Japanese grammar 1

My friend asked me a question about Japanese.

(Befor cheking the question, please understand 'こんにちは' = 'Hello')

Here we go!!



I'm a little bit confused about こんにちは!
You speak it Konnichiwa, but it's written " こんにちは" (my translator said!), like Konnichiha!
Why you don't write  こんにちわ? is there a special reason? or is my translator wrong?



In Japanese we pronounce 'は'→'Ha'.

But We sometimes pronounce 'は' like 'Wa'.

It's very difficult for me to explain the reason why!

So I'll show you some example here.


①こんにちは = Ko N Ni Chi Wa / Hello
②きょうはあついね。(今日は暑いね。) = Kyo Wa Atsui Ne / It's hot today.
③ゴキブリはきらいです。(ゴキブリは嫌いです。) = Gokiburi Wa Kirai Desu / I hate cockroach.
④しゅくだいはすんだ？(宿題は済んだ？) = Shukudai Wa Sunda? / Did you finish your homework?
⑤昨夜はどこに行ってたの？ = Sakuya Wa Doko Ni Itteta No? / Where did you go last night?

You can omit 'は' from the sentence in ②～④.
If you omit 'は', It sounds like casual style.


Buy the way   you can see 'tt' at ⑤？

When you find 'tt' 'pp' 'rr' 'ss' and so on, please make a silent sound.

Check the '〇' below.

いっぱい  →  ippai 　→　i 〇 pa i  /  many
ぜったい  →  zettai　→ ze 〇 ta i  /  absolutely
やった    →  yatta 　→ ya 〇 ta    /  I did it.

We always pronounce no sound at the point of '〇'.

That means 'っ' is 'silent sound' in Japanese. (〇 = っ = no sound)

But please do not confuse 'っ' and 'つ'

We have  'Small Tsu' and 'Large Tsu'

Small 'っ' = silent sound

Large 'つ' = tsu / ts

It's too difficult to expline Japanese Grammar (>～<;)