- Welcome everyone.
So, to kick it off we're gonna start with pronunciation.
I've invited one of my good friends John to help us out.
Thanks, John!
- Thank you for inviting me Maya. (laughs)
- Yeah, so, John, how long have you been chanting?
- I have been chanting for 20 years if you can believe that.
- [Maya] Wow.
- Yeah, I know.
- Wow, great.
So, we're going to start off with vowels, right?
- Yes.
Vowels are really the key to learning gongyo.
If you can get a good handle on the vowels
you'll have no problem.
- Okay, great.
And so, what about consonants?
- Consonants are pronounced pretty much the same way
that we do them in English.
It's just important to remember that the 'G' sound
is a 'guh', like in 'get'.
- Okay, great.
- And there's a pronunciation guide right here
in the front of your gongyo book.
So, let's just start with pronouncing the vowels.
- [Maya] All right, let's go.
- In gongyo, vowels are pronounced
A
- [Maya] A
- [John] E
- [Maya] E
- [John] I
- [Maya] I
- [John] O
- [Maya] O
- [John] U
- [Maya] U
- [John] A
- [Maya] A
- [John] E
- [Maya] E
- [John] I
- [Maya] I
- [John] O
- [Maya] O
- [John] U
- [Maya] U
- [John] All right, now let's quickly run through each vowel
individually with actual words from gongyo
and we'll do this in a call and response
so I'll say the word and you can repeat.
Let's start with the good old A.
Here we go.
I'll say each word, then you repeat.
Nan
- [Maya] Nan
- [John] Man
- [Maya] Man
- [John] Han
- [Maya] Han
- [John] Ka
- [Maya] Ka
- [John] Sha
- [Maya] Sha
- [John] And two syllable words,
Anjo
- [Maya] Anjo
- [John] Hara
- [Maya] Hara
- Great job everyone.
- Yeah, great job!
- All right, now let's say the same words one time
but all together.
- All right, let's go.
- [Together] Nan
Man
Han
Ka
Sha
Anjo
Hara
- [John] One more time.
- [Together] Nan
Man
Han
Ka
Sha
Anjo
Hara
- [John] Great job.
Let's move on to E.
Ren
- [Maya] Ren
- [John] Ken
- [Maya] Ken
- [John] Sen
- [Maya] Sen
- [John] Gen
- [Maya] Gen
- [John] Innen
- [Maya] Innen
- [John] Muhen
- [Maya] Muhen
- [John] Nange
- [Maya] Nange
- [John] Ke
- [Maya] Ke
- [John] Ze
- [Maya] Ze
- [John] Ren
- [Maya] Ren
- [John] Ken
- [Maya] Ken
- [John] Sen
- [Maya] Sen
- [John] Gen
- [Maya] Gen
- [John] Innen
- [Maya] Innen
- [John] Muhen
- [Maya] Muhen
- [John] Nange
- [Maya] Nange
- [John] Ke
- [Maya] Ke
- [John] Ze
- [Maya] Ze
- [John] Now let's do the run down.
- [Together] Ren
Ken
Sen
Gen
Innen
Muhen
Nange
Ke
Ze
Ren
Ken
Sen
Gen
Innen
Muhen
Nange
Ke
Ze
- [John] Now onto I.
I
- [Maya] I
- [John] Ni
- [Maya] Ni
- [John] Chi
- [Maya] Chi
- [John] Shi
- [Maya] Shi
- [John] Innen - [Maya] Innen
- [John] Asogi
- [Maya] Asogi
- [John] Jin
- [Maya] Jin
- [John] I
- [Maya] I
- [John] Ni - [Maya] Ni
- [John] Chi
- [Maya] Chi
- [John] Shi - [Maya] Shi
- [John] Innen
- [Maya] Innen
- [John] Asogi
- [Maya] Asogi
- [John] Jin
- [Maya] Jin
- [John] And together.
- [Together] I
Ni
Chi
Shi
Innen
Asogi
Jin
- [John] One more time.
- [Together] I
Ni
Chi
Shi
Innen
Asogi
Jin
- [John] Great, and now O.
