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- When ん (n) is followed by the letters B or P, it’s pronounced as the “m” sound. (konbanwa) When ん (n) is followed by the letters K or G, it’s pronounced like the “ng” sound. (genki)
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This video covers how to pronounce the Japanese [g] consonant sound as in Ga, Gi, Gu, Ge, Go.
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- The Standard Pronunciation of The Japanese ‘G’
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- Changing Sounds For Changing Times
‘g’ is at the beginning of words pronounced just like it is normally pronounced in English words as “go” and “get”. When ‘g’ comes in the middle of a word it can be pronounced like ‘g’ or ‘ŋ’. For ガ行 sounds in the middle of the word people in eastern Japan are more likely than people in the west to pronounce it as ‘ŋ’.
Excluding people in the Kanto region which standard Japanese is based on, ‘g’ may be pronounced differently. First east from Kanto into the Tohoku region, ‘g’ can be pronounced more like ‘ŋg’. This sounds like a slightly nasalized ‘g’ sound. Now west from the Kanto region to the Kansai region where Osaka is located. Most of this area pronounce ‘g’ ...
The pronunciation may change though when you are talking quickly. ‘g’ in the middle of a word may be pronounced as a fricative sound. A fricative is a sound including the ‘s’ in ‘snake’, ‘f’ in ‘farm’, ‘z’ in ‘zebra’. This sound is written ‘ɣ’ and is pronounced like other fricatives but in the same position as ‘g’.
There still are individual differences in how to pronounce ‘g’ but there is a tendency to move toward a single pronunciation. The ‘ŋ’ in the middle of words is being pronounced like ‘g’ by more people especially younger speakers. So now all over Japan as the pronunciation becomes closer, someday maybe there will be only one way to pronounce ‘g’. On...
Jul 8, 2020 · Below is the recording for these new sounds. They are basically the same ones that we would make in English, so it should be pretty natural to pick up. Here are the voiced [g] sounds now: が = ga. ぎ = gi. ぐ = gu. げ = ge. ご = go. https://japanesetactics.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/gagigugego.mp3.
You can pronounce it as either [g] or as [ŋ]. If you're a native English speaker, it's probably easiest to just pronounce it as [g], as English doesn't have [ŋ] at the beginning of syllables, and just using [g] is completely fine.
In Japanese, you can add marks to make a letter sound differently. If you put two marks (“ten ten”) in the upper right corner of K, S, T, or H sounds, you can change their pronunciation to G, Z, D, or B, respectively. Also, you can put a small circle (“maruten”) in the upper right corner of an H sound only to get the P sound.
KanaRomajiPronunciationA“ah”Soft A sound, as the “a” in “father.I“ee”Long E sound, as the “ee” in “meet.U“oo”Double O sound, as the “oo” in “boot.E“eh”Short E or long A sound, as the “e” in ...Aug 15, 2016 · If by the first question, you meant to ask why /ɡ/ it is pronounced differently from [ɡ], one way to answer that would be that [ɣ] or [ŋ] require less effort to pronounce intervocalically. [ɡ] is a stop, meaning that you have to stop the airstream while articulating, while [ɣ] or [ŋ] are a fricative and a nasal stop.
Quite simply, the more you do it, the easier it gets, and the more natural you will sound. Below is my detailed guide to Japanese pronunciation. It includes a thorough explanation of all the different sounds in the language, as well as audio for each sound and a few useful words to practice with.
