...for Dummies!
After two months (!) I've cracked open this latest "for Dummies" book. It comes with a CD with some basic conversations. However I wanted to pass along this grammar tip from chapter 1:
" The vowels e and u come out as a downright whisper whenever they fall between the consonant sounds ch, h, k, p, s, sh, t or ts. Or, whenever a word ends in this consonant vowel combination."
I count nine different ways to apply this snappy, easy-to-remember, whisper rule to two different vowels for a grand total of eighteen rules. Let me repeat myself. This is from chapter 1!
2 comments:
Pete,
This is your brain speaking to you: "Back away from the book. No, bettert yet, throw the book away and run Forest run."
This next message is from your cpu for your survival instincts. "Warning - Warning. Information overload, self destruct sequence will commence in 3, 2 . . ."
No wonder the world is not standardizing on Japanese!
Hideki - my office friend in Tokyo lives 2 subway stops away from you. She recognized the underground pictures from your post!
Coin World has an article on a new series of Japanese coins that you can reportedly pick up at banks and post offices. The first is a 500-yen coin, bi-color in copper and silver. Here's the website for a picture but only the proof will be colourized. http://www.mof.go.jp/jouhou/sonota/kokko/kk200513.htm
I was specifically asked to send you this info from a certain older gent.
All the Brits in my office 'spot-on' -- you certainly are becoming too international!
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