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Good morning everyone! I hope you've all been practicing your hiragana sounds because today I have some katakana characters for you to learn. Since you know all the sounds, today I'll introduce the first set of katakana characters. They are pronounced just like the hiragana characters of the same name. Let's look at the characters below: Hereafter, when I introduce new Katakana the first row you see will be the hiragana you already know. On the second row you'll find the katakana characters of the same sound. I've found that it's helped me to remember the sounds associated with the katakana when I can see the hiragana along with them. Maybe this method will help you as well. If you'd like a refresher on the sounds of these characters, please see my previous post: A, I, U, E, O. You'll notice that some of the katakana characters are similar to their hiragana counterparts while others are completely different. Here's a video that will help you learn and remember this Katakana set from the Japanesepod101.com 10-Day Katakana Challenge series: And last but not least, here is this week's free practice writing sheet featuring the characters we've learned this week.
Okay. That's it for this week. Good luck with your writing practice and with learning this week's katakana characters. As always, thank you for reading and gambate kudasai! See you next week.
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Konnichi wa. Hello. Today I have the final row of Ya, Yu and Yo digraph sounds: Pya, Pyu and Pyo.
By the end of today’s lesson, we’ll have finished learning the Hiragana alphabet sounds. Isn’t that awesome?! After we’re done with these, I can introduce Katakana characters. Katakana, if you’ll remember, is the alphabet used to spell out words not originally Japanese. But for now, let’s get to this week’s sounds:
Just a reminder, the sounds in this row are hiragana characters that take the handakuten (or maru). (See: Ha set with dakuten and handakuten)
ぴゃ Pya sounds like p'yah.
ぴゅ Pyu sounds like the word pew or the beginning sound of the word pewter. ぴょ Pyo sounds like p'yoh.
Again, please note that the chiisai (small) っ (tsu) [or more formally named sokuon 促音] is used to lengthen a consonant sound and is represented by a double letter in rōmaji.
Try your hand at these words: ろっぴゃく roppyaku = six hundred はっぴゃく happyaku = eight hundred
And now for the weekly freebie. This worksheet features the pya, pyu and pyo digraphs.
After you practice these, it would be a good idea to review all the hiragana you know so far. We’ll be introducing katakana soon and the sounds are the same. So if you know the hiragana sounds by heart all you’ll need to do it memorize the katakana characters that go with those sounds. And, it will be much easier if the sounds are already in your ears.
Have a great week and I’ll meet you here next week for something new! Mata raishū. |
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