Vowel sounds in Japanese
My question concerns Japanese speech, and situations where one word finishes with a 'vowel' sound and the next word starts with the same sound; for instance, "...に行きます.

When saying this phrase, should there be a break between に and 行きます, or would the two words effectively run into each other to sound like one continuous word?

Thanks!

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Vowel sounds in Japanese
My question concerns Japanese speech, and situations where one word finishes with a 'vowel' sound and the next word starts with the same sound; for instance, "...に行きます.

When saying this phrase, should there be a break between に and 行きます, or would the two words effectively run into each other to sound like one continuous word?

Thanks!

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There is no pause. A clear speaker will lengthen the vowel. Most will however have it shortened to about 1.1 the normal length.
Nobody says "nikimasu".

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に is Japanese particle ～に show addressing  something in case following ver
b describe movement most of time same usage as English  To
For examples  ロンドンに行きます。if movement objects ones to other that case English word is for 
Examples  give for you (あなたにあげる)

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A big thank you to everyone for their very helpful responses to my question. ありがとうございます。

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When I hear English "get up" for example, I hear the sound like one word like "gerrap".
We don't do that in Japanese. 
I believe that it sounds better if you have a pause between に and いきます but it doesn't mean everybody do so in their normal conversation.

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We don't put a pause between "(place)に" and "行きます", "(something)が" and "あります", "(something)を" and "置きます", or "(someone)の" and "おしり" etc. in normal conversation.

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