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Wordly Wednesday: Learning Japanese. Continuing with the Ya, Yu and Yo Digraphs: Nya, Nyu and Nyo.10/17/2018
If you'll look back to my previous posts (featuring: {Kya, Kyu, Kyo}, {Sha, Shu, Sho} and {Cha, Chu, Cho}), we've learned up to line three. Here's the chart to refresh your memory.
This week I introduce to you Nya, Nyu and Nyo.
にゃ Nya sounds like the sound a Japanese cat would make N'ya
に Nyu is also a cat sound and sounds a bit like n'yew に Nyo is also a cat sound ... The one word I found was: ぎゅうにゅう Gyūnyū = cow's milk (g-you n'yew) Actually, while researching this post, I couldn't find many other uses for this set of digraphs other than their being used as cat sounds. If anyone out there knows of words, other than the one listed, which contains any of these digraphs please let me know in the comment section below.
Here's today's practice sheet. I hope you have fun writing these digraphs.
Next week, we'll continue with the chart and learn digraphs Hya, Hyu and Hyo. Until next time, mata ne.
Note: Edited to correct typographical error.
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Ohayo, mina san. Good morning, everyone! For a moment we'll leave the Ya, Yu and Yo digraphs because I want to finish out the chart. I'll continue with the digraphs in next week's post.
In that spirit, today I have for you column 10 and 11: Wa, Wi, We, Wo and N.
Most of the column 10 sounds are pretty much obsolete in modern Japanese. Even so, if you ever care to do further research or read older texts it's important to be aware of them. So, I'm going to go over all of the sounds in column 10 for you:
わ wa sounds like the beginning sound in the word wallet or what (wah)
ゐ wi sounds like the beginning sound in the word weep or weed (wee) ゑ we sounds like the beginning sound in the word wet or went (weh) を wo sounds like the beginning sound in the word woke or wove (woh) or as "o" in the word oh.
In English, we can figure out by the word order of a sentence by what the direct object is. But in Japanese we rely on the particles to mark the important parts of a sentence.
When you hear wa marking the subject of a sentence it will be spelled with the ha は hiragana. For example: わたし は さむい です Watashi wa samui desu = I am cold (I'm feeling cold, cool, chilly). Even though it's written as ha は, when it marks the subject, it is pronounced wa. The other particle is wo を. Wo isn't used in words. Wo is a direct object marking particle. Nowadays, it's pronounced just like an "o" For example: わたし は すし を たべる Watashi wa sushi o taberu = I eat sushi. The other two characters wi ゐ and we ゑ are for the most part obsolete in modern Japanese. Okay folks, it feels like it's time for another Japanesepod101.c0m video. But first, let me give you the last character in our hiragana chart:
The ん is pronounced like the "n" sound.
Here are some words containing the ん : おんなのこ onnanoko = girl あかちゃん akachan = baby べんごし bengoshi = lawyer せんせい sensei = teacher ん does have another pronunciation but I'll let Risa pronounce it for you in the Japanesepod101.c0m video below. Oh, and remember to take the quiz at the end of the video!
Well that's it! You did it! You learned the whole hiragana alphabet. Way to go!
Here's a practice sheet with the wa and wo sounds. I'll post a worksheet with the n sound as soon as I can. In the meantime, keep practicing, gambate kudasai (please do your best)!
Note: Edited later in the week to fix formatting issues.
Konnichi wa! Good afternoon! Today I have for you the cha, chu and cho digraphs: ちゃ cha sounds like the beginning sound of chop or like the dance the "cha cha". ちゅ chu sound like chew or like the train sound "choo choo". ちょ cho sounds like the beginning sound of the word choke. Here are some words with these sounds: おちゃ ocha = green tea おにいちゃん oniichan = older brother (familiar form) ちゃり chari = bicycle ちゅう chuu (chū) = kiss ちょう cho = butterfly ちょうしょく chōshoku = breakfast Check out last week's post (Wordly Wednesday: Learning Japanese. The Ya, Yu, Yo Digraphs: Sha, Shu, and Sho) for the link to the Japanesepod101.com YouTube video on digraphs: I'll have more digraphs for you next week. Until then, here's this week's practice writing sheet. Enjoy!
Note: Edited to correct typo. |
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