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Misc Notes

Grammar

sort of SOV e.g., I sushi eat. (english is SVO i eat sushi)

in english the order of words tells us who did what

in japanese sentences are made up of particles. each one indicates how the word before it relates to other words in the sentence, usually to the verb — which is usually last. the order of the words can vary because the particles tell us who did what not the word order

Sound system

24 consonant sounds, 5 vowel sounds (english: 24 and 14)

language formed using either consonant vowel pair (except the "n" sound).

has pitch accent: distinguish similar spelled words.

pitches follow rules:

  • first and second mora have different pitches,
  • cant return from low to high

Writing system

intriduced from china in the 4th or 5th century. evolved into its own system.

three types or writing

  • hiragana (46 chars + 2 diacritical marks)
    • used to denote sounds, and for functional words and inflectional ending (also some content words)
    • each one symbolises with a vowel or a consonant combinied with a vowel.
  • katakana a syllabary used or loan or onomaopoeic words and scientific words
  • kanji (from china), used for meaning and sound traditionally

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