Let’s distinguish [N+vowel] and [R+vowel]

abstract

• Can do: master Japanese [N+vowel] and [R+vowel] pronunciation
• Study style: practice using the sense of nasal sounds.
• Tools: not in particular
• Preparation: words or sentences with [N+vowel] and [R+vowel] sounds.

Difference between [N+vowel] and [R+vowel]

• [N+vowel] : since it is nasal sound, you will feel the air when you pinch your nose and pronounce.
• [R+vowel] : Since it is not nasal sound, you will not feel air when you pinch your nose and pronounce.

how to

1.　Practice of [R+vowel] : snap the tip of your tongue and pronounce

• 「らりるれろ」
• 「ららららら」
• 「りりりりり」
• 「るるるるる」
• 「れれれれれ」
• 「ろろろろろ」
• 「られりるれろらろ」

2.Practice of [N+vowel] : pinch your nose and pronounce

「なにぬねの」

3.　Practice in sentences

• 奈良ならなら７なな回かい行いきました　(I went to Nara 7 times)
• ゆかがヌルヌルしています (the floor is slippery)
• いつもノロノロあるいています (I am walking slowly all the time)