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 ALL Hiragana and Katakana charts. Katakana Dakuon and Handakuon Audio Please read each katakana …
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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 the booklet “Hiragana Katakana charts”. 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” The sixth, “ハ、ヒ、フ、ヘ、ホ” The …
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. The most …
In this lesson, we will learn long vowels and small “っ”. Long vowels As you already know, Japanese has 5 vowels. Sometimes they become long vowels, which are doubled in length. How do we know that? We add one more vowel. Here is the examples. あcolumn : “あ” is added. おかあさん (mother) “か” is lengthen …
In this lesson, we will learn some more Hiragana letters, called yōon. Yōon is that one い-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 booklet, “Hiragana Katakana Charts.” Audio Let’s read them together. At the first row, “きゃ、きゅ、きょ”. …
In this lesson, we will learn more Hiragana letters, called “Dakuon” and “Handakuon”. Dakuon has two dots and Handakuon has a circle. Hiragana Dakuon and Handakuon Chart Here is the Hiragana dakuon and handakuon chart. You can download the Hiragana Katakana Charts! Hiragana Dakuon and Handakuon Audio Let’s read Hiragana dakuon and handakuon together. Please …
