Hi.
Probably a stupid question, but I'm confused about the pronunciation of /w/ sound in Japanese.
Until now, I thought the Japanese /w/ is like a light greek /γ/ sound (not sure about IPA, but it's similar to a light English /wh/ in "what") but lately I heard many natives to pronounce /w/ in the は particle like the English /v/. For example では - deva.
On the other hand, わ (like in わたし) is more like /wh/.
Are wa particle (は) and wa(わ)pronounced in different ways? What's the correct?
Pronunciation is not my strong point, so a audio clip would be extra helpful.
Probably a stupid question, but I'm confused about the pronunciation of /w/ sound in Japanese.
Until now, I thought the Japanese /w/ is like a light greek /γ/ sound (not sure about IPA, but it's similar to a light English /wh/ in "what") but lately I heard many natives to pronounce /w/ in the は particle like the English /v/. For example では - deva.
On the other hand, わ (like in わたし) is more like /wh/.
Are wa particle (は) and wa(わ)pronounced in different ways? What's the correct?
Pronunciation is not my strong point, so a audio clip would be extra helpful.