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TOPIC 2
SESSION 5:
Nihongo Writing
System
CAN YOU READ THE 48
HIRAGANA
CHARACTERS?
 にほん
YONDE KUDASAI

WHAT IS THE MEANING?

にほんご
how about this one?
 - In this session, we will learn
additional sounds of the
Japanese language that has not
been covered by the 46
OBJECTIVE: Hiragana characters. These
additional sounds are formed
using extra diacritical marks
and by combining Hiragana
characters.
 “VOICELESS SOUNDS” ARE NOT REALLY
there are two types VOICELESS BUT THEY ARE CALLED SO
BECAUSE OUR VOCAL CHORDS DO NOT
of sounds and they are VIBRATE WHEN WE PRONOUNCED THEM. ON
the “voiceless sound” THE OTHER HAND, THE “VOICED SOUNDS”

「こ」
and the “voiced sound” ARE CALLED “VOICED” BECAUSE OUR VOCAL
CHORDS VIBRATE WHEN WE PRONOUNCED
「ご」
like and
respectively.
THESE “VOICED SOUNDS”.
がげ ぎ こぐ
ざぜじ ぞず
だ で ぢどづ
「じ」 AND「ぢ」ARE
「ず」THEANDSAME.
「づ」ARE
THE SAME SOUND AND
ば べ びぼぶ
ぱ ぺ ぴぽ ぷ
 や ゆ
きやよVS. きゃ
きや
やよ ゆ
KIYA
きゃ KYA
 や ゆ
しゆよVS. しゅ
しゆ
やよ ゆ
SHIYU
しゅ SHU
 や ゆ
ちよよVS. ちょ
ちよ
やよ ゆ
CHIYO
ちょ CHO
きや KIYA VS. きゃ KYA
しゆ SHIYU VS. しゅ SHU
ちよ CHIYO VS. ちょ CHO
YONDE KUDASAI......

がっこう
 がっこう
- SMALL「っ」 COPIES THE CONSONANT AFTER
IT, THAT’OPIES THE CONSONANT AFTER IT,

GAKKOU
ありがとうございます