FinancialWar
Sempai
- 19 May 2006
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hi
For those of you that studies English as a second language knows the importance of international phonetic alphabet (IPA) in helping you to pronounce the word you're looking up. Almost every English dictionary have an IPA.
Japanese have pitch accent,
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Japanese_pitch_accent_demonstration.ogg
listen to this if you dont know im talking about.
i want to be able to say japanese like a native, and knowing pitch accent nucleus is VERY important, i was surprised to find that most Japanese to English does not have any aid to help you correctly pronounce the word. (how luck are the japanese people learning english, they all have talking dictionary that help them pronounce..)
I have found only one dictionary have pitch aid, that is Merriam Webster japanese learner's dictionary, but it only have 10 000 entries, which is not at all comprehensive.
just wondering if anyone here know which dictionary that have this function? be it book version or online.
i want to become a more effective communicator with native speakers and be able to convey the correct meaning is important i think.
For those of you that studies English as a second language knows the importance of international phonetic alphabet (IPA) in helping you to pronounce the word you're looking up. Almost every English dictionary have an IPA.
Japanese have pitch accent,
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Japanese_pitch_accent_demonstration.ogg
listen to this if you dont know im talking about.
i want to be able to say japanese like a native, and knowing pitch accent nucleus is VERY important, i was surprised to find that most Japanese to English does not have any aid to help you correctly pronounce the word. (how luck are the japanese people learning english, they all have talking dictionary that help them pronounce..)
I have found only one dictionary have pitch aid, that is Merriam Webster japanese learner's dictionary, but it only have 10 000 entries, which is not at all comprehensive.
just wondering if anyone here know which dictionary that have this function? be it book version or online.
i want to become a more effective communicator with native speakers and be able to convey the correct meaning is important i think.
