【Skill 4】Understand either the speaker is expressing his/her thought or is telling what he/she has noticed, from the difference in the pitch of [jah-nah-ee].
If the pitch from [jah] to [nah] of [jah-nah-ee] goes up, and it goes down from [nah] to [ee], the speaker is expressing his/her thought. In the following recording, the speaker is saying that the store is not closed today.
■ [co-no-me-seh kyohh-wa-yah-sue-me-jah-nah-ee.] (This store is not closed today.)
While the pitch from [jah] to [nah] of [jah-nah-ee] does not go up, and it does not go down from [nah] to [ee], the speaker is telling what he/she has noticed. In the following recording, the speaker notices that the store is closed today and is telling it.
■ [co-no-me-seh kyohh-wa-yah-sue-me-jah-nah-ee.] (Oh, this store is closed today.)
