Spoken Japanese Language Education using IPA (8)

1 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-10-26 12:51 ID:1N5x6Rw4

I have always thought that romaji should never be used in the early stages of learning Japanese, but furigana still is not enough.

ʤʌst θɪŋk, International Phonetic Alphabet could sove all problems at once, examples:

ラーメン ɽaːmɛɴ
ふとん ɸɯtoɴ

2 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-10-26 13:44 ID:QrmPLtX/

No, it would just make it more confusing. There are many ways to pronounce a word (consider fu) and IPA differentiates it. Romaji would be superior to that.

3 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-10-26 13:44 ID:QrmPLtX/

Does IPA have tones?

4 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-10-26 14:48 ID:Heaven

yes

5 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-10-26 15:42 ID:Heaven

>>2
what fu are you talking about

6 Name: not 2 2005-10-26 17:18 ID:Heaven

ふ?

7 Name: The Mysterious Ninja Wap 2005-10-27 02:08 ID:Heaven

fufufu

8 Name: Random Anonymous 2005-10-27 02:47 ID:Heaven

hu > fu !

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