Qoptyi 534 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 What sort of accents do Momo, Mina, Sana and Tzuyu have when they speak Korean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aegyo 3,461 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 I'm interested to know as well lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kami the II. 1,723 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 It's around 4am in Korea rn so I doubt if you can find a Korean speaker here... Some Korean-Americans probably whose skills are questionable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeoleeda 406 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 im not korean but not im curious too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyblue 69 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 That's my question too but I've heard sana sounds native Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airaena 238 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 That's my question too but I've heard sana sounds native I'm pretty sure Mina was the one who sounds native. Sana sounds like she definitely has an accent, but I'm not Korean, so who knows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaJetée 21,675 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 I'm pretty sure Mina was the one who sounds native. Sana sounds like she definitely has an accent, but I'm not Korean, so who knows Nope, other way round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfei 1,917 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 this is a year old but i found this reddit thread that talks about japanese idols' accents in kpop Short answer: Yes. Taking the J-Line of Twice as a specific example, all 3 members have differing quirks to their Korean skills/accents. Sana is definitely the strongest Korean speaker (although she's still prone to mixing up completely different words with kinda similar sounds) with a strong Kansai-Korean accent (very similar to Gyeongsang Satoori). Mina although generally quiet actually isn't that far behind Sana in proficiency from what I've seen/heard. She has the stereotypical Japanese accent and maintains the Japanese intonation that's characteristic of the Japanese equivalent of 표준어 (so the 'common'/Tokyo Japanese?). Momo has the weakest Korean out of the members alongside Tzuyu (although they've both improved a lot since debut, and especially over this promotion period as I've often commented in the past). She has a sort of lazy way of speaking (it's just how she speaks..she does it with Japanese to an extent as well) and that carries over into a lot of her sentences sounding slurred or run-together. Her way of singing/saying the line '조르지마 얼마가지않아' has caught on online recently for its interesting sound (Zㅗ르Zㅣ마). Sana doesn't have the 'usual' Japanese accent that Mina or Momo has but has a strong case of Japanese-Korean-sounding-like-Gyeongsangdo-satoori. I have several Japanese-born Korean friends who sound like they're all from Busan and Sana has the same kind of accent (which is why fans and members get her to say Gyeongsang sato Native speaker. Momo definitely has a noticeable accent in almost everything I have seen from her when it comes to speaking portions. Out of all the Japanese members in TWICE though, Sana is probably the most fluent in speaking. Mina is quite quiet so the times I do hear her speak her pronounciation is good but she still has some Japanese speech habits that are noticeable from time to time. https://www.reddit.com/r/kpop/comments/4pog9a/native_korean_speakers_is_there_a_noticable/?utm_source=amp&utm_medium=comment_list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyvelvet. 1,008 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Japanese and Taiwanese accent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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