FOLA-002-JAPANESE LANGUAGE

PRELIM
HIRAGANA WRITING AND READING

ANA MARIE C. ARGULLA

HTMD
 HIRAGANA WRITING
CHART- 1-46 CHARACTERS

あ い う え お
か き く け こ
さ し す せ そ
た ち つ て と
な に ぬ ね の
は ひ ふ へ ほ
ま み む め も
や ゆ よ
ら り る れ ろ
わ を
ん
 HIRAGANA WRITING
CHART-2 25 CHARACTERS

か゛ き゛ く゛ け゛ こ゛
さ゛ し゛ す゛ せ゛ そ゛
た゛ ち゛ つ゛ て゛ と゛
は゛ ひ゛ ふ゛ へ゛ ほ゛
は ひ゜ ふ゜ へ゜ ほ゜
 HIRAGANA WRITING
CHART-3-33 CHARACTERS
きや きゆ きよ
しや しゆ しよ
ちや ちゆ ちよ
にや にゆ によ
ひや ひゆ ひよ
みや みゆ みよ
りや りゆ りよ
ぎや ぎゆ ぎよ
じや じゆ じよ
びや ひゆ びよ
ぴや ぴゆ ぴよ
 DOUBLE CONSONANTS

Certain consonants are doubled when produced by a small

“tsu”. つ
Kk,pp,ss,tch,tt
Example: Hiragana Roumaji English
がつこう gakkou School
きつぷ Kippu Ticket
たつて Tatte Stand-up
 N - Sound

The sound Represented by “N” is pronounced

differently depending on the sound that comes after it.

Example:
- It is pronounced ‘M’, Before the sound ‘P’,’B’, and
‘M’, there are some other variations.
Roumaji Hiragana English
Shinbun - しんぶん Newspaper
Enpitsu - えんぴつ Pencil
Konbanwa - こんばんは Good Afternoon
“ N” Sound pronounced as is when none of the three sounds
mentioned.

Example:

Roumaji Hiragana English

Konnichi wa こんにちは Hello/Good
Afternoon
Ginkou ぎんこう Bank
 The following particles are written in a special ways.

“ WA “ Is written は when used as a particle.

“E“ Is written へ when used as a particle.
“O” Is written を when used as a particle.

Example:
Watashi は Gakusei desu. I am a student.
Tokyo へ Ikimasu. I’m going to Tokyo.
Kono sashi を Kudasai. Please give this magazine.
 No (particle) – Possessive marker

No (particle) – Possessive marker

Example:

NCST student NCST の がくせい.

Teacher’s room せんせい の へや
Mr. Santos’s father さんとす さん の おとうさん

Teacher’s room – Sensei no heya

Mr. Santos’s father – Santos san no otousan/chichi
 Particle
(To) and

To (particle) – and
Example:
She is my mother and your doctor.
かのじょは わたし の はは と いしゃ です。

Bread and Egg.

ぱん と たまご

Table and Chair.

てぶる と いす。
 Particle(Mo) also

Mo (particle) - also
Pronoun + mo + predicate + desu
 
N1 – When the second statement has the same statement to the previous
sentence particle
も mo is used instead of は wa

Example:
Ms. Maeda is a teacher. まえだ さん は せんせい です。
Ms. Cristy is also a teacher くりしちさん も せんせい です。
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