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Konnichi wa, minasan. Good afternoon. Happy Halloween if you celebrate it.
Today we continue learning hiragana with the digraph chart below.
みゃ Mya is pronounced m'yah
みゅ Myu is pronounced m'you or mew (like the sound cats make) みょ Myo is pronounced m'yoh
I have not found any words containing the hiragana digraphs mya, myu and myo. The sounds may, however, be present in many words that are represented by Kanji. Don't worry, we'll be going over Kanji in later posts.
If anyone out there knows of any words containing these digraphs, please let us know in the comment section below.
Here's today's writing practice worksheet. And just below is a little surprise. It's a Halloween video by Risa from Japanesepod101.com introducing some Halloween vocabulary. This video is a bit more advanced, but it never hurts to listen to the Japanese language and get more vocabulary words to learn and practice. Enjoy! Mata raishu! Until next week.
Wait, I have one more free writing practice worksheet for you with some Halloween words. Thank you for reading and mata raishu!
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By the way, for those following my Wordly Wednesday Japanese posts, the Japanese katakana for coffee is コーヒー kōhii (pronounced cō hee). They use katakana because coffee is a word not of Japanese origin. But, no matter how you say it or spell it, it's coffee and it's a lovely way to start the day--for me anyway. What about you? What is your favorite morning coffee? Let us know in the comments below or send us a Tweet @TGFCoffee. Thank you for reading. Have a great day and, whenever possible, make tomorrow even better!
Good afternoon! Today I have more digraphs to learn. Let's see what we've learned so far:
So far we've learned the ki, shi, chi and ni digraphs. Let's work on this new row with hya, hyu and hyo.
ひゃ Hya sounds like h'ya. Try not to pronounce the i sound in Hi (ee), but just the h sound and the ya sound together. It sounds like what someone karate chopping a wooden block would say: H'ya!
ひゅ Hyu would be pronounced as if you were saying hay you but forgot to say the ay part. H'you! ひょ Hyo would be similar to saying Hi, yo but omitting the i sound in hi: H'yo!
Here is the only word I could find that contains one of these sounds:
ひゃく Hyaku = hundred
Since pronouncing these is a bit tricky, I'm once again including the Japanesepod101.com video on the digraphs. Hya, hyu and hyo start at 4:00. But I would recommend rewinding and listening to them all. It never hurts to hear them all again. Once you get these sounds to be familiar to your ears, they're yours forever.
Here is this week's freebie practice writing sheet featuring hya, hyu and hyo:
Correction: If you've already downloaded this practice sheet, I'm sorry about the typographical error. I've uploaded the corrected practice sheet below. Thank you for your patience.
That's it for this week. Next week we'll go over the mya, myu and myo digraphs. Until then また らいしゅ, mata raishu (see you next week)!
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