Hiragana Page 60 Last Bit

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Well Done! You Made it!

LAST - Some finishing touches

PRACTICE AT THE HIRAGANA FLASHCARDS PAGE

  • There are only 5 vowel sounds
  • All other characters (except n) are made of a consonant sound and one of the 5 vowel sounds.
  • The not-so-logical-pronunciation letters are chi, tsu, and fu. BE CAREFUL
  • The R letters are pronounced somewhere between the R and L sounds of English - Click here for more
  • n cannot be used to start a word
  • You cannot 'ten-ten' vowels
  • Combinations are formed using only ya, yu, and yo 'helpers' and the i column (ki, shi, chi, ni, hi, mi, ri)
  • A small tsu causes a slight pause or break between syllables.  For example in English we say a slight pause after "book" in "booK Club"
    Here are two examples in Japanese where the small tsu can clear up / cause a lot of problems!
    gasmall tsuki gakki - musical instrument [with a slight pause] 
    and
    gaki gaki - brat, annoying kid [without the pause]

　

FUN WITH HIRAGANA

A cute drawing made from hiragana is called Henohenomoheji

The name sounds impossible to learn, but it is simply reading the Hiragana that makes the character. The eyebrow is 'he.' The eye is 'no.' The nose is 'mo.' the mouth is 'he.' And the face is made by 'ji.'(ji = shi + ") Do you see it?

BOOKS: If you are a learner who needs something to encourage you, there are a few books to help. What's best?  Well, I don't know.  Depends on your studying style and tastes. Follow the link to our store for books and flashcards for learning kana.  Have fun learning!

http://www.thejapanshop.com

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gambarimashita!

　
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Thaaaanks a looooot !!

Submitted by Adamu-san on Sun, 02/07/2010 - 05:53.

This is rly an awesome site . The lessons are great and it took me less than two weeks to finish learning hiragana ..

Honto Arigatou Gozaimasu ! ( I realize that's what the post below me says but I was very happy that I was able to read and understand it :D ) ..

Now onto Katakana ..

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Great! I love to hear how

Submitted by clay on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 06:48.

Great! I love to hear how long it took people to learn hiragana. Check out our Audio readers to practice reading your hiragana (Learn > Audio)

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ほんとありがとうございます～！

Submitted by Reitaa on Sun, 02/07/2010 - 01:31.

really guys you made my life half easier with these teaching methods!
Certainly i will tell people about this website!

and of course i will keep using it!

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Thanks! Please also tell

Submitted by clay on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 06:46.

Thanks! Please also tell them about http://www.thejapanshop.com :)

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Nice ^^ Hahahaha..

Submitted by Luluch on Sat, 08/22/2009 - 16:13.

It's Too Nice.. Now I Can Learn The Hiragana To Katakana Letters Too Fast By Drawing ^^.. I Liked It ^^..

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Arigatou!

Submitted by catbunny38 on Sun, 07/19/2009 - 01:24.

Thank you so much for making these pages! I learned all of the hiragana in about two weeks - I'm on my way to learning Japanese! Again, thank you so much! Arigatou!

amazing! arigatou gozaimasu i

Submitted by nayomeryukamycah on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 17:57.

amazing! arigatou gozaimasu i learned a lot!

fast

Submitted by kris1 on Sat, 06/20/2009 - 05:53.

It was odd, it only took my about less than 2 hours to remember all hirigana.
thanks a lot =))))

Thenk you

Submitted by sad15 on Tue, 04/28/2009 - 01:31.

I wasn't able to follow any japanese course because I cannot read hiragana! In one month I've learned all hiraganas with your wonderful site! Thank you very much for your great job!

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Thank you

Submitted by tetzuki on Fri, 04/24/2009 - 03:05.

Thank you for these wonderful resources i feel confidently compentent in reading and writing hiragana thanks to your help

thanks a lot! this lessons

Submitted by andr3w on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 11:03.

thanks a lot!

this lessons are very good

i like the cute drawing made

Submitted by syarif on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 15:54.

i like the cute drawing made from hiragana called Henohenomoheji!
nice way of learning!

i did some japanese in high

Submitted by M Utley on Sat, 01/03/2009 - 15:43.

i did some japanese in high school and just ran through this lesson in one sitting. i also drew the hiragana characters as they were introduced. it made a great refresher and im looking forward to relearning katakana.
thankyou for the resources.

exelent

Submitted by noorsevgilim on Tue, 11/25/2008 - 13:40.

Thanks a lot!!
beautifull pages ,,easy way to study!!

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Thanks! and congratulations

Submitted by clay on Tue, 11/25/2008 - 21:51.

Thanks! and congratulations on making it through.

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