How to pronounce hiragana, ひらがな, aiueo, あいうえお〜わをん
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2020
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Here are the tips to pronounce Japanese hiragana, ひらがな.
I suggest you read hiragana chart, or aiueo chart, horizontaliy, which makes you realize that when you pronounce Japanese, your consonant is influenced by the following vowel.
I'll explain how to pronounce あいうえお、かきくけこ to わをん, dealing especially with し、ち、つ、ひ、ふ、らりるれろ、を and ん.
If you don't need any explanation, please start from 10:53.
You can hear me reading あいうえお chart vertically, then horizontally.
2:05 あいうえお
3:16 かきくけこ
3:31 さしすせそ
3:37 し
4:00 たちつてと
4:06 ち
4:54 つ
5:32 なにぬねの
6:32 はひふへほ
6:37 ひ
6:48 ふ
7:27 まみむめも
7:34 やゆよ
7:43 らりるれろ
9:46 わを
10:02 ん
10:53 Reading all hiragana
By the way, Japanese is a pitch accent language and even あいうえお has pitch.
2:07 pitch of あいうえお
Japanese is a pitch accent language, so when you practice speaking, please try to imitate the pitch too! That will help you sound more natural.
This channel deals with Kanto dialect, the modern standard Japanese.
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This is so helpful! As a self learner, it's hard to figure out the right pronunciation without an instructor. This helps so much, especially since you show the proper mouth shapes. どうもありがとうございます
I’m glad that my video worked for you 😁こちらこそ、コメントありがとうございました😊
らりるれる always get me
😅
It’s not difficult for french 🤗 It sounds very similar when we "roll the r’s" over a french text (as opera singers or as artists would sing until the mid XXth century). It’s exactly something between L and R
My native language is English. I've always had trouble rolling my Rs for Spanish until I started trying to pronounce the R row in Hirigana. Now it's hard NOT to roll my Rs 😂 Makes sense right?
We use these so much in portuguese that I thought it was strange that people couldn't quite pronouce it. I have dificulties with this closed "u" sound. It's so similar to what I speak everyday that's it's hard not to say it my way
Nice
I never thought to read them on the horizontal so all the sounds are the same. Really helps me out. Thank you. I literally practice my vowel sounds in front of the mirror, and now that I know my lips don’t have to move much when putting consonance with the vowels, I think I can pronounce things easier.
I will keep practicing.
This is so clear and helpful, thank you
Thank you for saying that!
This is easily one of the most well-put-together and thoughtful videos on Japanese.. why does this beautiful, kind, graceful person not have more subscribers and likes and recognition for the work she puts into this.. amazing… and in just a 13 minute video..
Wow, that’s so sweet. Thank you so much…✨😊
This is my thinking too, but I couldn't have put it any better! 🏆
Thank you so much. I was using a guide from a website called tofugu. I finished the reading hiragana section. I moved on to the pronunciation of hiragana and found their guide on that somewhat hard to follow. I'll use this for now. It's good practice saying the different kana vertically and horizontally and the fact you pronounce them as well helps so much. Life saver :)
Not many people are aware that reading hiragana horizontally actually helps them understand how to read.
I’m glad you found it helpful!
Thank you for your comment 😊✨
Same here. I was using the Tofugu guide as well and I did well with the vowels but once I tried to take the test, I kept getting stumped becuase it focuses so much on the Romanji letters vs the characters. This is sooooo much more helpful.
Excellent explanation! ありがとうございました！
💜本当にありがとうございます！フミ先生。😊
I’m a native Spanish speaker. It seems like Japanese pronounces R the same way as in Spanish so i had no trouble saying らりるれろ. Very cool lesson!
I've heard that Japanese people are good at pronouncing Spanish, so yes, the other way around is true! 😃
Thank u so much for this video！
As a foreign people it is really so hard for me to distinguish the differences of 「r」and 「u」sound with them in my mother language.
But your video make it super clear to understand ! Expecially the part about the shape of mouth and the position of tongue.They really help me a lot!!!
Thank u soooo much for filming this pronounciation tutorial!!!!
