View topic - 椅子が台所にあった VS いい友達に会った There may be a slight pitch
difference, but I don't actively study pitch, I only try to
acquire it by mimicking Japanese as closely as possible. This
isn't a huge problem for mixing the verbs up, since the context
alone should show that you are saying an inanimate object
exists, rather than you are "meeting" this inanimate object. The
same is true the other way around, you probably wouldn't use the
inanimate "exists" verb when you are meeting someone. Most
homonyms are clear from context like this, though it can get
tricky sometimes - Posts: 541 - Joined: Sun 07.13.2008 9:41 pm -
Native language: English - Gender: Male Dustin wrote:..... Most
homonyms are clear from context like this, though it can get
tricky sometimes It seems to me that a lot of English speakers
stress over homonyms in Japanese yet English is full of
homophones. Many Japanese homonyms are only such when written in
kana because kana is phonetic, eg あった. If written using kanji
they are often homophones, eg あ