Hiragana Page 13 さ sa

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Now for the S's - Can you get the pattern?

HOW TO WRITE IT
[Follow the red strokes from left to right]

ROMAJI - sa
SOUND
- [as in SOlitude]


MEMORY: It looks like a person who sits in SOlitude


EXAMPLES: How do you say them?
- This means 'sake' - (watch the pronunciation)
- This means 'morning'
- This means 'this morning'
- This means 'umbrella'

If you understand Hiragana's pattern, I believe you have mastered the hardest part

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Could someone please explain

Could someone please explain the Hiragana's pattern?
Thank you:)

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I don't understand what

I don't understand what exactly you're asking. Could you clarify please?

You know those comments in

You know those comments in the blue boxes above and below the lessons? It is written there: If you understand Hiragana's pattern, i believe you have mastered the hardest part.
And, I was just wondering what the pattern was....because I tried finding a connection but nothing comes to mind.
Thank you.

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As far as I know it's as

As far as I know it's as simple as recognizing the "a i u e o... ka ki ku ke ko... sa shi su se so..." pattern. It's the same set of vowels, just with a different consonant before each set. This makes it much easier to break it up into chunks to remember... eg; the initial vowels, and then the few variations on that made by adding a different initial letter.

You can see all these groups more easily by looking at the main hiragana page. :) http://thejapanesepage.com/hiragana

Does this help explain it? :)

(Clay may have meant something different, but this is what I understand it to mean.)

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solitude?

im not sure solitude is right- salitude sounds american, lol.
maybe more like SAd, or SAlad?

Ratty regards, <:3)~~

Sad and salad are pronounced

Sad and salad are pronounced like the A in "back", but the Japanese A is pronounced more like the A in "ball". Say "back, ball, back, ball" and you'll immediately see the difference. =]

So that said, SOLitude sounds like BALL, even though it's an O. =]

It looks like a SAd 5.

It looks like a SAd 5.

whats the secret behind it?

whats the pattern behind that 'S'?

:)

Hmm, this is really helpfull,

Hmm, this is really helpfull, but i have a question. De Ka in 'umbrella', or gasa, shouldn't it have two little strokes above it? To make it sound like 'Ga'?

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Umbrella is かさ "kasa" not

Umbrella is かさ "kasa" not "gasa." But yes, "ga" needs the two strokes: が

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