わなし にほんじんです Here は is read as wa instead of its usual ha Can somebody explain this?

  • glorious_puffyOP
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    10 months ago

    I was confused when there was no explaination in genki, hence the question. Thanks for answering

    • SOMETHINGSWRONG@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 months ago

      Other East Asian languages sometimes simplify pronunciation in these exact situations to avoid awkward glottal stops and make it easier to say/flow better.

      While Japanese isn’t my specialty (I know what comm I’m in hahah), I would assume similar.