Thank you so much for saying this. It means a lot to me.
Thank you for the comment ☺️
This was very helpful, thank you!!
Thank you 😊
I started learning 日本語 like a month ago, and I have to say this is tremendously helpful! Just about a week ago I discovered pitch accent and got more interested on the pronunciation side of the language, so now aside learning new words, phrases and Kanji, I try to practice this kind of things as much as I can. ふみさん、ありがとうございました！
You've just started! Welcome to Japanese language learning world! Pitch accent is important when you want to sound natural. I think listening a lot natural Japanese helps! Ganbattekudasai😄
Exactly the answer I was looking for regarding pronunciation of the N sound. Thank you very much!
Thank you for saying that.
Here's another tip for ん at the end of the sentence.
ua-cam.com/video/EyYyieWzVK0/v-deo.html
A little bit more detailed explanation is there, just in case if you need.
Thank you! This was so helpful.
Glad to hear that.
Thank you!
Its relaxing hearing,studying with your videos,simple,direct or straightforward and clear.
Wow, a lot of compliments 😳
Thank you 🥰
Seeing the shapes of the mouth and hear the sounds for each prononciation is so helpful. Well done!
Japanese do not only do but they pour there soul at what they do this is the wonderful essence of Japanese culture.
This was extremely helpful. Thank you very much 😭😭.
Glad to hear that! Thank you 😊
Thank you. That is exactly what I needed. I was getting confused with the sound of the hiragana. Great help this!
thank you so much!!! you explaining where the tongue should meet for the R column was when i finally figured it out,, ありがと！！
Good to hear. I’m happy for you😁 Thank you!
thank you much for the video. it was totally helpfulllll
Thank you! Very useful for me.
Thank YOU! I’m glad to hear that 😊
Helped a lot!!
Good😊
Thank you very much! Your lesson is the best and the explanation is so clear and professional! If I’ll speak japanese, it mostly thanks for you!
Wow, thank you, but if you’ll speak, it’s on you😁😁
Thank you, this is beyond helpful. And no way has explained the 'r' row as well as you did!
Glad to hear that! Thank you😄
This helped so much with my pronunciation thank you so much.
I'm glad to hear that! Thank you for the comment!
Thank you for this video, you are lovely and the video is very well done and very helpful!
Thank you !!😊
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new subcriber. love your teaching style!
Thank you, and welcome to my channel✨
Thank you so much, please continue teaching, thank you so much again
Thanks for your effort to explain articulation and underline specifics ! Most videos don’t
Thank you 😊
Thank you for the video! This helps a lot!😄
Thank you!☺️
just started to learn japanese and this is very helpful. thank you so much!
I'm glad to hear it is helpful. I wish all the best in your Japanese learning journey!✨
Thank u so much for this video😊
このビデオ、素晴らしい発音教材ですね！ありがとうございます！
ありがとうございます！
そう思っていただけてうれしいです🥰
actually really helpful especially ふ and ん thanks
Glad to hear that 😊
I'm now able to imitate the sound of those letters better. Thanks for your helpful video!
A Super-Charged lesson, but so graceful, and easy to understand. 丁寧語
I’m just beginning to learn Japanese, I love your videos thank you ☺️
I'm glad to hear that☺️ Thank you! Good luck with your learning journey !!😄
How far have you gotten, and this this channel a big help for beginners?
@@twitchkakyoto I've found it really helpful! I've been using this channel and Lingodeer and I've gotten to putting together basic sentences and learnt both Katakana and Hiragana in about 4 months?
thank you you are such a good teacher 😃
Thank you!! 😄✨
Thank you very much
Thank you
Thank you so much for this video, it really help me a lot, ありがとうございます
Good to hear it. Thank you!!😊
Thank you it helps me
ふみ 先生
I'm starting to feel more confident to speak Japanese thanks to you
ホントに ありがとうございます
Glad to hear it! これからも、がんばってくださいね😊
ありがとう先生❤️❤️
どういたしまして😊✨
Thanks for the video
My pleasure 🥰
Wow, this is fantastic! Especially how you described "shi." Mouth first shaped like "i" (eeee) and then say the vowel. This was really helpful for me! Thanks.
