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How Do I Convince My Student That “Sand” and “Sandwich” Are Not the Same Thing?

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Bob Doherty

Due mainly to katakana being used to represent foreign loan-words, foreign words take on many extra syllables when represented in Japanese. Something like “personal computer”, which has 6 syllables, would become “pasonaru conpyuutaa”, which contains 7 syllables. 6 is a … Continue reading →

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