Just found a great resource to read Japanese for NFL football fans

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Thank you very much, masaegu :)!

What does the small イ mean in katakana? eg: フィ. Or, rather, how do you pronounce it?

I know what all the other small ones mean but I'd never seen this one before.

Thanks.

We pronounce it like "hwi" but so many Japanese-learners pronounce it like "fi", which only helps them sound foreign. There is no "f" sound in Japanese. It is "Mt. Huji", not "Mt. Fuji", believe it or not.

The 「フィ」 mora originally did not exist in Japanese. We created it later on to write loan words from European languages that contained "fi", "fee", "fea", etc.

フィラデルフィア = Philadelphia
トロフィー = trophy
フィールド = Field

Interesting. Is there absolutely no difference in pronounciation between the "H" in ひ and the "H" in ふ?

No difference for us native speakers. It is the same consonant.




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Now I wonder why all the programs I've used have taught me to pronounce it as an F. It must be common, too, seeing how you said many japanese learners do it. Seems like the world's most elaborate and pointless prank.

Anyway, thanks for helping and for that correction. Appreciated.

So you'd pronounce "trophy", "torohwi-"?

Correct. That is the closest one can get without using sounds that are not used in Japanese.

It is not only Japanese in which this sort of thing happens. I absolutely had no idea what they were talking about the first time I heard an American pronounce "karaoke" or "kimono". So it is all fair.

How do you say "Could you give me your Koebu channel link again"

君の声部チャンネルのリンくをもう一回もらえますか　 is this right?