My pleasure😊✨
For people who are Arab just telling y’a that yes “shi” does look like the letter “ل” in Arabic but a reversed that may help you, because it helped me and I’m Arab to remember it
Thank you so much sensein
Sure!!✨
oh thank you so much for explanation!!!
Sure! Thank you for leaving your comment
I always got problem with the ん glad I found this channel ありがとう☺️
Thank you 😁✨
らりるれろ used to get me. I only realized a little while ago, that it does sound like a click of the tongue, but I never knew how much flick to add( like you mentioned, little flick). Now I find it easier flick it faster. I appreciate you.😊
amazing video , thanks alot
My pleasure :)
Thank you so much
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😊👍thank you.
10 months late to the party, but damn, this is the best guide out there
Thanks a lot :D
My pleasure! Thank you for your comment☺️
Oh this is a life saver, I’m using a textbook to learn and doesn’t really include the pronunciation thank you!
My pleasure!😄
Thanks!
so grateful for this, thank you! My 4 and a half year old was so curious because she loves Studio Ghibli and asked about the writing. I found this after she also asked about the menu writing at a Japanese ramen and sushi shop we ate at! I don't want to think it is añl Kanji, I hope she will learn many languages and build safe bridges among people, we all have so much in common, down to our bones.
wow, your 4 year old is interested in other languages? Wonderful!! I’m sure she will be connected with a lot of people from other countries in the future. Good luck with her🥰✨
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Yes, she ls drawing her version of Kanji all over things now!
Amazing!
And thank you for your Super Thanks. I finally realized now!
Thank you sense
my pleasure 😊
An absolutely superb lesson - thank you so much. One small point (I don't know if other viewers would agree) - I find the background music rather distracting. However, your presentation is first class. Thank you again.
I'm sorry about that. Some people pointed it out, so I don't use background music anymore.
Your video is great😍.
Thank you 😊😊
thank you for the video!! it is actually my first step(lesson) for learning Japanese and it was quite easy because I am Uzbek. In the Uzbek language, there is almost the same pronunciation!!! But for English people, there will be some problems with pronunciations. THANKS AGAIN, It was helpful!!!
Hi, I tried listening to Uzbek with this video.
ua-cam.com/video/YLoOKX7gZHQ/v-deo.html
There are a lot of sounds which Japanese doesn't have, so I guess Japanese sounds are easy for you, but not vise versa!
Thank you for the comment. I'm glad to hear that this video was helpful😊
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally I think the Uzbek language is the most difficult language for learning 😅. I am Uzbek, but I don't know Grammer at all. And for learning this language you need spend about 3-4 year!!! 🤯 even though you cannot fully understand Uzbek because in every region of Uzbekistan they have own pronunciation of language!!😅
you are very good! Brazillian portuguese has similar phonemes, but I was having a hard time with "fu". Thanks a lot!
I'm glad to hear that! Thank you for the comment ☺️
Sensei❤
ありがとうございました
どういたしまして！
You explained it perfectly! I love how helpful and full of information that video is, thank you!
ソウルレス ソミーさん、wow, perfectly!?😳 Thank you for the comment ✨
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Oh my nickname in katakana, it sounds so cool :DD Thank you too ^^
Start learning Japanese today, and your video is so helpful! Thank you so much!
Wow, you found me on your first day! Ganbattene :)
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally I'll do my best!
The r/l always confused me. Now i can practice that sound. Didn't know about 'fu' being pronounced as 'hu' still.
Thanks for the video!
I'm glad that now you know the difference! My name is Fumi, and not many people who speak English pronounce my name correctly.
Thanks for the comment😁
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Thanks for this. I was saying it wrong in my head. I'm curious why the romaji is 'fu' instead of 'hu'. Is it a little more like 'f' than the other 'h' syllables?
Hi, Leo-san, good point!
I've never given a thought to that, but actually, it makes sense.
