LESSON 1

I. Speech Manner
Sound or utterance in Japanese generally is equal to sound or utterance in Indonesian. Vowel in Japanese consisted of a, i, u, e, and o. Every letter be able to sound long or short, but long or short something sound bring the very difference meaning.

Example:

• obasan (aunt) obâsan(grandmother)
• hodô(ground) hôdô(news)
• fugi(scandal) fûgi(ethics)

II. Information:

• a said llike: umbrella, unlock.
• i said like: in, include, inn.
• u said like: uno.
• esaid like: ethics.
• osaid like: oral, o’lai.

Note:
O is said with the roundish lip.
U is said with the lip not circular.
In this word: desu, arimasu, -u is not to said, so desu become des and arimasu become arimas.

III. Vowel, like:

• au said a + u : arau (wash) a – ra – u
• ou said o + u : omou (think) o – mo – u
• ê said e + i : kirei (beautiful) ki – re – i

IV. Consonant:
Consonant generally said equal to sound or utterance in Indonesian language, except there are some letter which not there in Japanese, like letter L, X, and V.

That’s all for this week…
Thanks….