Tongue Twister 

早口言葉

Come to 早口言葉(はやくちことば hayakuchi kotoba) Tongue Twister Table.

Practice the followings. If you pass Level 1, move on to Level 2. Then, try Level 3.

You will repeat thee times!


Examples:

Level 1: 

赤パジャマ黄パジャマ茶パジャマ

akapajama kipajama chapajama

"red pajamas, yellow pajamas, brown pajamas"


生麦生米生卵

namamugi namagome namatamago

 "raw wheat, raw rice, raw eggs."


Level 2:

坊主が屏風に上手に坊主の絵を書いた

boozu-ga byoobu-ni joozuni boozu-no e-wo kaita

“the monk skillfully drew a picture of a monk on a screen” 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmh0srp30S0



バナナの謎はまだ謎なのだぞ

banana no nazo wa mada nazo na no da zo

 "The mystery of the banana is still a mystery."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh8aRxYoqYA


Level 3: 

どじょうにょろにょろ みにょろにょろ あわせてにょろにょろ むにょろにょろ

dojoo nyoro nyoro mi ni nyoro nyoro awasete nyoro nyoro mu nyoro nyoro

"Three wriggling loaches, together six wriggling [loaches]." 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy0tRD9JJ_c


蛙ピョコピョコ三ピョコピョコ、合わせてピョコピョコ六ピョコピョコ。

kaeru pyoko-pyoko mi pyoko-pyoko, awasete pyoko-pyoko mu pyoko-pyoko

“frogs hopping, three hopping, altogether hopping, six hopping”. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mJqfUP0PRQ



Level ? 

この竹垣に竹立てかけたのは 竹立てかけたかったから 竹立てかけたのです

kono takegaki ni take tatekaketa no wa take tatekaketakatta kara take tatekaketa no desu

"The reason I leaned a bamboo against this bamboo fence is because I wanted to lean a bamboo, so I leaned it." 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKjxcQKj0Ic&t=0s



The finalists will receive a prize!