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Wordly Wednesday: Learning Japanese. Katakana Digraph Blends: Kya, Kyu, Kyo and Sha, Shu, Sho.2/27/2019 Konnichi wa! It's time to review the katakana digraph blends. If you remember my post about the hiragana digraph blends (Rows 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the hiragana digraph table) you'll have no problem with the sounds as they are the same. I'll show you the hiragana digraph and its katakana counterpart side by side for comparison. Let's look at the chart: There are other sound blends that are not included on this table. For a discussion about the non-standard blends see this thread on StackExchange. For further information about the non-standard sound blends you can visit Wikipedia's Hepburn Romanization page. <-- This link (found in the StackExchange post) will take you right to the section on extended katakana. If you'll recall when writing these digraph blends the ya, yu and yo are written a bit smaller. If they're written full sized, the words not only sound very different, they also will have a different meaning. See my first lesson for more information (Hiragana Digraphs Kya, Kyu and Kyo). Let's review the digraph blends in the first row (kya, kyu, and kyo). These are their sounds: キャ Kya sounds like kyah キュ Kyu sounds like the beginning sound of cute kyoo キヨ Kyo sounds like kyoh Remember that the small (or chiisai) ッ, or sokuon is mainly used to lengthen the consonant sound. When writing a word containing the ッ in romaji the consonant letter is doubled (there are some exceptions to this). When speaking the word there seems to be a small pause between the syllables. Here are some words with the digraph sounds in the first row: キャンプ Kyampu = Camp (kyahm pooh) キャッチ Kyacchi = Catch (kyah chee) Also, remember that the ー symbol makes the vowel sound longer. Take a look at these examples: キュート Kyuto = Cute (kyoo toh) キューピッド Kyuppido = Cupid (kyoo pee doh) Now, let's look at the sounds in the second row (sha, shu, and sho). If you'll remember these sounds are: シヤ Sha sounds like the beginning sound of the word shop シユ Shu sounds similar to the word shoe シヨ Sho sounds similar to the word show Here are some words with the sounds in the second row: シャワー Shawa = Shower (shah wah) シャンプー Shampu = Shampoo Here are some more examples: シュレッダー Shuredda = Shredded (as in paper shredder) (shoo reh dah) シュート Shuto = Shoot (as in a ball) ショック Shokku = Shock (shoh koo) ショップ Shoppu = Shop (shoh pooh) Well, that's it for this week. You have two sets of digraph blends to practice so here's a free writing practice worksheet to help you learn to write them:
Thanks for reading. Meet you here next week and we'll go over the next katakana digraph set of blends. Mata ne.
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