Re: 山光怱西落 池月漸東上

Posted by Anonymous on 2007/2/27 15:32:10

Hello 美人

Your remarks take me back to lesson one. Please correct me where I go wrong.

Kuròto written in kanji （漢字）is 専門家

The word “kuròto” embraces the “CHOON” sound （長音）. 長音 here means prolong. The same vowel occuring twice in succession is called 長音, and it takes as long to pronounce as two short ones. In Rōmaji (ローマ字), it is indicated by putting a line (or a thunder) over the vowel. The exception is for “i” where you do it with a double “ii”, and for “ee” where you do it with “ei”.

The method of transcription in Hiragana ( 平假名）is different from that of Rōmaji. Here are some Rōmaji examples: -

à obàsan
ei eigo
ii oniisan
ù kùki

Examples of a few exceptions are:

kòri ice or baggage
onèsan elder sister
òsama emperor

Some words with the 長音 sound are:

eiga movie
fùtò envelope
heiwa peace
kòtsù traffic
òkii big

This link perhaps can substantiate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romaji

Please do not take this as 班門弄斧. I am not your match.