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Hi!
Can someone help me transcribe a short sentence this girl answered me? [https://youtu.be/on5nOVMr91A?si=JApZljlrvbGyHhUo&t=12](https://youtu.be/on5nOVMr91A?si=JApZljlrvbGyHhUo&t=12)
I didn’t quite get what she answered, and having trouble hearing what she’s pronouncing.
(She was completely okay being on camera by the way)
According to my dictionary, there are three ways to say 音 (おと, おん, ね), with all meaning about the same. When do I use what?
How do I figure out how a word is read if there’s no official suffix etc.? Googling or using youglish didn’t help either.
E.g. :消毒薬”, “消化薬”, “消臭薬” in FF7, only 消毒薬 is an actual word where it’s read as やく. I bump into thinks like that a lot when looking up words from games etc.
So I’ve come across a use of な that has me completely stumped. The sentence is “これが新しい言語を学習する最も良い方法なのです” and I cannot for the life of me find an answer as to why な is used after 方法 as everything that comes up refers to な adjectives or sentence ending particles, and not it’s use after a noun. Any insight here?