need some info on ''aozora''

Carlosx2 · Sep 1, 2006, 10:08

who can tell me how to pronounce this,

i have a clue but i want to be sure.

As far as i can translate it, it has to be blue sky. 9 my japanese if not that good. good enough to come this far but never hear some one pronounce this, so i am not sure.

thanks for who can help me out

nice gaijin · Sep 1, 2006, 12:49

blue sky is right, it is pronounced　青空／あおぞら／aozora. (just how it is spelled, as long as you know the Japanese phonemes.

Tomii515 · Sep 1, 2006, 16:43

like oww-zoo-r/daa, ah-O-zO-r/da

nice gaijin · Sep 1, 2006, 18:41

I would say "ah-oh-zoh-rah," if I had to try to spell out the phonemes without using IPA. The "r" in Japanese is different from English; it sounds almost like a "d," but the two are definitely distinct phonemes.

RockLee · Sep 1, 2006, 19:26

d?? I think you mean "la" Ah-Oh-ZOh-LAh. It doesn't sound anything like a "d" to me

Here's a song from Takahashi Hitomi called "aozora no namida", you can hear how she pronounces aozora

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3oj855Amzj0

nice gaijin · Sep 1, 2006, 20:01

that sounds like an "l" to you? hmm, I know that Japanese people have trouble distinguishing betweening l and r, but the two are very distinct to me. When I explain the way I make an r in Japanese, it's like bouncing my tongue off the roof of my mouth; like rolling an rr in Spanish, but without repeating the sound. To most of the American students I study with, it seems much closer to a d than an l.

RockLee · Sep 1, 2006, 23:16

Must be a difference in mother tongue?

Sep 1, 2006, 10:08	#1
Carlosx2 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 27, 2006 Posts: 19	need some info on ''aozora'' who can tell me how to pronounce this, i have a clue but i want to be sure. As far as i can translate it, it has to be blue sky. 9 my japanese if not that good. good enough to come this far but never hear some one pronounce this, so i am not sure. thanks for who can help me out

Sep 1, 2006, 16:43	#3
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Sep 1, 2006, 19:26	#5
RockLee Hullu Join Date: Apr 22, 2004 Location: Espoo Age: 26 Posts: 3,084	d?? I think you mean "la" Ah-Oh-ZOh-LAh. It doesn't sound anything like a "d" to me Here's a song from Takahashi Hitomi called "aozora no namida", you can hear how she pronounces aozora http://youtube.com/watch?v=3oj855Amzj0 __________________ ~ Parempi hullu kuin tylsä - Better crazy than boring ~ http://www.fin-style.be/blog -> My Blog about Finland and other random thingies.

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Sep 1, 2006, 12:49	#2
nice gaijin Resident Realist Join Date: Aug 8, 2005 Posts: 3,686	blue sky is right, it is pronounced　青空／あおぞら／aozora. (just how it is spelled, as long as you know the Japanese phonemes.

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nice gaijin Resident Realist Join Date: Aug 8, 2005 Posts: 3,686	I would say "ah-oh-zoh-rah," if I had to try to spell out the phonemes without using IPA. The "r" in Japanese is different from English; it sounds almost like a "d," but the two are definitely distinct phonemes.

Sep 1, 2006, 20:01	#6
nice gaijin Resident Realist Join Date: Aug 8, 2005 Posts: 3,686	that sounds like an "l" to you? hmm, I know that Japanese people have trouble distinguishing betweening l and r, but the two are very distinct to me. When I explain the way I make an r in Japanese, it's like bouncing my tongue off the roof of my mouth; like rolling an rr in Spanish, but without repeating the sound. To most of the American students I study with, it seems much closer to a d than an l.

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RockLee Hullu Join Date: Apr 22, 2004 Location: Espoo Age: 26 Posts: 3,084	Must be a difference in mother tongue?