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Pitch Accent - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Attach to pronouns and make them plural
    - - Similar to "mr." / "mrs"
      - Formal
  - - - No-drop Parasite Suffixes
        
        Overwrite pitch of the noun, attach high, and create a no-drop noun
        
        性(せい)
        
        級(きゅう)
        
        語(ご)
        
        線(せん)
        
        的(てき)
        
        法(ほう)
        
        家(か)
        
        風(ふう)
      - Goth Parasite Suffixes
        
        名(めい)
        
        者(しゃ)
        
        人(じん)
        
        感(かん)
        
        学(がく)
        
        内(ない)
        
        県(けん)
        
        説(せつ)
        
        Overwrite the pitch of the noun, turning it no-drop, and then attach low
  - - - They are always 1 kanji and 1 or 2 beats long
      - ~50% are no-drop and ~50% are goth
      - Goth parasites are slightly more common
      - Need to learned on a case by case basis
  - - - Goth suffixes don't change the pitch of the original noun
      - Goth parasites make the pitch of the original noun no-drop
    - - 風(ふう) - "manner" insta-drop noun
        
        そんなふ (<-drop)うに
        
        ドイツふうの　(no-drop parasite suffix)
      - Think of each version as a separate word
  - - - When a goth or parasite goth suffix attach to a noun ending in a weak beat, the cliff slides back
      - Exception: 日本人　にほんじ(<-drop)ん
- - - - between 1st and 2nd beat
      - In case of insta-drop (before the 1st beat)
  - - - Nouns
      - Verbs
      - Adjectives
      - Interjections
  - - - Particles
        
        くらい
        
        insta-drop parasite
        
        て
        
        surfer
      - Couplers
      - Helper Adjectives
        
        ない
        
        ない conjugations are all about the な
        
        dropping verbs drop right before the な
        
        no-drop verbs drop right after the な
        
        Have the same status as adjectives
        
        Conjugate like adjectives do
      - Helper Verbs
        
        ます
        
        insta-drop parasite
        
        conjugates
        
        memorize pitch forms
        
        ました
        
        cliff on ま
        
        ません
        
        cliff on せ
        
        ませんでした
        
        cliff on せ
        
        ましょう
        
        cliff on しょ
        
        た
        
        surfer
        
        does not conjugate
        
        have the same status as verbs
        
        some helper verbs conjugate
    - - Go with the flow onto everything
        
        That means also non-nouns
        
        That is the difference to normies
      - Attaches high onto things that end high
      - Attaches low onto things that end low
      - より
        
        insta-drop
    - - Overrides the pitch of what it attaches onto, deleting prior drops
      - Turns whatever it attaches onto into no-drop and then attaches high
      - くらい　／　ぐらい
        
        insta-drop
      - ます
        
        insta-drop
    - - は
      - が
      - を
      - に
      - で
      - の
      - から
      - だ
      - です
      - all couplers are normies
      - Normies attach low onto non-nouns (see principle)
    - - (さ)せる
      - change their personality depending on what rockstar they are with
      - pitch changes depending on if they are attaching to no-drop or dropping verbs
        
        no-drop becomes no-drop
        
        dropping makes cliff to the 2nd to last beat
        
        in case of (さ)せる cliff on せ
      - Similar to parasites overwrites pitch of verb, but where the parasite follows its own pattern, the two faced one changes based on the rockstar
      - (ら)れる
- - - - Stem + Groupie
    - - insta-drop parasite groupie
    - - no-drop stays no-drop
      - Dropping verbs
        
        cliff on 3rd from last beat
      - ます-stem + て (surfer particle)
        
        The modern て-form of 5-level verbs is a contraction of the classical form
      - 2 beat one level verbs
        
        dropping verbs
        
        みる
        
        みて
        
        える
        
        えて
        
        でる
        
        でて
        
        くる
        
        きて
        
        Cliff is as far back as possible ->2nd to last beat
      - Combos
        
        No-drop
        
        している
        
        no-drop + no-drop = no-drop
        
        してある
        
        no-drop + drop = drop
        
        わすれてしまう
        
        no-drop + no-drop = no-drop
        
        just combine them together
        
        drop
        
        follows 2 story building principle
        
        食べている
        
        drop (star) + no-drop = drop on ta, stays low
        
        食べてある
        
        drop (star) + drop = drop on ta, stays low
        
        わかってしまう
        
        drop (star) + no-drop = drop on ka, stays low
        
        Contractions
        
        te-combo contracts -> pitch stays the same
        
        Exceptions
        
        ～てた
        
        drop on て
        
        ～てない
        
        drop on な
        
        て-combo stacking
        
        work from left to right
    - - Replace て from て form with た
    - - Use た from past tense form and add ら・り (normie) particles
    - - (さ)せる making / letting do
        
        in both forcing or letting someone we are causing something to happen
        
        negative stem + (さ)せる
        
        せる is helper verb
        
        Behaves as a Two-Faced groupie
    - - (ら)れる a verb or action being done to subject
        
        negative stem + (ら)れる
        
        れる is helper verb
        
        Two-Faced groupie determines behaviour
    - - hypothetical stem + ば
        
        ば is particle
        
        normie particle
        
        Since it is only attached to verbs, it always attaches low
    - - negative stem + ない
        
        ない is a two-faced helper adjective
    - - negative stem + (られ)る / hypothetical stem + る
        
        (られ)る　two-faced groupie
    - - No changes in pitch to base form
        
        no-drop stays no-drop
        
        dropping verbs keep their pitch
      - command masu form
        
        いらっしゃいませ
    - - volition stem + (よ)う
        
        (よ)う parasite groupie
        
        Overwrites previous pitch
        
        forces a cliff on the 2nd-to-last beat
  - - - Final Bit Principle
        
        root vereb + final bit
      - conjugated stems count as final bit
      - conjugations of masu and negative form, count as a whole as the final bit
- - - - hashi "edge" (no-drop) vs. hashi "bridge" (late-drop)
  - - - Unit of timing in Japanese
      - equal in terms of time
    - - That counts also for おう or えい
    - - あい
        
        This includes when there's a consonant before あ
        
        Dropping verb: 2nd-to-last beat is weak beat
        
        はいる
        
        かわらないのだ
        
        かわらないで
        
        Whenever い comes after あ, the い is a weak beat
        
        あい is the only vowel combo that consistently becomes a weak beat
      - when one vowel is extended for two beats
      - あえ/ おえ
        
        え is weak beat
        
        おぼえる
        
        かんがえる
        
        かえる
        
        there are other combos where え is not a weak beat
        
        あえぐ
        
        ほえる
        
        うえる
        
        Best guess is that vowel combos besides あい won't be a weak beat
- - - - no-drop particles
        
        から
      - insta-drop particles
        
        など
        
        まで
        
        より
        
        surfer groupie
      - Particle Combos
        
        には
        
        では
        
        When 2 particles attach, a drop forms between them
        
        とも
        
        とか
        
        へと
        
        からは
      - is never late drop
      - mid-drop particles
    - - If noun ends low stays low
      - If noun is no-drop, particle attaches high if particle has a drop
  - - - behaves as normal one-beat particle
      - "goes with the flow"
    - - だった
      - です
    - - When a coupler attaches to a particle a drop forms between them