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649 days ago
Today's slang lesson!
There has been a trend to finish a word with "っ" (we call it as 小さい”つ”?chiisai "tsu") =small "つ”(=tsu)
* 眠い=ねむい=nemui (sleepy) →ねむっ！(nemú)
Like it or not, you will see or hear this everywhere in Japan now.
(There is a TV show called 「お試しかっ！」(=Otameshiká) as well!)
Other examples :
* 暑い/熱い=あつい=atsui (hot)=あつっ！(Atsú)
* うまい=umai (delicious)=うまっ！(Umá)
* 早い＝はやい=hayai (fast)=早っ！or はやっ！(Hayá)
*遅い=おそい=osoi (slow) =遅っ！ or おそっ！(Osó)
*でかい=dekai (big) =でかっ！ (Deká)
*きもい=kimoi (disgusting) =きもっ！ (Kimó)
*辛い=karai (spicy ) =からっ！ (Kará)
What do you think about my Twitpic Lessons?
すごっ！Sugó(←すごい=Sugoi)
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kad3t_uk 634 days ago
@MaggieSensei Oh, yeah, well, that makes sense. ^__^ Only proves the point of us being morons. ^_^
MaggieSensei 636 days ago
@kad3t_uk Thank you for following! I know it is hard to explain the pronunciation but in these cases, you just stress the ending. See the accent marks in the end?
kad3t_uk 636 days ago
...or (the message got cut, LOL!) is it a short "a"?
kad3t_uk 636 days ago
Hey! I just subscribed, and I wanna say that you put up some awesome lessons there for all us morons here. ^__^
Anyway, just a quick Q if you're willing to give me an A...
Is the small "tsu" read in a same way as the "i" in the ends of those words or
Japanese4Morons 649 days ago
Maggiesensei! Excellent Twitpic lesson! Cute, funny & I'm learning too!
Halikadito 649 days ago
Awesome! I've also wondered what the w's at the ends of some tweets meant.
waimanalo19 649 days ago
Your Twitpic Lessons are great!I like them and it's useful!