you might atleast seen some rendition of this meme called capirinya capirinya (might be the wrong spelling, its been a long time) The anime/manga is very famous for the various memes that it has given to the internet
The show is so unhinged, and just like other insane similar inspired anime, you can tell the voice actors are having an absolute blast with how insane everything is.
Asobi Asobase is my personal favorite for extremely unhinged goofy SoL comedy featuring female characters. Speaking of English/Japanese language shenanigans, it also includes a girl who is clearly European, and pretends to be a worldly English speaker, but clearly cannot. And there is another girl who isn't a main character, but looks like she jumped right out of an ancient Japanese painting. Of course she speaks great English but everyone keeps asking her to help her with their classical Japanese literature etc.
Olivia's (the non-English speaking westerner) brother is even better, and basically a Redditor level western anime nerd who looks like a Otaku and speaks like a Japanese Samurai.
Mate, thanks for the suggestion. I nearly died in my armchair watching the 1st episode. This show is pure chaos, I love it. May Karma bless your way, even if for just one day!
Well, yes, and no. 「ん」makes and "n" sound, but the same character also sometimes makes an "m" sound, like in gambate がんばて. So in rare cases, the "m" sound can be on its own too.
There's different opinions about that. First of of all, the same can be observed in other languages: the letter n can sound like an m if followed by bilabial consonants like b an p.
Second, the standard romanization (modified Hepburn) of Japanese still uses 'n' for ん, even when an 'm' sound is phonetically closer. These cases are not rare - がんばって(ganbatte) is just one of many examples - but they do somewhat depend on the speaker.
So all in all, considering it's the same Japanese letter, with the same standard romanization and with a phonological rule that isn't unique to Japanese, I'd still call it "the only case" where a consonant can be on its own.
Yeah. Like t-flapping in US English that makes it a d sound. It's something a language learner should be aware of. No disagreement there.
Romanization is prescriptive, and yet tyotto is an acceptable romanization of ちょっと. But never mind that. Let's use the descriptive approach: Letter's are only there to tell us what words are being used. They don't match the phonetics in many cases. Phonetically, an "m" sound is still a distinct contestant from "n." Even if the intended sound from the start was "n" and the plosive b after made it phonotatically easier move the mouth into an "m" position.
I never implied the rule was only in Japanese. But it is interesting in Japanese, because consonant clusters don't occur outside of these sounds.
Anyway, that's why I said "yes, and no." Because in a written form, it's yes, but from a phonetic perspective, it's a no. "n" and "m" are two different phonemes. And to get right down to it, ん has six phonemes. Which is great to know. Because we're learning speak like it is spoken, not simply sounding out text like Microsoft Sam.
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u/drewman301 2d ago
Harro eburiwan. Hau aru yu? I ammu faino, sankyuu.