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In the 4th & 5th grades in Tokyo we had classes in basic Japanese. I still remember the teacher trying to explain the difference in pronouncing Hanna and Hanna. (sp?) They sounded the same to us.
You had a good experience, NeilIn the 4th & 5th grades in Tokyo we had classes in basic Japanese. I still remember the teacher trying to explain the difference in pronouncing Hanna and Hanna. (sp?) They sounded the same to us.
I think he was trying to give us a subtle difference in pronounciation between hana= flower and hana= nose.You had a good experience, Neil
I understand which it means in a sentence.
Hana
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Hanna
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Source: Kenkyusha Japanese English Dictionary (1954)
Oh, this is almost the training course to be an NHK announcerI think he was trying to give us a subtle difference in pronounciation between hana= flower and hana= nose.
Oh, this is almost the training course to be an NHK announcer
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwNjFaK4OXY
As humorous as this might be, I would expect there to be far more success with these folks and English than I have ever had speaking Japanese.
I'd put that 'Geisha' Girls in quotation marks!View attachment 702935
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