DESU or DES? Pro Japanese Pronunciation Tips

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In this video, I am going to teach you how to improve your Japanese pronunciation.

How to correctly pronounce:
- Japanese vowels (あいうえお/aiueo)
- Japanese "R" sound (らりるれろ/rarirurero)
- ふ (fu/hu) sound
- desU or deSS? masU or maSS?
- EIgo or Ēgo? (long vowels)

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[gomijiji]

I really appreciate the effort you put into making these lessons. It's helped convert my "textbook" Japanese to "real world" Japanese.

[johnp.johnson]

*Misa has such a beautiful sounding voice.*

1. Pronounce Japanese vowels as you would Spanish vowels.
2. Pronounce Japanese consonants as you would Anglo-Saxon English consonants.
3. Speak "through your teeth" / with you mouth nearly closed.

If you watch Japanese speak Japanese, hardly do they open their mouths .

[SansAppellation]

26:15 I think the word you are looking for is "a tap"

Thank you for a really needed video. Typically this is not taught outside of a university. And it really is something most Japanese language learners want to know.

[massvt]

I wonder if Misa is a certified language teacher--she certainly has a command of teaching all aspects of language learning...

[ozthekeymaster]

"I'm not an expert in English"!?! Don't be dense Misa. You are FLUENT! If i could speak Japanese like you speak English I would die a happy man!

[khalilahd.]

Your videos have really made learning Japanese so much easier so thank you!!

[greenyonder]

For American English speakers the closest related sound we have to the ra ri ru re ro sounds is when we quickly say LETTER or LADDER. When we speak normally we do not pronounce either the Ts or the Ds in full, it would sound odd if we did. So we tap our tongue on the roof of our mouth just behind our top teeth, and THAT is the closest we come naturally to the Japanese R. (Also if you learn Spanish, you learn the Spanish tap their Ds similarly to the Japanese R.)

[m.s.]

The funny thing is, since I'm German, I don't really have an issue with the vowels. They're actually quite close to how I'm used to pronouncing them (except for う, which is somewhere between u and ü). The ones I find more difficult are し, じ, ち, らりるれろand the different facets of ん. Like how it changes in 繊維(せんい) vs. 安心(あんしん) and again in -番目(-ばんめ).

[anakinsghost]

This is EXACTLY what I've been needing!! I love linguistics and really want to improve my accent/pronunciation. Thank you SO MUCH Misa sensei♡

[CarlosMFigueiredo]

Thank you so much for your videos Misa Sensei! I've just started to learn Japanese and your channel was such a great find! Your explanation of pronunciation was spot on, really helpful. As a native Portuguese speaker, I feel that the らりるれろ sounds are not too difficult, but the ふ sound is so hard! 😅

[moisesflores]

Awesome video on Japanese pronunciation, being a Native Spanish speaker Japanese is easy to pronounce, both Spanish and Japanese share a lot of sounds that sound so much alike, we have almost the same 5 vowels:)

[sandyrothman]

Misa-sensei, this is a terrific video. It's the best thing I've ever seen on the subject of Nihongo hatsuon. Your explanation of mouth shapes is great! Hontoni subarashii desuyo. Thank you very much.

[v.doroshyn]

Misa is putting so much work into these :)
ありがとうございます、先生

[awsom_Adam]

The title of this video cleared up the pronunciation of “Desu.” I knew something was going to be uploaded. Thanks.

[azineox]

ありがとう ございます!!! Especially for the part with the "r" sound. You did it Misa, finally I can pronounce it! Hell yeah.

[serenityssolace]

Thanks Misa! You will turn us into fluent Japanese speakers 😁👍

[sereenattili]

ありがとうございますみさ先生
Please make a lot of video for kanji 😭💕💕

[ArchyDolder]

本当にありがとう！ It’s very helpful! This is a class that’s also difficult for the teacher. Thank you for your hard work. Please make more pronunciation videos from time to time.

[planetes]

I just love it when you point out our typical mistakes and laugh!!! 🤣🤣🤣 thank you Misa for another great video!😘

[konstantinoskarkavitsas]

I really like the way Misa-sensei explains Japanese so that everyone can understand and learn them easily!Please keep going like this it is really helpful for the people who want to learn Japanese!
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