To see how your tongue moves for all those pronunciations is incredibly helpful - thank you so much for this. I will watch your other 'r' pronunciation after this one ^_^. The bits of information and advice we got as well for vocabulary was great! The intonation/pitch accent was also much appreciated.
Amazing your explanations but it’s still tricky, at 5:16 the “Ra” sounds to me like a “la” sound but immediately after being put in “Wara” it sounds like a normal “ra” sound 🤔 native Spanish speaker, noticing a lot of Japanese sounds are extremely similar to what you’d hear in Spanish! “Ratta” sounds like “rata” which means rat & it’s pronounced exactly the same. Almost thought you were rolling your “R”s 😂
Sorry for the confusion.. Actually the tongue position of Japanese R is similar to the “Flap T or D” in English. I explained it in this video! Please check it out 😉👍 ruclips.net/video/aowIKwzkeyY/видео.html
Thanks so much for the lesson, and the clarification as to how the “R” is pronounced in japanese. I only discovered the correct _ramen_ pronunciation recently, when my co-worker (who is half-japanese), pronounced it in a way that sounded more like “lahh-men.” Of course after hearing “rahmen” all my life, I wondered how he came up with that. He explained that in Japanese, the “R” sounds close to an “L,” except I noticed it’s softer, as in the way you demonstrate, where the tongue hits the roof of your mouth more behind the front teeth. In the English “L” sound, the tongue actually protrudes through the teeth. So it’s not an easy adjustment, but one that’s good to know if you really want to pronounce this word in its correct form. Unfortunately here in LA, at least in my experience, when I try to pronounce words according to their original/native phonetics, people see it as more awkward and/or pretentious, and it’s more likely that they’ll correct _me_ and say something like “don’t you mean carry-oh-kee (karaoke)” or “hunday (Hyundai),” etc.. It’s like they’d rather stick with the American way of saying things, and not even bother learning, or even caring, how words are truly meant to be pronounced. I can guarantee you that if I were to pronounce ramen the _true_ Japanese way around here, people would correct me immediately, unless they were native Japanese speakers. Either way, I appreciate you taking the time to educate, and hope more viewers take the time to listen. Thank you!
You’re very welcome 😉 I know! That’s true! Even Japanese people in LA pronounce their own name in American way.. that’s very strange to me and I stuck to pronounce my name in real way ..even people didn’t get it..but recent year sometimes I heard people pronounce my name in real way though which made me feel Wow🤩
Think of it as a loan word. It's not normal to pronounce words with a native accent unless you're speaking that language. It just sounds weird. Doesn't matter what language it is. Just like the Japanese do not pronounce english words with an english accent - like hamburger which they would pronounce something like "Hanbāgā"
If you’d like to practice more and learn vocabularies for Japanese R in Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji words, please check out this new lesson as well! ruclips.net/video/aowIKwzkeyY/видео.html As I mentioned in this video, R and L are same pronunciation in Japanese. Please check out the part 2 of this series ‘How to pronounce L in Katakana words’! ruclips.net/video/HvgQbVyPae8/видео.html And in this lesson I mentioned small Tsu つ sound in Japanese words. If you would like to learn small Tsu つ sounds, please check out the video link below:) ruclips.net/video/idpdmF5KENQ/видео.html
This is the most helpful video I’ve ever seen with pronunciation it really helps me to see your breakdown of where to move the tongue and help me pronounce correctly. Thank you so much for making this and I’m happy to be a new subscriber and watch your other videos!💞
Funny how you can tell there are so many loan words from English (which themselves derive from Latin or Greek), like aura or orchestra. The spelling is funky but the actual sound when spoken in Japanese is very close to the English version.
I came to learn how to pronounc raamen correctly and leaving with the fact that karaoke is basically "empty with only the orchestra (sans the lead singer)"…… cool cool Thx!!!
The tongue position will be similar to D or T sounds(Flap D and T) and sounds like in between English L and R. I have explained it in this video lesson😉👇 ruclips.net/video/aowIKwzkeyY/видео.html
another way to look at the tongue position is pronouncing english 'la' and then 'da'. there's about a quarter inch of space between the two sounds- the japanese 'ra' is right in the middle. hopefully you already figured it out but here's to anyone who was curious :)
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To see how your tongue moves for all those pronunciations is incredibly helpful - thank you so much for this. I will watch your other 'r' pronunciation after this one ^_^. The bits of information and advice we got as well for vocabulary was great! The intonation/pitch accent was also much appreciated.
So glad that my video helped you a lot 😊👍 Keep up the good work 😉🙌🏻
Amazing your explanations but it’s still tricky, at 5:16 the “Ra” sounds to me like a “la” sound but immediately after being put in “Wara” it sounds like a normal “ra” sound 🤔 native Spanish speaker, noticing a lot of Japanese sounds are extremely similar to what you’d hear in Spanish! “Ratta” sounds like “rata” which means rat & it’s pronounced exactly the same. Almost thought you were rolling your “R”s 😂
Sorry for the confusion.. Actually the tongue position of Japanese R is similar to the “Flap T or D” in English. I explained it in this video! Please check it out 😉👍 ruclips.net/video/aowIKwzkeyY/видео.html
Thanks so much for the lesson, and the clarification as to how the “R” is pronounced in japanese. I only discovered the correct _ramen_ pronunciation recently, when my co-worker (who is half-japanese), pronounced it in a way that sounded more like “lahh-men.” Of course after hearing “rahmen” all my life, I wondered how he came up with that. He explained that in Japanese, the “R” sounds close to an “L,” except I noticed it’s softer, as in the way you demonstrate, where the tongue hits the roof of your mouth more behind the front teeth. In the English “L” sound, the tongue actually protrudes through the teeth. So it’s not an easy adjustment, but one that’s good to know if you really want to pronounce this word in its correct form.
