{"id":2978,"date":"2014-01-24T12:48:47","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T12:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2014-06-06T16:58:22","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T16:58:22","slug":"lets-learn-how-to-read-japanese-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/lets-learn-how-to-read-japanese-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s learn how to read Japanese! Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

So far, we have covered Japanese Hiragana’s(\u3072\u3089\u304c\u306a) in Part 1 through Part 3 of the “Let’s learn how to read Japanese” series. Part 4 will be on Katakana(\u304b\u305f\u304b\u306a).\u00a0Katakana is another writing system in Japanese.\u00a0Katakana’s are used to express foreign language words or words that originate from other countries. \u00a0I will discuss the examples below.<\/p>\n

Katakana’s have exactly the same pronunciation as Hiragana’s, by representing one sound for each letter. Some of them look similar between Hiragana and Katakana; however, for the most part, they do look different.<\/p>\n

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Information from\u00a0http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katakana<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Goj\u016bon \u2013 Katakana characters with nucleus<\/caption>\n
<\/th>\na<\/i><\/th>\ni<\/i><\/th>\nu<\/i><\/th>\ne<\/i><\/th>\no<\/i><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2205<\/span><\/th>\n\u30a2<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30a4<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30a6<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30a8<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30aa<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
K<\/i><\/th>\n\u30ab<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30ad<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30af<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30b1<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30b3<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S<\/i><\/th>\n\u30b5<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30b7<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30b9<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30bb<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30bd<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
T<\/i><\/th>\n\u30bf<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30c1<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30c4<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30c6<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30c8<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
N<\/i><\/th>\n\u30ca<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30cb<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30cc<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30cd<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30ce<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
H<\/i><\/th>\n\u30cf<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30d2<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30d5<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30d8<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30db<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M<\/i><\/th>\n\u30de<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30df<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30e0<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30e1<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30e2<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Y<\/i><\/th>\n\u30e4<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u30e6<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u30e8<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R<\/i><\/th>\n\u30e9<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30ea<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30eb<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30ec<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30ed<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W<\/i><\/th>\n\u30ef<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30f0<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u30f1<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n\u30f2<\/a><\/big><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Do you remember the Dakuon(\u3060\u304f\u304a\u3093), Han-dakuon(\u306f\u3093\u3060\u304f\u304a\u3093), and Yo-on(\u3088\u3046\u304a\u3093) & Sokuon(\u305d\u304f\u304a\u3093) in Hiragana? In Katakana, We have exactly the same 4 sounds to use as well. \u00a0Rules are similar to Hiragana.<\/p>\n