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Why は is pronounced as 'wa' when it is used as connecting word (self.learnjapanese)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by glorious_puffy to c/[email protected]

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わなしは　にほんじんです Here は is read as wa instead of its usual ha Can somebody explain this?

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[–] glorious_puffy 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I was confused when there was no explaination in genki, hence the question. Thanks for answering

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Other East Asian languages sometimes simplify pronunciation in these exact situations to avoid awkward glottal stops and make it easier to say/flow better.

While Japanese isn’t my specialty (I know what comm I’m in hahah), I would assume similar.