Good evening Patrons! The fifty-third episode of Japanese Phonetics is live! In this lesson we explore at the Japanese approximants, や [ja] and わ [ɰa], as well as common issues and good to be ...
2018-11-23 07:29:50 +0000 UTC View PostGood evening Patrons!
Some of you may have seen a video circulating on YouTube of a Japanese man named Kazu nitpicking my Japanese. I've actually been in contact with Kazu-san since he created these...
2018-10-13 13:24:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: I had intended on including native recordings for the voiced version of 'h' in 'haha' and 'gohan', but after listening to these files on repeat, I came to the conclusion ...
2018-09-01 11:17:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: At around 10:10 in this video, I note that the standard Japanese z sound（the initial sound in ざ、ず、ぜ、ぞ）sometimes does become a fricative in the word init...
2018-06-11 03:49:48 +0000 UTC View Post
A long overdue tour of the space and equipment I use to create videos (minus my 2016 macbook pro). If anyone has any questions feel free to let me know! More footage of the rest of my apartment coming...
2018-03-20 10:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostThese are the resources I use to create Japanese Phonetics. A PDF which follows traditional formatting rules is also available 2018-03-04 00:52:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening patrons! I have a couple quick announcements I wanted to share with everyone. First, and this is a big one:
I'm now the father of twin girls, Hannah and Kloe!
2018-02-11 14:18:47 +0000 UTC
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For $15 patrons: You're good to go. Just scroll down for a complete, up-to-date lesson list, ANKI flash card decks, as well as a links to other Patreon exclusive content such as co...
2018-01-20 09:05:14 +0000 UTC View Post
June 4, 2021 Update: In the previous version of this lesson, I talked about how the initial い in 行くか often gets partially dropped in rapid speech, and attributed this to de...
2017-12-18 14:43:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Sunday, January 23, 2022 update: A previous version of this video contained a mistake in the pitch-accent graphic for 先生は女だ at 12:35, but this has been fixed, along w...
2017-12-02 16:36:40 +0000 UTC View Post