は、へ、ほ 's sounds are made at the glottis, and ひ's sound is made at the soft palate, but ふ's sound is made by the lips. F sound is made by the lip and the teeth, so the place is almost the same. Maybe your theory is correct ...
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Thank you. I guess ふ's sound is almost an English 'f' but the teeth don't actually touch the lip. It seems all these consonants are just breath, but with ふ the sound is more forward than the others. Would you agree?
Thank you so much for this! This was brilliant! Do you give private lessons?
Stefan san, Thank you for asking, but I'm sorry, right now I'm not accepting new students. I might in the future, but I can't say anything right now. I hope you can find a good teacher.
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Alright. Thank you. Have a wonderful day.
You deserve subscriber's ありがと❤
嬉しいです😊 ありがとうございます！
What a beautiful discovery this diamond of a lady is! 😊
Wow, thank you!!✨
Thanks for the tip on the い sounds! I just noticed that i barely opened my mouth haha
Right. You don’t open your mouth much when you say い😁👍
Thank you so much for this video, it's really helpful!
Could you do a video where you explain also how to pronunce g z j b p and d?
It might take a while, but I will definitely make that video😁
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Thank you!!
Hello ふみさん。thank you for making this video, it’s very useful. I have a few questions.
1 you said fu sounds like blowing a candle very gentle so I wonder what it sounds like when you say it loud
2 how to pronounce hiragana with tenten especially ざ じ ず ぢ づ
Thank you for any help that you are able to provide 🙏🏻
Hi, thank you for the questions!
1) Blowing a candle is about aspiration and the shape of you mouth. So even if you say ふ loud, the vowel う is said loud. I hope this explanation makes sense.
2) I'll make a short about those. So could you wait a little more?
Thank you, this video was very helpful! But I still have a question.
I wanted to learn hiragana and I also saw rows with g, z, d, b and p. Are you supposed to learn them too or not?
Yes, you have to learn them too.
I'll make a video about them. Thank you for reminding me of that
Yasashii sensei desu! 😊😊 Arigato.
Dou itashimashite!!😊
It helped me to after rhis session i can speak hiragana clearly ありがとうママそれは私を大いに助けてくれました arigatou
I'm so glad to hear that! がんばってね！😊
Mam i want to know which book i should buy to be more fluent in japanese pls tell me
If you do self-study, genki has explanation in English. But which book is good depends on the person, so if you can go to a big bookstore, compare books there and choose one by yourself 😊
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally thank u mam
오늘은 쉬운 내용이라서 일본어공부보다 영어 듣기공부가 되었습니다.감사합니다.😊
今日は易しい内容なので日本語勉強より英語聞き取り勉強になりました。ありがとうございます😂
Today was easy content, so I studied English listening rather than Japanese.Thank you.😅
そういう勉強もできるんですね！😂 いろいろ役立ててもらえてうれしいです！
Wonderful video. Do Japanese children sing these characters in the same way that English speaking children sing the alphabet? At different points in the video, it struck me that there was something melodic about what you were saying -- beyond the obvious related sounds.
Children don't sing but just say these in order when they get in school.
I guess one reason is that あ stands for あ sound in Japanese, but A(ei) doesn't stand for [ei] sound in English, and "a" can be read in many ways, so they have to know the name of the alphabet.
The melody is called "pitch accent." Japanese is a pitch-accent language, so the melody is actually very important.
My latest video deals with that.
ua-cam.com/video/vC7M6Mv1TgI/v-deo.html
Thank you ma’am for this video. But I am still confused about the sound of the row R. While pronouncing the “ri” in the row we say “li” but while saying thank you in Japanese I’ve heard it as arigato where “li” is pronounced as “ri”. Could you please explain this? Thank you
Hi! Thank you for the question.
Japanese R is neither English "r" nor "l."
I explain what the R row like here in another way.
Could you take a look please? It might help.
ua-cam.com/video/kzDdvQtpRAM/v-deo.html
3:22 you'll see ら sound, then り sound.
this helped me when I was learning. say two d's together closesly like d d, your tongue almost bounces from d to another d.
will u do video about takakana too?
