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Japanese/Pitch Accent/Pitch accent usage overview.md
| ... | ... | @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ A mora is the shortest unit of length in Japanese phonology. Every open syllable |
| 6 | 6 | - やさしい - 4 moras: や さ し い |
| 7 | 7 | - がっしょう - 4 moras: が っ しょ う |
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| 9 | +Note: a plural of "mora" can be both "moras" and "morae". I will be using the fist version as it's more inline with english plural rules |
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| 9 | 11 | ## Phrase |
| 10 | 12 | A phrase is part of a sentence which has it's own pitch accent. Contrary to common belief, pitch accent doesn't apply to words but to entire phrases in a sentence. A phrase usually consist of a core meaning word (usu. noun/verb/adjective) and it's prefixes, suffixes, particles, and conjugation endings. |
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