Katakana Page 07

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KATAKANA PART 7

Let's take a look at the M's. These five are as you should expect... No big surprises


マ - ma    - as in MAMA
It's someone's MAma kicking someone out with her foot.


 ミ- mi    - as in ME
It looks like a MEteor shower.


 ム- mu    - as in MOOd
It's an upside down MA, pronounced MU.


 メ- me    - as in MAY
 It looks like a man with his legs tied who MAY fall if he doesn't stop leaning over.


 モ- mo    - as in MOE 
This looks similar to a lawn MOWer.

Write them out 10 times a day and soon you will get it.  To aid memorization, make silly associations to go with them. You can use the above mnemonics or you can make your own!

　

STOP!!!

Did you write the above katakana 10 times? Did you sound them out as well? Well, do it again! And then take the following test & Javascript quiz (see link below)...

TEST
How do you read these Katakana characters? What English words do they sound out? (Some may be easier than others to guess)

マン ____________    This means ____________
ミート ____________    This means ____________
 コーム_____________   This means ____________
メキシコ _____________    This means ______________
モーア _____________    This means ______________
イニ、ミニ、マイニ、モ_____________    This means ______________

Click here to check your answers

Perhaps you can recognize these 5 in just one day of practice.  

　

　

　

　

　

ANSWERS:

マン   man This means Man
ミート mi-to This means Meat
コーム  ko-mu This means a Comb
 メキシコ mekishiko  This means Mexico
モーア  mo-a  This means Mower
イニ、ミニ、マイニ、モ ini, mini, maini, mo  This means Eeinie, Meenie, Minie, Moe

Think you have it all down pat?
Click here to take the Quiz

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Another long mnemonic

Submitted by recharge330 on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 21:29.

Mu kind of reminds me of the recycling symbol. Recycling makes me think of greenhouse gasses. Cows are the main producer of the methane in the atmosphere. Cows say MOO.

In this test theres an ン (n)

Submitted by dale456654 on Tue, 01/12/2010 - 00:51.

In this test theres an ン (n) which we haven't learned let.

That got me too.. the lessons

Submitted by donaldsm1978 on Sun, 08/21/2011 - 17:34.

That got me too.. the lessons are good, so I just noted it and look forward to seeing that lesson.

メ(me) mnemonic

Submitted by Master Snow on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 22:18.

Since it kind of looks like an X: It should remind you of x-MEn.

i love the eeinie meeni mini

Submitted by Misaangelm on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 12:24.

i love the eeinie meeni mini mo part haha

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