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Yanky
how to pronounce "一"and"二"in Japanese?ps:they are not the numbers.i can't type Japanese.
they just appear in sentences.for example: ヴォーヴォナグル (the third one) and それでコンピュータに兴味を持ちソフトエンジニアーになりました(the 22th one).actually,i just a beginner,these sentences are copied from internet.
Dec 4, 2010 7:14 AM
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ー is a long vowel mark, usually used in katakana (片仮名).
examples:
cool - クール
ball - ボール
It simply extends the vowel of the previous character making it longer sound.
ニ
is simply the katakana (片仮名) version of に
December 5, 2010
Just for additional information..
"ー" cannot be pronounced as itself. After "a" sound, it becomes "a", after "i", it becomes "i", and same for "u" "e" "o".
December 6, 2010
Could you write the actual sentence?
December 4, 2010
As far as I am concerned, they are the numbers on and two. They are nothing else.
They are usually pronounced: いちに, when they appear together together meaning "one or two". Otherwise there is a host of pronunciations.
December 4, 2010
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Language Skills
Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Cantonese), English, Japanese
Learning Language
Chinese (Cantonese), English, Japanese
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