today in class, i devolved into a middle schooler. as did most of the rest of the class.
see, there’s different characters for all the sounds in the japanese language. and they have lines of sounds which are similar. one that we were discussing today is called the “ha” line. it’s all the “h” sounds, and goes “ha, hi, fu, he, ho.” then you can add this thing called “ten ten” to the characters to make them “b” sounds. in addition you can add a “maru” to make them “p” sounds. “ten ten” is two vertical slashes on the upper left hand side of the character and “maru” is a small circle in the same place.
the things is, when you add the circle “hi” and “fu” become “pi” and “pu”. coincidence? i think not.