Until I saw this video, there are only a few Hiragana words that I know. I was like:
なに ?!?
அருமை akka
Wait, what? The ん sound, for example in ありません, doesn't touch your mouth? I thought it was the same sound that an English "n" makes. I'm really glad you pointed it out! ありがとうございますふみさん
I’m glad my advice was helpful 😁😁👍
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally very much so! I struggled with words like べんり all the time because I wasn't able to understand how to get from the ん sound to the り sound.
I'm still not sure I completely understand the し sound tbh but that's my fault lol
Btw: if I'm correct, the u sound, for example in ふ, seems to be pretty close to the German ü like in "müde".🤔
Before I saw the timeline, I half expected the video to be a 3 second video of someone saying "ひらがな"
👌👌👌
Hi can you please make the pronunciation of Hwaga please.
Do you mean "hiragana"?
So basically the pronunciation for the following r sequence is (la - di- du-de- ro)? Correct.
Im still very confused with the ra ri re ro ru pronunciation :( often it sounds like a 'd', but when you pronounce ra, it sounds more like 'la' to me.
Do you also touch the top of your mouth when pronouncing 'Ramen' ?
playing "music" in the background while teaching subtle phonetic differences seems counter productive
Many people have told me so, so I don’t use any background music anymore…😅
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally thanks for sharing. with or without, this is a great vid' either way and helps us beginners immensely. thanks:)
Oh, thank you!😊✨
I came here for the "う" sound. It's so close but so different from the way I say in portuguese that's it's hard not to say it my way
You're teaching, literally
Yes… what do you mean??😅
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally I mean you're an excellent teacher and your brilliant work is highly appreciated 👍
Thank you. I'm going to watch this several more times over the coming days. But I am a bit confused or I just can't hear to vowel sound. I don't hear い when you're pronouncing the vowels あいうえお. What I'm hearing is just あうえお. Are あ and い blended together to create one sound?
I don't think あ and い are blended. あい is a little bit sound like the alphabet "I," maybe that's why it's hard for you to hear ...?
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally When I pronounce あ it's "ah", and when I pronounce い it sounds like "ee". So, I say "ah", brief pause, then "ee". However, it sounds like to me the "ah" and "ee" are combined ... "ahee"? I had to repeatedly pronounce あ and い over and over, faster each time then it started to come together.
You said it sounds like "I " but I couldn't understand how. But that's until I start saying it faster and faster I realized the "I " you're referring to sounds differently than the way I pronounce "I ", because of my accent. Some people in the USA pronounce "I " the way you say it, however my "I " sounds a bit different, so that's why I couldn't hear it initially. It's still hard to kind of hear it but I understand now why difficult for me.
Although, I have only watch about 3 to 4 different Hiragana pronunciation videos, you're the only person who renunciate あ and い like that. Is that from a different Japanese accent?
@Speak Japanese Naturally Oh something I forgot to ask. Are you saying each vowels (あ, い, う, え, お) independently and repeating them? Or, are you combing all vowels into one word (あいうえお) and pronunciation it as such? If you're saying it as one word then I completely understand.
Hi, I'm sorry for my late reply. I think I say あいうえお as one word. Also, it has a certain pitch accent, so I follow the accent. If you say あいうえお separately, there's no accent, so maybe other videos' あいうえお sound different from mine.
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Yup, that's exactly what I concluded. I've doing a bit more studying and the pronunciation and it became clear to me. I just so confused for a while because I though vowels would be like how with English vowels we say each individually (a, e, i, o, u). But I had to remember this a different language and there are different rules, so I'm getting the hang of it.
For me that Am Brazilian it's the same sound many letter and vowel
I’ve been learning japanese for months now but I still can’t do the r sound lol
I think for the らりるれろ and also for ふ the only thing that helps is lots of listening. I watched many videos but for me it's the same every time. I understand when it's explained and I can copy the sound. But when it comes to an example suddenly it sounds completely different to me. In this video for example, ふ is explained to sound like "hu", not "fu". In the example word ふじさん it suddenly sounds like "fu". I can also see the lips touch each other as they do when you say "fu". Maybe it's difficult for a japanese native speaker to think about these sounds from a non japanese native mind. In the end there has to be a reason why ふ is written as "fu" instead of "hu".
