Hiragana Page 57 Combinations

Oni's picture

This part is a little different... Take it slow and you should be able to catch on

PART ONE - ADDING THE "TEN TEN"

How to make the 'ten-ten' letters. A 'ten-ten' is like a double- quote (") It changes the sound of the letter to a harder sound. You can ONLY 'ten-ten' the 'K' row, the 'S' row, the 'T' row and the 'H' row. (look at the chart to the right - the red ones are the ones with slightly difficult pronunciation)

Now look at the chart below. You will see that

  • the 'K' row becomes 'G' (still the same good ole ka only with a ten-ten ; notice it is a harder sound)

  • the 'S' row becomes 'Z' (again harder sound)

  • the 'T' row becomes 'D'

  • the 'H' row becomes 'B' or 'P' ('B' is with a ten-ten (ex. ba) and 'P' is with a circle (ex. pa))


NOTE: Actually if you allow it to sink in, the sound changes seem quite logical. You will get used to it quickly


Review this page until you feel comfortable with it

 

gambatte!

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kasukehanayori's picture

i know it y ja is (じゃ)

because its wrong if you write ja as (じあ) because じ= ji and あ is a when you pronunce it the Y sound is not there, therefore it is (じゃ) which is じ= ji and ゃ= ya we pronunce j+ya=jya thats y it is like that!! watashi wa patrick desu.. hajimamashite, yoroshiku onegai shimasu/ わたしはぱとりくですはじめましてよろしくおねがいしますっ in hiragana / ワタシハパトリクデスハジメマシテヨロシクオネガイシマスッ in katakana!! arigatou gozaimashita! jaa ne!!

Mmm.. Why Is..

Why Is The (JA) Word In Japanese Wrote Like This (じゃ) ??.. Why It Doesn't Wrote Like (じあ) ?? O O

I think

I think that (じあ) would be 'jia', and (じゃ) is 'ja' because it doesnt get a 'y' in it like most of the combinations do. That might be because J's are already make a bit of a 'y' like sound. (I'm just learning myself, so that might be wrong).

im's picture

Why??

Why is there two ji and zu??

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