I think the easiest ones to tell are the ones that start low and end high, as in heiban and odaka, at least for me. Another thing I found interesting is the fact that, as a musician with trained ears, I am able to differenciate very easily between tonal changes in music, when a note sounds off etc...but I still make some mistakes (though not very often) when the change in pitch is very subtle, as seems to be the case in spoken japanese. I am getting a lot better as time progresses though, especially because I started practicing consciously in order to better distinguish japanese pitch accent. Just found out about your channel by the way, when I was searching for japanes pitch accent information...keep up the great quality work!! I am very greatful for the time you invested in this channel and I immediately subbed :)
Unfortunately I can't tell the difference between high and low pitch at all. I also don't know how to change my own pitch when I speak (or attempt to sing for that matter). I did karaoke once and my friend complimented my "funny robot voice". He wasn't making fun of me. He actually thought I was doing it on purpose. I've tried to google this but it seems this a basic physical(?) action that people are supposed to just know how to do. Thank you for the video. 有難う！
Two-syllable words seem to have the same pattern---a rise, and then a leveling-off. Four syllable words seem to have a decline in pitch for the last syllable. English usually uses emphazises certain syllables within words, so that might make it more of a challenge for native Japanese speakers..
Actually, two-syllable (or two-mora) words have two more pitch patterns. (noun + が) とりが to-RI-GA (low-high-high) → heiban やま ya-MA-ga (low-high-low) → odaka あめが A-me (high-low-low) → atamadaka. Most of the words that are used in this video are heiban, which is not the only pitch pattern in Japanese.
Thank you, Yudai Sensei, for the explanation. I intentionally picked up the words that don’t start with a high pitch to make it difficult for English speakers. There are more patterns.
I understand what "stress" is. It's a syllable distinguished from others by length and loudness. But I have a hard time understanding what "pitch" actually is.
Somehow I still don't really understand pitch. It's not stressing like in English. It's not accents like in french. It's not tones like in mandarin. But what is it? Does the voice go higher, or do I put a different kind of emphasis? So confused...
Like you said, pitch is different from stressing or tones. You need to be accurate with tones, otherwise the other person doesn't understand you. But as for pitch, if you don't say things with the correct pitch, we still understand you. I think you need some time to get used to the concept.
My Brazillian portuguese brain can't catch those pitches. I think I can repeat the sounds, but those highs and lows, I can't hear them. This will be a long journey. But thanks for the video!
I am glad to be learning this language.I am in highschool and I am self studying Japanese.I don't do Japanese at school but I want to live in Japan one day.My school doesn't teach Japanese so I make use of Japanese RUclips videos and some Japanese learning apps to learn.I love Japanese culture,food,infrastructure and technology but most of all Japanese people.My favorite Jpop groups are AKB48,NGT48,Morning Musume and E-girls.My favorite solo artist is Mika Nakashima.I love Japanese women as well.I want to get married to one but I don't know if they are into black South African guys.私が日本を愛してる
I think the easiest ones to tell are the ones that start low and end high, as in heiban and odaka, at least for me. Another thing I found interesting is the fact that, as a musician with trained ears, I am able to differenciate very easily between tonal changes in music, when a note sounds off etc...but I still make some mistakes (though not very often) when the change in pitch is very subtle, as seems to be the case in spoken japanese. I am getting a lot better as time progresses though, especially because I started practicing consciously in order to better distinguish japanese pitch accent.
Just found out about your channel by the way, when I was searching for japanes pitch accent information...keep up the great quality work!! I am very greatful for the time you invested in this channel and I immediately subbed :)
Thank you so much for your comment. Your comment motivated me to make more videos on Japanese pitch accent!☺️
Thanks, Fumi. I enjoy your videos. Both entertaining and educational.
Thank you 😁✨
Unfortunately I can't tell the difference between high and low pitch at all. I also don't know how to change my own pitch when I speak (or attempt to sing for that matter). I did karaoke once and my friend complimented my "funny robot voice". He wasn't making fun of me. He actually thought I was doing it on purpose. I've tried to google this but it seems this a basic physical(?) action that people are supposed to just know how to do. Thank you for the video. 有難う！
I’ll make a test easier next time
Every Japanese person can use the pitch accent, which means, maybe you’re not good at it though it’s not impossible
I also have a hard time telling the pitch. But I'm a little tone deaf, so many that's why.
Two-syllable words seem to have the same pattern---a rise, and then a leveling-off. Four syllable words seem to have a decline in pitch for the last syllable. English usually uses emphazises certain syllables within words, so that might make it more of a challenge for native Japanese speakers..
Actually, two-syllable (or two-mora) words have two more pitch patterns. (noun + が) とりが to-RI-GA (low-high-high) → heiban やま ya-MA-ga (low-high-low) → odaka あめが A-me (high-low-low) → atamadaka. Most of the words that are used in this video are heiban, which is not the only pitch pattern in Japanese.
Thank you, Yudai Sensei, for the explanation.
I intentionally picked up the words that don’t start with a high pitch to make it difficult for English speakers.
There are more patterns.
I understand what "stress" is. It's a syllable distinguished from others by length and loudness. But I have a hard time understanding what "pitch" actually is.
Pitch is like a melody. And the melody has some patterns.
You’ll get to used to it if you listen to Japanese a lot.
Me too! I'm having real trouble with the concept.
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Somehow I still don't really understand pitch. It's not stressing like in English. It's not accents like in french. It's not tones like in mandarin. But what is it? Does the voice go higher, or do I put a different kind of emphasis? So confused...
Like you said, pitch is different from stressing or tones. You need to be accurate with tones, otherwise the other person doesn't understand you. But as for pitch, if you don't say things with the correct pitch, we still understand you.
I think you need some time to get used to the concept.
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally I think you are right. I hope it will become easier with time.
My Brazillian portuguese brain can't catch those pitches. I think I can repeat the sounds, but those highs and lows, I can't hear them. This will be a long journey. But thanks for the video!
Yes, it takes long ... Listening a lot would help you. Ganbattekudasai :)
Very interesting thank you ! Hmmm I got half wrong !
Now I think the test was too difficult 😅
面白い!
よかった😁
Looks like I need practice. I used to be pretty good at sensing pitch.
If so, you’ll get the sense back easily😁✨
Thank you for the vote of confidence. If there are any resource materials you recommend I’m all ears.
こんにちは(私が南アフリカ人ですか
ですか is used for a question.
The sentence means "Am I South African?"
And are you? 😄
Yes I am South African.I can't believe I made that mistake.Sorry.I was supposed to say 私が南アフリカ人です
Please don't be sorry. Everyone makes mistakes! You're the first South African who left a comment. Thank you :)
I am glad to be learning this language.I am in highschool and I am self studying Japanese.I don't do Japanese at school but I want to live in Japan one day.My school doesn't teach Japanese so I make use of Japanese RUclips videos and some Japanese learning apps to learn.I love Japanese culture,food,infrastructure and technology but most of all Japanese people.My favorite Jpop groups are AKB48,NGT48,Morning Musume and E-girls.My favorite solo artist is Mika Nakashima.I love Japanese women as well.I want to get married to one but I don't know if they are into black South African guys.私が日本を愛してる