This lesson offers some practice with long vowel sounds and the geminate consonant っ (small tsu). This small っ helps create glottal stops in Japanese and is essential for differentiating between similar sounding nouns like ねこ and ねっこ. It's also important to get accustomed to long vowel sounds, as they can change the meaning of a word - notably, おばさん (aunt) and おばあさん (grandma). Check out this audio lesson and familiarize yourself with these pronunciation quirks!
