Lesson2. What is Katakana ?

Lesson2. What is Katakana ?


You had already learned about ひらがな (Hiragana) in the lesson 1.
If you don`t learn Hiragana, please check #1 (What is hiragana?).

So today let`s study about カタカナ (Katakana).
First of all, you should know that Katakana is same pronunciation with Hiragana. The difference is only forms.

Japanese language has two types, one is unique to japan.
The other is came from foreign country.
The words came from another country express カタカナ (Katakana)

For example, guitar(ギター), soccer(サッカー)…
○ギター ×ぎたー
○サッカー ×さっかー


This is the basic 46 words of katakana.

AIUÉO
ア(A)イ(  I)ウ(  U)エ(É)オ(  O)
Kカ(KA)キ(  KI)ク(KU)ケ(KÉ)コ(KO)
Sサ(SA)シ(SHI)ス(SU)セ(SÉ)ソ(SO)
Tタ(TA)チ(CHI)ツ(TU)テ(TÉ)ト(TO)
Nナ(NA)ニ(NI)ヌ(NU)ネ(NÉ)ノ(NO)
Hハ(HA)ヒ(HI)フ(HU)ヘ(HÉ)ホ(HO)
Mマ(MA)ミ(MI)ム(MU)メ(MÉ)モ(MO)
Yヤ(YA)ユ(YU)ヨ(YO)
Rラ(RA)リ(RI)ル(RU)レ(RÉ)ロ(RO)
ワ(WA)ヲ(  O)ン(  N)


The words having the voicing mark.

AIUÉO
Gガ(GA)ギ(GI)グ(GU)ゲ(GÉ)ゴ(GO)
Zザ(ZA)ジ(JI)ズ(ZU)ゼ(ZÉ)ゾ(ZO)
Dダ(DA)ヂ(JI)ヅ(ZU)デ(DÉ)ド(DO)
Bバ(BA)ビ(BI)ブ(BU)ベ(BÉ)ボ(BO)


The words having the P-sounds mark.

AIUÉO
Pパ(PA)ピ(PI)プ(PU)ペ(PÉ)ポ(PO)


This is all 71 words of katakana.

ヤ(YA)ユ(YU)ヨ(YO)

Only this 3 words can be small size.
And it`s able to make the different words by combine with 8 words at the bottom.

キ(  KI)シ(SHI)リ(RI)
ギ(GI)ジ(JI)ミ(MI)
ビ(BI)ピ(PI)


The words combine with its.

AUO
KYキャ(KYA)キュ(KYU)キョ(KYO)
SHシャ(SHA)シュ(SHU)ショ(SHO)
RYリャ(RYA)リュ(RYU)リョ(RYO)
MYミャ(MYA)ミュ(MYU)ミョ(MYO)
GYギャ(GYA)ギュ(GYU)ギョ(GYO)
JYジャ(JYA)ジュ(JYU)ジョ(JYO)
BYビャ(BYA)ビュ(BYU)ビョ(BYO)
PYピャ(PYA)ピュ(PYU)ピョ(PYO)


Special pronunciation of katakana.

ッ(TSU)

ッ(small TSU) is a pronunciation called a double consonant.
For example, バッグ(BAGGU) mean bag.
And – is marcon.
For example, ナース(NA-SU) mean nurse.

Making the words need to combine different parts of its.


For example,

ア(A)メ(MÉ)リ(RI)カ(KA)
イ(I)ギ(GI)リ(RI)ス(SU)

ア(A)メ(MÉ)リ(RI)カ(KA) mean United States of America.
イ(I)ギ(GI)リ(RI)ス(SU) mean United Kingdom.

ト(TO)マ(MA)ト(TO)
チ(CHI)キ(  KI)ン(  N)

ト(TO)マ(MA)ト(TO) mean tomato.
チ(CHI)キ(KI)ン(N) mean chikin.

If you memorized all カタカナ(Katakana) words, you will be able to read a sentence using ひらがな(Hiragana) and カタカナ(Katakana).

わたしはアメリカにいったことがあります。アメリカではハンバーガーをたべました。とてもおいしかったです。

Can you read it? I will teach you the right answer and meaning in the next lesson.

The answer of lesson 1


きょう、わたしはにほんごをべんきょうしました。
ひらがなをつかったぶんしょうであればよむことができます。
(KYOU、WATASHIHA NIHONGOO BENKYOU SHIMASHITA。
HIRAGANAO TUKATTABNSHOUDE AREBA YOMUKOTOGA DEKIMASU。)

meaning :Today, I studied Japanese language.
I can read texts using Hiragana.

That`s all for today, Thank you for watching my site, sayonara!

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