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Small clip from new phonetics lesson on the nasalized vowel. If you've ever said こんやく as こんにゃく this one's for you! More info at http://patreon.com/dogen pic.twitter.com/Cmpb29g1ID
Just to clarify, saying this word as こいやく is a drill to help fix the 'n' mispronunciation, and not the correct pronunciation of こんやく. It's necessary to also nasalize the い in こいやく, which I talk about immediately after this clip. Cheers!
Just want to leave a note that this is applied only for words that after the ん stands another vowel (in the examples given: げん[い]ん、こん[や]く、せん[え]ん. and you must avoid liaisons while pronouncing. I must say this is very tactful. Thank you.
Yes, Vowels, fricatives, and approximates to be precise. Incidentally I outline this with native speech examples in the lesson ^^
なんかちょっと違うなぁ こいやく？
まだ未完成の発音です。この部分の直後、鼻音する方法を教えます！
確かに「原因」は「げえいん」と発音している（アナウンサーは「げんいん」と発音している）ことがありますが、「婚約」は「こんやく」、「千円」は「せんえん」と発音しています。「せええん」「こいやく」とは発音していません。
ですよね！このサンプル動画でも言っていますが、こちらはまだ未完成の発音です（'not yet worrying about nasalizing the vowel'）。学習者が鼻母音の「ん」を普通の [n] として言わないためのドリルになります。このあと、「え」や「い」をどう鼻音化すれば良いか、ちゃんと説明しています ^^
will this series ever be finished? I want to wait and see if I can just get everything at once since I'm in college
Initial series will be done in about two more lessons. Will be doing some more advanced lessons after that ^^
Can I just say the lighting is amazing in your condo.
You may.
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