Keys for "Are nani?" speaking test


1 Rising from first mora to second mora, and not rising later

2 Steep and quick rising from the middle of the last mora in a question
(Beginning of the last mora should be very low.)

3 No rising in the middle of a sentence without important information
(eg. "shashin" in "hon no shashin", "hon" in "kirei na hon dane")

4 Intonation of "huun" meaning "naruhodo"

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