Japanese Phonetics Episode 28—LIVE (Updated with native recordings!)
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Japanese Phonetics Episode 27—LIVE!
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2017-09-16 16:10:06 +0000 UTC View PostJapanese Phonetics Episode 26—(Now replaced by Lesson 6.3!))
Note: On October 29, 2021, I took down this lesson, and replaced it with the newer version of lesson 6.3, which I believe provides a much better framework for sentence-level pitch-accent than this older les...
2017-09-02 16:04:02 +0000 UTC View PostJapanese Phonetics Episode 25—LIVE (Updated with native recordings)
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Good evening Patrons! The twenty-fifth episode of J...
2017-08-19 15:39:05 +0000 UTC View PostJapanese Phonetics Anki Flashcards—Available Now!
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2017-08-18 08:21:16 +0000 UTC View PostJapanese Phonetics Episode 24—Live, now with native recordings!
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2017-08-05 16:37:03 +0000 UTC View PostJapanese Phonetics Episode 23—LIVE!
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2017-07-22 16:10:04 +0000 UTC View Post(Read Description!) Japanese Phonetics Episode 22—LIVE!
Note: There are a very small number of 中高 verbs that exhibit their accents on the third mora from the end of the word, rather than the second from the end of the word. This occurs when the second to last mora is a long vowel (ー) or the trailing vowel of a double vowel set, such as the え sounds in ...
2017-07-07 16:28:04 +0000 UTC View PostNew playlist link (Removed)
Hello, Patrons.
I had to take down the playlist because it was being shared to non-patrons; I hope you understand. All lessons, plus some other resources, are available on the index page.
Episode 21: Rules for determining verb pitch accent
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Good evening Patrons!
In this lesson I address several important rules for determining the pitc...
2017-06-24 15:12:05 +0000 UTC View PostJapanese Phonetics Playlist (Removed)
Hello, Patrons.
I had to take down the playlist because it was being shared to non-patrons; I hope you understand. All lessons, plus some other resources, are available on the index page.
Episode 20: Pitch-accent patterns for atamadaka verbs
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In this lesson I address the pitch-accent patterns of at...
2017-06-09 17:24:23 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 19: Pitch-accent patterns for non-heiban conjugations of heiban verbs
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Good evening Patrons!
In this episode I address the various non-heiban conjuga...
2017-05-26 16:37:30 +0000 UTC View PostTofugu Article is Live!
Good evening Patrons! Just wanted to let everyone know that my article with Tofugu is live. I highly encourage everyone interested in both Japanese phonetics and creative writing in Japanese to give this a read; they d...
2017-05-24 11:18:40 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 18: The importance of heiban verbs/pitch accent for heiban verbs
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In this episode I address the importance of heiban ver...
2017-05-10 16:33:35 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 17: Pitch accent of negative na-adjective conjugations and noun phrases
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Good evening, Patrons!
In this episode I talk about the pitch-accent patterns ...
2017-04-19 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostJapanese Phonetics Episode 16 (outdated link)
This post has been replaced by the remade lesson 16, which can be found here:
Japanese Phonetics 16 (Pitch-accent in the negative forms of i-adjectives)
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2017-04-05 15:38:12 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 15: Pitch accent for the 'sa' form of na-adjectives
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In this episode I talk about the pitch-accent patterns ...
2017-03-24 15:29:58 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 14: Pitch-accent patterns for na-adjectives
Note: 細か (こまか) is an exception to the 3-mora 〜か rule; this word can be pronounced as either 中高, as in koMAka, or 尾高, as in koMAKA (with the particle attaching low). Note that the correct pronunciation of this word used to be KOmaka, in alignment with the rule—the pitch seems to hav...
2017-03-09 16:16:38 +0000 UTC View PostJapanese Phonetics Episode 13—(outdated link)
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2017-02-22 15:13:50 +0000 UTC View PostJapanese Phonetics Episode 12 (outdated link)
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2017-02-07 15:29:59 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 11: Pitch-accent test #1
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This episode is slightly different—today we are tes...
2017-01-24 15:17:44 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 10: Pitch accent patterns for nouns in phrases
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Good morning, everyone!
In this episode I talk about the pitch-accent patterns for nouns in phr...
2017-01-09 11:10:23 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 9: Pitch-accent patterns for nouns/compounds
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Hello, Patrons!
In this episode I talk about the pitch-accent patterns for fiv...
2016-12-26 17:38:52 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 8: Pitch-accent patterns for 1-4 mora nouns
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Note: I don't suggest that beginners worry about this, but ...
2016-12-09 18:21:07 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 7: Free Japanese phonetic resources
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Hello patrons!
In this episode I share three excellent free resources to help you with your pit...
2016-11-24 13:40:45 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 5: Pitch-accent Terminology
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In this episode we take our first steps into Japane...
2016-10-31 09:50:07 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 4: Phonetic Awareness and Useful Practices
IMPORTANT NOTE: In this episode I recommend people record themselves speaking Japanese. While I do believe this is an extremely effective way to notice and fix errors in one's speech, it's also something that I only recommend people do if they've been studying Japanese fairly intensely for a minimum of s...
2016-10-15 11:23:26 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 3: Common Japanese misconceptions
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The third episode of 'Japanese Phonetics'. In...
2016-10-03 12:28:48 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 2: How I studied Japanese / Series philosophy
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