I’m not sure there’s an answer beyond “because sometimes ‘は’ is pronounced ‘wa’.”
Kindof like asking “why is ‘c’ sometimes pronounced like an ‘s’ like in ‘cistern.’”
“こんにちは” is another word in which “は” is pronounced “wa”.
I’d imagine there are probably historical reasons, but I don’t know them. I suspect the cases where “は” is pronounced “wa” are pretty rare and just have to be learned by wrote.
I’m not sure there’s an answer beyond “because sometimes ‘は’ is pronounced ‘wa’.”
Kindof like asking “why is ‘c’ sometimes pronounced like an ‘s’ like in ‘cistern.’”
“こんにちは” is another word in which “は” is pronounced “wa”.
I’d imagine there are probably historical reasons, but I don’t know them. I suspect the cases where “は” is pronounced “wa” are pretty rare and just have to be learned by wrote.
I was confused when there was no explaination in genki, hence the question. Thanks for answering