xminus1 Sempai Donor Joined 27 Apr 2018 Messages 167 Reaction score 20 9 Feb 2020 #1 Hello! Is there much of a sound distinction between 歌います and 歌えます? I've attached an audio clip in which this sentence is spoken: ピアノを弾きながら歌えますか。 To my ears the speaker could just as well be saying 歌います. Do native speakers hear a difference? Thanks! Attachments Chapter 28 question 1.zip Chapter 28 question 1.zip 47.1 KB · Views: 129
Hello! Is there much of a sound distinction between 歌います and 歌えます? I've attached an audio clip in which this sentence is spoken: ピアノを弾きながら歌えますか。 To my ears the speaker could just as well be saying 歌います. Do native speakers hear a difference? Thanks!
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 9 Feb 2020 #2 That's clearly 歌えますか. Probably your mishearing is from the difference in pronunciation of "i" between in English and Japanese. For instance, I felt "if" was closer to エフ in my school days.
That's clearly 歌えますか. Probably your mishearing is from the difference in pronunciation of "i" between in English and Japanese. For instance, I felt "if" was closer to エフ in my school days.
xminus1 Sempai Donor Joined 27 Apr 2018 Messages 167 Reaction score 20 9 Feb 2020 Thread starter #3 Thank you, Toritoribe-san! You gave me a good analogy to keep in mind, too!