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'は' sound in hiragana 1
I think 'は' sound in hiragana 1 course may bring confusion to beginners. It's true that when 'は' is used as postposition or used in an idiomitic phrase such like 'こんにちは', it sounds 'wa', but for the beginner, it will be better if it is fixed to 'ha' sound.
January 5, 2018
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KORJAY - agreed. It always sounds like "ha", unless used as a noun indicator. So, when everyone is learning the hiragana alphabet, it sounds like "ha" never "wa" -- that's just wrong. The only reason it sounds like "wa" when used as a noun indicator is because of lazy-talk. Lazy-talk has become the standard in this case (as in many many cases in English pronunciation).