What are the tick marks on ド, originally ト, do? Does to become to-o? (that's just a guess from… - Feed Post by Whinzer9
What are the tick marks on ド, originally ト, do? Does to become to-o? (that's just a guess from listening to a song) I see them on other katakana and on hiragana as well.
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ト to ド do
゛(known as 'dakuten' or 'tenten') changes the kanas pronunciation from having a voiceless consonant to a voiced one.
ト = to
ド = do
So, for がぎぐげご / ガギグゲゴ the dakuten changes the voiceless "k" sound to a voiced "g" sound that uses your vocal chords in your throat.
Same for ざじずぜぞ / ザジズゼゾ being changed from voiceless "s" to voiced "z" (although じ changes from it's "shi" sound to a "ji" sound).
Same happens for voiceless "t" changing to voiced "d", and voiceless "h" changing to voiced "b".
There's also a similar marker, ゜(known as 'handakuten'), which is only used for "h" sounds to change them to "p".
へ = he; べ = be; ぺ = pe. ^^
Oh yeah I remember seeing that other mark in Lessons. Thank you!
It just slipped my mind but I really appreciate the explanation of the sounds becoming voiced. It makes more sense that way and is easier to remember. :)
There are voiced courses on memrise.com and other sites to help you remember. I learned in an actual Japanese class, so we practiced them out loud, but something where the sounds are voiced will help you a lot.- Thanks I'll check it out. ^_^
The marks are called ten-ten and they change the sound to make it a harder sound. ( 'to' now becomes 'do', 'ko' becomes 'go', etc.- I am soo writing that down..! :O
