Adam Leung
Why Taた pronounce waDAshi ? Why the pronunciation changed ? taた waDAshi ? teて 初めまして(DE)? I heard this change of pronunciation all the time! Is it correct? Or this is the native Japanese pronunciation? Thanks !
Feb 24, 2016 9:56 AM
Answers · 4
We usually don't pronounce "wadashi", we pronounce "watashi" basically. And we also say "hajimemashite", not "hajimemashide". I think you heard TOHOKU dialect. TOHOKU is north part of Japan such as AOMORI, IWATE, and AKITA. They sometimes pronounce "wadashi" instead of "watashi".
February 24, 2016
You might have problems with this because Cantonese (which I'll assume is your native language) does not have the /d/ sound. In Cantonese, D is a non-aspirated T. In Japanese it's a voiced T. http://vocaroo.com/i/s1MiNMJ0I7sU - Voiced, Japanese D http://vocaroo.com/i/s1OxhPSGDgOE - Unvoiced, Cantonese D, Japanese T In Japanese there is no differentiation between an aspirated and non-aspirated T. So D and T in Cantonese are both T in Japanese
February 24, 2016
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