{"id":1268,"date":"2009-11-02T08:05:18","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T10:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/?p=1268"},"modified":"2018-02-28T22:30:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T01:30:34","slug":"vowel-prolongation-in-hiragana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/prolongamento-de-vogais-em-hiragana\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiragana vowel extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"604ea9ec9f03ce20cb5fee53cf49f850\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-0652292147574552\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Ads responsivo Inicio Post CAJap -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0652292147574552\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3298668993\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Know now when a\u00a0<strong>Hiragana vowel extension<\/strong>!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Like double consonants, prolonged vowels avoid communication problems, as they can generate different meanings from very similar words. For example:<span id=\"more-75\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u304a<span class=\"orange\" style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3070<\/span>\u3055\u3093 \u2013 Aunt<br \/>\n\u304a<span class=\"orange\" style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3070\u3042<\/span>\u3055\u3093 \u2013 Grandmother<\/p>\n<h2>Hiragana vowel extension<\/h2>\n<p>Notice the difference between the two words above? That&#039;s right.\u304a\u3070\u3042\u3055\u3093 has a prolongation of the vowel \u3042 (a). How does this happen?\u00a0<strong>Whenever a vowel appears after a syllable ending with the same vowel, the same vowel is prolonged.<\/strong>. In the case of \u304a\u3070\u3042\u3055\u3093, we have a prolongation of the vowel \u3042.<\/p>\n<p>Following this rule, we will have:<\/p>\n<p>\u304a<span class=\"orange\" style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3070\u3042<\/span>\u3055\u3093 \u2013 Prolongation of the vowel a.<br \/>\n\u3061<span class=\"orange\" style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3044\u3055<\/span>\u3044 \u2013 Prolongation of vowel i.<br \/>\n<span class=\"orange\" style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3059\u3046<\/span>\u304d \u2013 Prolongation of the vowel u.<br \/>\n\u305b\u3093<span class=\"orange\" style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u305b\u3044<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Prolongation of the vowel e.<br \/>\n\u304a\u306f<span class=\"orange\" style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3088\u3046<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Prolongation of the vowel o.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nRight now you might be wondering: If vowel prolongation occurs with the vowel after a syllable ending with the same vowel, then why \u305b\u3093<span class=\"orange\" style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u305b\u3044<\/span>\u00a0is a prolongation of \u201ce\u201d and \u304a\u306f<span class=\"orange\" style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3088\u3046<\/span>\u00a0is it an extension of &quot;o&quot;?<\/p>\n<p>Simple. As in the Portuguese language, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/download-free-book-unveiling-japanese-language\/\">japanese language<\/a> there are exceptions. The prolongation of the vowel \u3048 (e) is done with the vowel \u3044 (i), and the prolongation of the vowel \u304a (o) is done with the vowel \u3046 (u). But be careful. Not all words with \u3048\u3044 or \u304a\u3046 are extensions. So get to know the words you use well, listening to a lot of music and <a href=\"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/crunchyroll-animes-dramas-mangas-japanese\/\">watching a lot of anime<\/a> not to make a fuss.<\/p>\n<p>Another important caveat to make here is regarding the correct pronunciation of extensions like \u305b\u3093<span class=\"orange\" style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u305b\u3044<\/span>, \u304a\u306f<span class=\"orange\" style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3088\u3046<\/span>, \u3042\u308a\u304c<span class=\"orange\" style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3068\u3046<\/span>. When it comes to a prolongation, we speak the extended vowel for a second longer. Therefore, the mentioned words are read as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u305b\u3093<span class=\"orange\" style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u305b\u3044<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 without<span class=\"orange\" style=\"color: #ff0000\">see<\/span>\u00a0(Prolongation of e, we speak oe for longer.)<br \/>\n\u304a\u306f<span class=\"orange\" style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3088\u3046<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 oh<span class=\"orange\" style=\"color: #ff0000\">yoo<\/span>\u00a0(Prolongation of o, we speak oo longer.)<br \/>\n\u3042\u308a\u304c<span class=\"orange\" style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3068\u3046<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 ariga<span class=\"orange\" style=\"color: #ff0000\">too<\/span>\u00a0(Prolongation of o, we speak oo longer.)<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out now when a Vowel Extension occurs in hiragana! Like double consonants, prolonged vowels avoid communication problems, as they can generate different meanings from very similar words. For example: \u304a\u3070\u3055\u3093<\/p>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":1269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,47],"tags":[16,54],"class_list":["post-1268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alfabeto-japones","category-alfabeto-japones-hiragana","tag-alfabeto-japones","tag-hiragana","resize-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}