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 Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 4:52 pm
I understand the sokuon (small つ or ツ) is silent, and doubles the consonant after it.
But sometimes I see it at the end of a word, what's the point of that?
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:16 pm
just to let you know we have a "language questions" sticky, so in the future you can post questions there.
But anyway, a small "tsu" signals an abrupt stop at the end of a word. You might have noticed the way to pronounce a "double consonant" is to stop for a split second before pronouncing the syllabary after the tsu. So you just stop all together. It's a colloquial thing, and from how I've seen it, it's kind of like an exclaimation.
Similarly, I've seen little "a i u e o" (whatever the last vowel is) after words, which is kind of like the person trails off, like なにィ
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:20 pm
Freakezette just to let you know we have a "language questions" sticky, so in the future you can post questions there. But anyway, a small "tsu" signals an abrupt stop at the end of a word. You might have noticed the way to pronounce a "double consonant" is to stop for a split second before pronouncing the syllabary after the tsu. So you just stop all together. It's a colloquial thing, and from how I've seen it, it's kind of like an exclaimation. Similarly, I've seen little "a i u e o" (whatever the last vowel is) after words, which is kind of like the person trails off, like なにィ yes, this not very troubling question, it should be in the sticky
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:43 pm
Sorry, I'll check the sticky.
Thanks for the response Freakezette.
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