primary syllables secondary syllables katakana

a i u e o a u o kc says
kc says: the
a katakana alphabet is
used for describing
a-(ah) i-(ee) u-(oo) e-(eh) o-(oh) special-$ sound words
(onomatopoeia), and
foreign words
k especially english.
ka-(kah) ki-(kee) ku-(koo) ke-(keh) ko-(koh) kya-(kyah) kyu-(kyoo) kyo-(kyoh)
kc says: foreign
words the japanese
g don't have a native
word for are written, as
ga-(gah) gi-(gee) gu-(goo) ge-(geh) go-(goh) gya-(gyah) gyu-(gyoo) gyo-(gyoh) they sound, in
katakana.
s kc says: $ the long
dash like character
sa-(sah) shi-(shee) * su-(soo) se-(seh) so-(soh) sha-(shah) shu-(shoo) sho-(shoh)
shown here is used to
lengthen the
z pronunciation of the
previous character. e.g
za-(zah) ji-(jee) * zu-(zoo) ze-(zeh) zo-(zoh) ja-(jah) ju-(joo) jo-(joh) u(oo) becomes
uu(oooo).
t kc says: * this
character is an
ta-(tah) chi-(chee) * tsu-(szoo) * te-(teh) to-(toh) cha-(chah) chu-(choo) cho-(choh)
exception to the
standard rule for this
d letter.

da-(dah) ji-(jee) * zu-(zoo) * de-(deh) do-(doh)

n
na-(nah) ni-(nee) nu-(noo) ne-(neh) no-(noh) nya-(nyah) nyu-(nyoo) nyo-(nyoh)

h
ha-(hah) hi-(hee) fu-(fhu) * he-(heh) ho-(hoh) hya-(hyah) hyu-(hyoo) hyo-(hyoh)

b
ba-(bah) bi-(bee) bu-(boo) be-(beh) bo-(boh) bya-(byah) byu-(byoo) byo-(byoh)

p
pa-(pah) pi-(pee) pu-(pooh) pe-(peh) po-(poh) pya-(pyah) pyu-(pyoo) pyo-(pyoh)

m
ma-(mah) mi-(mee) mu-(moo) me-(meh) mo-(moh) mya-(myah) myu-(myoo) myo-(myoh)

y
ya-(yah) yu-(yoo) yo-(yoh)

r
ra-(rah) ri-(ree) ru-(roo) re-(reh) ro-(roh) rya-(rya) ryu-(ryoo) ryo-(ryoh)

w
n
wa-(wah) n-(nnn) %

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