This is utter preposterous. I know 待ってcould be read like 'motte' as well as 'matte',… - Feed Post by Waddia777

This is utter preposterous.
I know 待ってcould be read like 'motte' as well as 'matte', and I reckon both have more or less the same meaning.
But when I answer it 'motte' it says it's incorrect while 'matte' is correct, and when I say 'matte' it says 'motte' is correct.
どうして??!! It's clogging my performance, lol

posted by Waddia777 July 25, 2015 at 8:15pm

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  Etan

  You are mistaken.

  July 25, 2015 at 8:19pm
• 
  Waddia777

  Howcome?

  July 25, 2015 at 8:20pm
• 
  Etan

  待って = まって
  持って = もって

  July 25, 2015 at 8:37pm
• 
  MintyHippo

  As Etan pointed out there actually two different kanji with different meanings, to wait and to hold.

  July 25, 2015 at 10:31pm
• 
  jc89

  Easy mistake to make, but pay attention to the "go" radical in まって, and the "hand" radical in もって. Radicals aren't completely logical, but I use them for clues about the kanji I'm not too familiar with.

  July 26, 2015 at 1:07pm