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Learners may do this unintentionally, leading to ambiguities between phrases like {{tp|[[mi]] [[jo]] [[pona]] [[e]] [[ni]]}} ("I'm holding this fine") and {{tp|mi [[o]] pona e ni}} {{IPA|[mi<mark>j</mark>‿o ˈpona e ni]}} ("I should fix that"). Practice keeping the vowels "flat" to avoid this. |
Learners may do this unintentionally, leading to ambiguities between phrases like {{tp|[[mi]] [[jo]] [[pona]] [[e]] [[ni]]}} ("I'm holding this fine") and {{tp|mi [[o]] pona e ni}} {{IPA|[mi<mark>j</mark>‿o ˈpona e ni]}} ("I should fix that"). Practice keeping the vowels "flat" to avoid this. |
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Some proficient speakers add glides intentionally in certain contexts, to split the hiatus in phrases like {{tp|wile e}} {{IPA|[ˈwile<mark>j</mark>‿e]}}. There is very little risk of confusion with {{tp|[[je]]}}, {{a category|je}} {{tp|[[nimi sin]]}}, and the |
Some proficient speakers add glides intentionally in certain contexts, to split the hiatus in phrases like {{tp|wile e}} {{IPA|[ˈwile<mark>j</mark>‿e]}}. There is very little risk of confusion with {{tp|[[je]]}}, {{a category|je}} {{tp|[[nimi sin]]}}, and the [[syllable]]s {{tp|*ji *wo *wu}} are [[wuwojiti|disallowed]], so {{IPA|[σj‿i σw‿o σw‿u]}} will be understood as {{IPA|/σ.i σ.o σ.u/}} instead.<ref group="lower-alpha">Where {{IPA|σ}} represents any syllable</ref> |
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==Crasis== |
==Crasis== |