completely different from them?

 
I think they're closer to the English L or D. The position of the tongue for L and D is close to the Japanese R. The English R is actually a pretty rare sound in all of the world's languages.
Aug 11th 2012 11:17 Takako
Thanks so much for your corrections. I have to be more careful about the article! I also appreciate your comments.
Aug 12th 2012 00:18 Ryan
Yes.. articles are very difficult. I'm glad Japanese doesn't have them!
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