Re: [Lingo] 間vs間

[Nguyễn Vũ Hưng <vuhung16plus@example.com>]

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 5:31 AM, steve <sjs@example.com> wrote:
> How does one know when 間 is pronounced あいだ and when it's ま?

You have to remember. But wait, I think there is some rules

>
> I have two sentences.
> This is from a short story by Haruki Murakami and according to its
> furagana it is ま.
> 少年は少し間を置く。

There are  5 forms including 間（ま）を, take a look at
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/srch/jn/%E9%96%93%E3%82%92/m0u/?SH=1
in these examples, "ma" stands before "wo"

> And this is from an example on the yahoo.jp dictionary for あいだ:
> 彼を長い間待たせておいた。

長い間: ながいあいだ
待っていた間（あいだ）

cf. http://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%96%93
# It is even more complicated than I thought.

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