One of the things you learn when studying Japanese is that おう is pronounced
like a long おお as in words like そうです (soo desu), but I would like to know if
this rule also applies to verbs because there are some verbs in Japanese that
would seem almost incomprehensible if following this rule for pronunciation at
the same time that perhaps it would create too much ambiguity. Take for
example 追う and 覆う or cases like 作ろう and 繕う. Do Japanese people pronounce the
final う distinctively as a う in う-ending verbs?
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Pronunciation of verbs ending in う
> When the verb（五段う）is in its _imperfect form_ like, 追 **う** 、覆 **う** 、繕
> **う**...
>
> ...then **yes** , the う is pronounced distinctly.

* * *

> In cases like 作 **ろう** 、装 **おう** 、飲 **もう** 、where the verb is in a
> _volitional conjugation_...
>
> ...then the う **is not** pronounced distinctly, similar to the pronunciation
> of 王様{おうさま}
>
>   * (i.e. 作ろー、装おー、飲もー)
>
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