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Difference between small and big letters in japanese
Hello. Uuh, in hiragana/katakana I sometimes see normal letters and small letters together like the letter Te(テ) and a small i(イ)..
What is the difference between テイ and ティ?(random letters,, I dont know if it actually means something)
2010年12月2日 15:55
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When you see small letter of Japanese alphabet, small one go together with the big or normal letter which is right before small letter. Let's take your example. pronunciation of テイ is TEI and pronunciation of ティ is TI.
2010年12月2日
It is difference of Japanese pronunciations.
テイ is two pronunciations, テ and イ, but ティ is one pronunciation in 2 letters.
For example, pronunciation of "tail" is テイル. This pronunciation resembles テイ.
pronunciation of "tea" is ティー. This pronunciation resembles ティ.
So, ティ is one of anomalistical Japanese pronunciations.
2010年12月10日
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