I checked the video, but my lips aren't touching when I'm saying ふじさん 😅
And it's ふ, not "hu." I think romaji makes you confused and prevent you from hearing the real sound. It's best to think with ひらがな or カタカナ.
Ganbattekudasai〜 😄
I seen this is how fo say Mandy in japanese and so this is wat i watched
フミ先生、すみまんせん遅れました!! 😢
I enjoyed this video very much ^^
The r column was very funny！！ 😊😊
I didn't know you call it 「ごじゅうおんず」"Fifty sounds chart" ね^^ , is good to know that, 本当ですよ！😁
いつも、ありがとうございます。言葉では感謝を表せません。これからも宜しくお願いします。\(^o^)/
Some months ago I used to confuse や、よ、ゆ with じゃ、じゅ、じょ. (I mean, their pronunciation. But it's ok now). :D
Once again, thank you. This video was wonderful 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 💥💥📒📓
またねー
ロベルトさん、
そんな！ 謝らないで！
いつもコメントをありがとうございます。たいへんありがたいです😊
がんばろうという気持ちになります💪🙌
Is it because of romaji that you get confused how to read じゃ、じゅ、じょ、and や、ゆ、よ？
It’s good that you’re not confused anymore.
Thank you for the insights 😊
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally Well, let me explain. 🤗
In English "ya, yu, yo" sound like 「や、ゆ、よ」, right?
But in Spanish, "ya, yu, yo" sound like「じゃ、じゅ、じょ」！⚠️
I'm native Spanish speaker, so when I saw "ya, yu, yo" I pronpunced them like 「じゃ、じゅ、じょ」！！🖐🏻🖐🏻🤣😅
Some time after, I met a person on Periscope who taught me the right pronunciation for all hiragana characters!!!
He became my teacher also.
I was learnig japanese by myself (for 2 years). Thanks to my friend (teacher) I met many Japanse people who are now helping me everyday.
I have improved a lot, but still, 僕はあまり上手ではありません。So, sorry if I commit mistakes.
Also, I found you on Twitter ^^ I really appreciate your work. It takes time to do all what you do. For that I'm grateful! Sorry for writing a long comment.
ロベルトさん、
Thank you for the explanation 🙌
I see and I get it!
When I first learned the IPA, International Phonetic Alphabet, I had the same problem!
For example, year is [jier](←I don’t have the right font for the upside-down e), so I got confused.
You don’t have that problem I guess.
You’ve been learning Japanese for 2 years!
That’s great.
これからもがんばってね😊
I'm not sure if you still respond to comments, but if you do I wanted to ask why あいうえお have pitch accent (and why there are two different choices). どうも!
When you say any random word, I don’t think you can say it without stressing a syllable. That’s the same with Japanese pitch accent. We can’t say words without accent, and for the Japanese language, it happens to be pitch accent.
thank you for the response :) so then why did you only mention the pitch accent for あいうえお but not anything else?@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally
@@wwooden16 Do you mean why I didn't mention the pitch accent for かきくけこ and so on? Then it's because their accents are the same. If you're talking about other words I mentioned in this video, then this video is about あいうえお〜ん, I focused on あいうえお. I didn't want to complicate things.
@@SpeakJapaneseNaturally That is what I meant. To confirm, the accent's of each column (k, t, etc.) all follow the same two patterns you showed for あいうえお? Thank you again!
Я думаю этой теме не хватает подробностей, просто некоторые произносят хирагану по другому, к примеру в городах Киото, Осаке и т.д. произносят чуть иначе し, то мягко, то чётко. По этому лучше начать с токийского, а позже уже переходить к более сложному. Спасибо за это видео.
Правильно, я преподаю стандартный японский, который в основном является токийским бэн.
Right, what I teach is Standard Japanese, which is basically Tokyo ben.