Pon
- [Maya] Pon
- [John] Mon
- [Maya] Mon
- [John] Gon
- [Maya] Gon
- [John] Hon
- [Maya] Hon
- [John] Go
- [Maya] Go
- [John] Sho
- [Maya] Sho
- [John] Zo
- [Maya] Zo
- [John] Yo
- [Maya] Yo
- [John] Ko
- [Maya] Ko
- [John] Pon
- [Maya] Pon
- [John] Mon
- [Maya] Mon
- [John] Gon - [Maya] Gon
- [John] Hon
- [Maya] Hon
- [John] Go
- [Maya] Go
- [John] Sho - [Maya] Sho
- [John] Zo
- [Maya] Zo
- [John] Yo
- [Maya] Yo
- [John] Ko
- [Maya] Ko
- [John] And now together.
- [Together] Pon
Mon
Gon
Hon
Go
Sho
Zo
Yo
Ko
- [John] One more time.
- [Together] Pon
Mon
Gon
Hon
Go
Sho
Zo
Yo
Ko
- [John] And now U.
Fu
- [Maya] Fu
- [John] Ku
- [Maya] Ku
- [John] Butsu
- [Maya] Butsu
- [John] Shuju
- [Maya] Shuju
- [John] Shushin - [Maya] Shushin
- [John] Muhen
- [Maya] Muhen
- [John] And again.
Fu
- [Maya] Fu
- [John] Ku
- [Maya] Ku
- [John] Butsu
- [Maya] Butsu
- [John] Shuju - [Maya] Shuju
- [John] Shushin
- [Maya] Shushin
- [John] Muhen
- [Maya] Muhen
- [John] Great, and now together.
- [Together] Fu
Ku
Butsu
Shuju
Shushin
Muhen
- [John] One more time.
- [Together] Fu
Ku
Butsu
Shuju
Shushin
Muhen
- Wonderful!
Okay, Maya, now we are ready to move on to
something I like to call "the combos."
- Ooh, that sounds hard.
- (laughs) Not at all, it's very easy.
Let's kick it off with the AI combo.
Tai
- [Maya] Tai
- [John] Dai
- [Maya] Dai
- [John] Zai
- [Maya] Zai
- [John] Mai
- [Maya] Mai
- [John] Issai - [Maya] Issai
- [John] Tai
- [Maya] Tai
- [John] Dai
- [Maya] Dai
- [John] Zai
- [Maya] Zai
- [John] Mai
- [Maya] Mai
- [John] Issai
- [Maya] Issai
- [John] Great, and now together.
- [Together] Tai
Dai
Zai
Mai
Issai
- [John] One more time.
- [Together] Tai
Dai
Zai
Mai
Issai
- [John] And then there's the yo combo.
Myo
- [Maya] Myo
- [John] Kyo
- [Maya] Kyo
- [John] Gyo
- [Maya] Gyo
- [John] Nyo
- [Maya] Nyo
- [John] Ryo
- [Maya] Ryo
- [John] One more time.
Myo
- [Maya] Myo
- [John] Kyo
- [Maya] Kyo
- [John] Gyo
- [Maya] Gyo
- [John] Nyo
- [Maya] Nyo
- [John] Ryo
- [Maya] Ryo
- [John] And together.
- [Together] Myo
Kyo
Gyo
Nyo
Ryo
Myo
Kyo
Gyo
Nyo
Ryo
- [John] And you also have the ui combo.
Zui
- [Maya] Zui
- [John] Yui
- [Maya] Yui
- [John] Sui
- [Maya] Sui
- [John] One more time
Zui
- [Maya] Zui
- [John] Yui
- [Maya] Yui
- [John] Sui
- [Maya] Sui
- [John] And now together.
- [Together] Zui
Yui
Sui
- [John] One more time
- [Together] Zui
Yui
Sui
- Congratulations everyone,
you've completed your first round.
- Great job.
- Yeah, thanks again, John, for joining us today.
- Any time, Maya.
- Awesome, well we'll see you for the next round
which is on rhythm.
Bye!