Unfortunately here in LA, at least in my experience, when I try to pronounce words according to their original/native phonetics, people see it as more awkward and/or pretentious, and it’s more likely that they’ll correct _me_ and say something like “don’t you mean carry-oh-kee (karaoke)” or “hunday (Hyundai),” etc.. It’s like they’d rather stick with the American way of saying things, and not even bother learning, or even caring, how words are truly meant to be pronounced. I can guarantee you that if I were to pronounce ramen the _true_ Japanese way around here, people would correct me immediately, unless they were native Japanese speakers.
Either way, I appreciate you taking the time to educate, and hope more viewers take the time to listen. Thank you!
You’re very welcome 😉 I know! That’s true! Even Japanese people in LA pronounce their own name in American way.. that’s very strange to me and I stuck to pronounce my name in real way ..even people didn’t get it..but recent year sometimes I heard people pronounce my name in real way though which made me feel Wow🤩
Think of it as a loan word. It's not normal to pronounce words with a native accent unless you're speaking that language. It just sounds weird. Doesn't matter what language it is. Just like the Japanese do not pronounce english words with an english accent - like hamburger which they would pronounce something like "Hanbāgā"
Very, very usefull video! Congratulations to the teacher!
Thank you 🤗 Glad it’s useful to you 👍🏻
If you’d like to practice more and learn vocabularies for Japanese R in Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji words, please check out this new lesson as well!
ruclips.net/video/aowIKwzkeyY/видео.html
As I mentioned in this video, R and L are same pronunciation in Japanese. Please check out the part 2 of this series ‘How to pronounce L in Katakana words’!
ruclips.net/video/HvgQbVyPae8/видео.html
And in this lesson I mentioned small Tsu つ sound in Japanese words. If you would like to learn small Tsu つ sounds, please check out the video link below:)
ruclips.net/video/idpdmF5KENQ/видео.html
This is the most helpful video I’ve ever seen with pronunciation it really helps me to see your breakdown of where to move the tongue and help me pronounce correctly. Thank you so much for making this and I’m happy to be a new subscriber and watch your other videos!💞
So happy to hear that💓 Hope other videos would help you as well😊
Thank you making this series! Its super helpful! :)
Great! You’re very welcome 😉
Empty orchestra!? 😅 brilliant, thank you
I know, right 😆?! You’re welcome 🤗
Funny how you can tell there are so many loan words from English (which themselves derive from Latin or Greek), like aura or orchestra. The spelling is funky but the actual sound when spoken in Japanese is very close to the English version.
Yes😄
There are so many..! I’ve showed more of those in this lesson too 😉👉 ruclips.net/video/aowIKwzkeyY/видео.html
I came to learn how to pronounc raamen correctly and leaving with the fact that karaoke is basically "empty with only the orchestra (sans the lead singer)"…… cool cool
Thx!!!
You’re welcome 😁 Glad to hear it was helpful!
Thank you! The parts I was missing was pulling my tongue back. Got it now! Subbed.
Thank you😊 Glad to hear that! I am working on another lesson video for practice Japanese R and it’ll be published next weekend 👍
@@JapaneseTerumi Thank you! ありがとうございます
@@MisterGreenGuy どういたしまして😊
Is it pronounce as “d” or “L”?
The tongue position will be similar to D or T sounds(Flap D and T) and sounds like in between English L and R.
I have explained it in this video lesson😉👇
ruclips.net/video/aowIKwzkeyY/видео.html
@@JapaneseTerumi Thank you very much!
You’re very welcome 😊 👍
all I hear is "lamen" with a soft L haha
Exactly! In fact Japanese R and L are the same pronunciation! 👉 ruclips.net/video/aowIKwzkeyY/видео.html
@@JapaneseTerumi so the r and l sounds are interchangeable?
@@WTF3585 Yes! Japanese R is L, Japanese L is R👍
Mei Terumi!!!??? When did you dye your hair black??😧😧😧😧
⁉I’ve never due my hair black…😳
@@JapaneseTerumi haha do you watch Naruto?
@@JapaneseTerumi I was just kidding. 😀😀 There's a character in Naruto named Mei Terumi. Her hair is red.😌😌
When i pronounce the r it sounds wrong to me am I suppose to put my tongue behind my bottom teeth
🤔behind your bottom teeth..? It should be on the upper gum-ridge, similar position to T or D in English.
another way to look at the tongue position is pronouncing english 'la' and then 'da'. there's about a quarter inch of space between the two sounds- the japanese 'ra' is right in the middle. hopefully you already figured it out but here's to anyone who was curious :)