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- "六時四十分です。"
"六時四十分です。"
Translation:It is 6:40.
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According to my japanese wife - old people say yonjippun, young people say yonjuppun. Yonjippun sounds too country bumpkin.
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According to my Japanese husband "noooobody" says it the old way excep old person cartoon chatacters. :)
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According to my Japanese neighbor... "Oh Ms Chun is not Japanes?..… oh.., ok" sorry guys,...
It's amazing how such a conversation could come of a single letter change.
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old japanese started with jipu>jihu>jiuu>jyuu. jippun was the traditional way. Anyway just follow the majority now
I realized the " punn " is actually " bunn " as in Korean minute" 분 " (bbun). The same goes with " ppan" which is bread, is actually " bbang " and thats Korean bread for you. 빵.
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Japanese counters! Tend to change their pronunciations
I don't know how duolingo is going to cover that!
For example in telling minutes
1 min ippun 2 min ni hun 3 min sam/san bun 4 min yompun 5 min go hun 6 min roppun 7 min nana hun 8 min happun 9 min kyu hun 10 min jyuppun
Its not hun, its fun, but the Japanese pronounce that with more of a blowing out then teeth on lips like Americans.
