Re:It’s Hard to Learn French in Middle Age
by bsder on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @06:14PM
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Yeah, what the native language considers the break is not consistent between languages.
Japanese, for example, has "desu" (a form of "to be" so it's really common) which is nominally "two" syllables, but English speakers simply hear "dess" which they perceive as one syllable.
The issue is that Japanese relies more on time length to delineate syllables while English relies on vowel presence.
Japanese, for example, has "desu" (a form of "to be" so it's really common) which is nominally "two" syllables, but English speakers simply hear "dess" which they perceive as one syllable.
The issue is that Japanese relies more on time length to delineate syllables while English relies on vowel presence.