Part 3-0. The Introduction of Pitch Accent is available

みなさん、こんにちは！

Part 3-0 from Japanese Phonetics with Fumi is available now.

It's the introduction of Japanese pitch accent.

Pitch accent has two important functions:

1. To help differentiate between words that would otherwise sound identical, for example:
   

   • あめ (candy) and あめ (rain) We can tell them apart by the pitch accent.

1. To indicate word boundaries. For instance, the phrase まいにちしんぶんをよみます can have two different meanings:
   

   • "I read the Mainichi Shinbun" and

   • "I read a newspaper every day." We can distinguish between them by the pitch accent. Please check the video and listen to the differences.

Additionally, I uploaded a new blog episode titled "こうし／こおし: When 'ou' is not a long vowel." This episode discusses the differences in spelling and pronunciation and might be a little bit advanced.

Have a great day!"