Hiragana and katakana
Ryuei on November 16, 2008 at 5:40 pm -07:00
As you may know, Hiragana and Katakana is like japanese alphabet.
Now I created lists of both Hiragana and Katana for you to download and study.
I also added alphabetical letters on the top and right side to make it easier to pronounce. However the pronunciation is not exactly the same as the pronunciation in the way you do in English. But it gives you the idea of how they sound.
Here’s how you use the lists.
You can do exactly the same both in Hiragana and Katakana since they are pronounced exactly the same.
1. You read hiragana letter’s from up to down and right to left.
2. You find how to pronounce a Hiragana letter by mixing a alphabet on the top with one on the right side.
If you want to know, for example, how a first Hiragana[
], you’ll find ”-” on the top side and ”A” on the right side, you pronounce it like [a]. For another example, Hiragana letter [
] which can be found on the third line from the top and the third line from the right. You’ll find the ”K” on the top and ”U” on the right so you pronounce it like SU.So it goes.
3. The last two letters however, which are surrounded by red lines doesn’t follow the rule as I explained above. They are pronounced like this. The upper one would be like ”O” and the other one would be like ”N”.
It’s a bit difficult to explain how to pronounce them by words so I’ve also created a audio file for you to listen to get used to these sounds.
The lists:
The audio for the hiragana :
Please ask me anything if you have any question regarding this post.
The additional list is now avialable:
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November 24, 2008 at 1:48 am -07:00
[...] I covered all the hiragana and katakana on the lists I made before however, there are some variations with them. I think it’s gonna be useful with this additional lists espesially if you are beginner in this language. The usage are the same with the previous lists. [...]