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TONGUE TWISTERS~~Hayakuchi Kotoba~~

Sayaka-Matsuura

Sayaka-Matsuura

August 14, 2008

*Minnasan Konnichiwa!! O genki desuka? * I hope everyone is doing great! And enjoying learning Japanese! Well, here are some common _Tongue Twisters_, or as the Japanese call it: *Hayakuchi kotoba* that will surely make your Japanese learning much more fun!! Here we go... I'll give you the rough English translation after each one. *Nama mugi, nama gome, nama tamago. * _Raw wheat, raw rice, and raw egg_ :D *Kono kugi wa hiki nuki nikui kugi da. * _This nail is hard to pull out!_ :? *Aka-pajama, ki-pajama, cha-pajama. * _Red pajamas, green pajamas, brown pajamas_ :lol: *Uraniwa niwa niwa niwa niwa niwa niwatori ga iru. * _There are two chickens in the back yard and two in the front yard._ :roll: *Tókyó-to Tokkyo kyokakyoku-chó. * _Head of the Tokyo patent office_ 8) *Hyoko pyoko pyoko mi pyoko pyoko Awasete pyoko pyoko mu pyoko pyoko. * _Take two sets of three chicken cackles add them together and they make six chicken cackles._ :oops: AND.... one more: *Sumomo mo momo, momo mo momo, sumomo mo momo mo momo no uchi.* _A Japanese plum is a kind of peach, a peach is also a peach, both Japanese plum and peach are kinds of peaches._ :wink:
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(deleted)

August 14, 2008

.......lol that was fun thank you :)
n_soufiani

n_soufiani

August 15, 2008

haha amazing!!
shado734

shado734

December 2, 2008

that was a fun tungue twister. Arigato gozaimashta
K73SK

K73SK

December 3, 2008

woah, that last one got me good! :shock:
Bevin

Bevin

August 20, 2009

My office is looking at me sideways and laughing! But good fun! I love it. arigatō gozaimasu! :mrgreen:
Sayaka-Matsuura

Sayaka-Matsuura

August 20, 2009

I am glad to hear everyone is enjoying these _Hayakuchi Kotoba_! :lol: - Sayaka

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