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Originally Posted by Sashimister
Alright. I don't mean to confuse you but although it's written そう いほう, it's pronounced そー いほー. The そ and ほ are both elongated. In other words, you don't make the "Oh" sound in those places. There is no おう sound combo in Japanese; It's always read as an elongated おー.
Likewise, ありがとう is pronounced ありがとー and さようなら, さよーなら.
If this sounds too confusing, just disregard it for now. You will learn these things soon anyway in the course of your Japanese studies.
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I get the gist of what you just said... but I don't know enough Japanese to make use of it yet. I know Japanese doesn't have certain sounds or sound combos so I guess these are one of them?
Thank you! I hope to understand this more in the future.