MARRON correct pronounciation

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Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

^I'm pretty sure they are pronounced the same way, or at least, is what japanese teacher over here teach us =) but only one of the uses "r" has in portuguese, we use it on 4 different ways, and only one sounds like in japanese, the other one ("r" in the begining of words) is pronounced like japanese "h" + vowel and the other 2 uses don't exist in japanese...

And about my "^this", on my first reply, SURREAL RAINBOW implied that he wasn't sure about what he posted, and I was just saying that IMO he was right

they are not. I study linguistics, and phonology is my favourite subject.. The portuguese R and the japanese R are similar, sometimes identicle, but generally not the same.

If you must know. the Japanese R is written as [ɽ] in the IPA (international phonetic alphabet), while the portuguese one is written as [ɾ]. Exactly.. it's not the same. The portuguese one is a dentalalveolar-flap, and the japanese one a regular alveolar-flap

side-note: the portuguese R-sounds are: ʁ ɾ x h (and sometimes χ and r are possible)..none of them are the same as the japanese ɽ