Katakana Only Sounds
As Katakana is used to represent the sounds of foreign words, there are several extra sounds only for Katakana. Here is the table. You can download the PDF, “Katakana-only-sounds“. Audio イェ ウィ ウェ ウォ クァ クィ クェ クォ グァ グィ グェ グォ …
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Some More Katakana Letters
In this lesson, we will learn Katakana long vowels and small “ッ”. Long vowels Long vowels is called “chōon”. Katakana long vowels are very easy. You just add “ー”! For example, アイスクリーム (ice cream) エスカレーター (escalator) カード (card) See? Very easy! Small “ッ” Small “ッ” is called “hatsuon”, which means a pause, same as Hiragana …
More+ Katakana Letters
Katakana yōon is same as Hiragana yōon. Yōon is that one i-sound Hiragana letter and one small や, ゆ or よletter join together and represent one sound. Here is the table. You can download the PDF file, “More+ Katakana Letters“. Please listen to the audio and repeat afterwards. “キャ、キュ、キョ” “シャ、シュ、ショ” “チャ、チュ、チョ” “ヒャ、ヒュ、ヒョ” …
More Katakana Letters – Katakana dakuon and handakuon
In this lesson, we will learn more Katakana letters, called “dakuon” and “handakuon”. Dakuon is letters with two dots. Handakuon is letters with little circle. Katakana dakuon and handakuon chart Here is the katakana dakuon and handakuon chart. You can download katakana chart pdf, “Printable Dakuon Handakuon Katakana Chart”. Katakana Dakuon and Handakuon Audio Please …
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46 Basic Katakana Letters
Let’s start 46 basic Katakana letters. Each sound is completely same as Hiragana but you can see how different each letter is. You can download PDF “46 basic Katakana letters”. Listen to the sounds. The first line, “ア、イ、ウ、エ、オ“ The second line, “カ、キ、ク、ケ、コ“ The third, “サ、シ、ス、セ、ソ” The forth, “タ、チ、ツ、テ、ト” The fifth, “ナ、ニ、ヌ、ネ、ノ” …
3 More Reasons why you should learn Katakana
Have you finished Hiragana? Great! Shall we begin learning Katakana? Further to 8 reasons why you should learn Hiragana, which are as applicable to Katakana, I can suggest 3 more reasons why Katakana is useful for you. 1. Katakana is used for foreign words We use Katakana to express foreign sounds into Japanese. …
