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こんにちは or こんにちわ
I'm a little confused on which one is correct.
May 6, 2015 1:30 AM
Answers · 7
3
こんにちは is correct.
The pronunciation of は・ひ・ふ・へ・ほchanged several times.
1. at the top of a word
(~7th century)
波(→は)[pa]・比(→ひ)[pi]・不(→ふ)[pu]・部(→へ)[pe]・保(→ほ)[po]
(8th century ~ 16th century)
は[ɸa]・ひ[ɸi]・ふ[ɸu]・へ[ɸe]・ほ[ɸo]
(17th century ~ now)
は[ha]・ひ[hi]→[çi]・ ふ[ɸɯ]・へ[he]・ほ[ho]※[ɯ]is non-rounded[u].
※ひゃ[ça]・ひゅ[çu]・ひょ[ço]、ファ[ɸa]・フィ[ɸi]・フェ[ɸe]・フォ[ɸo]
2. except the top of a word
(~7th century)
波(→は)[pa]・比(→ひ)[pi]・不(→ふ)[pu]・部(→へ)[pe]・保(→ほ)[po]
(8th century ~ 11th century)
は[ɸa]・ひ[ɸi]・ふ[ɸu]・へ[ɸe]・ほ[ɸo]
(12th century ~ 16th century)
は[wa]・ひ[wi]・ふ[wu]=[u]・へ[we]・ほ[wo]
(16th ~ now)
わ[wa](い[i]・う[ɯ]・え[e]・お[o])
※は and へ are words. But they are pronounced with the former word together. So they are treated as an exception of the top of a word.
※は・ひ・ふ・へ・ほ in traditional orthography were changed to わ・い・う・え・お according to the pronunciation after World War Ⅱ(1946). Actually わたしわ、がっこうえ are allowed for a while.
But は and へ are written in words come from particles now. The reason is for easy reading. When we read わたしわきのうがっこうえいきませんでした, it's too hard to catch the meaning at once. We use は and へ(and を)as particle markers to separate the sentence to words. So we write わたしは、こんにちは、これはこれは、がっこうへ(あなたを)even now.
May 7, 2015
2
こんにちは is the correct answer because you got to use the particle for "WA" (わ) when using in a sentence.
May 6, 2015
2
In writing, こんにちは (with は) is correct, however, this は is pronounced わ.
(We use the particle は after the subject and the は for こんにちは and こんばんは came from the particles and now they are used as greetings.)
I hope this was helpful.
May 6, 2015
1
Both are correct, but I've seen it written more as こんにちは。
May 6, 2015
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