Katakana Page 08
KATAKANA PART 8
How do you read these Katakana characters? What English words do they sound out? (Some may be easier than others to guess)
Let's take a look at just 3 characters the Y's. As with Hiragana, modern Japanese doesn't use Yi or Ye.
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ヤ - ya - as in hiYA! 
This looks like a YAk stepped on something
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!
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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)
ヤフー ____________ This
means ____________
ハレルヤ____________ This
means ____________
ユタ_____________ This
means ____________
トヨタ _____________ This
means ______________
ユース_____________ This means ______________
ヨーヨー _____________ This means ______________
Click here to check your answers
Perhaps you can recognize these 5 in just one day of practice.
ANSWERS:
ヤフー yafu- This means Yahoo
ハレルヤ hareruya This means Halleluyah
ユタ yuta This
means Utah (State)
トヨタ toyota This
means Toyota
ユース yu-su This means Youth
ヨーヨー yo-yo- This means Yo-yo
Think you have it all down pat?
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ヤ - Ya
It looks quite similar to the hiragana や (-> ヤ) and this is the same mnemonic.
夢見てる？何も見てない？ 語るも無駄な自分の言葉
悲しむなんて疲れるだけよ 何も感じず過ごせばいいの
東方、 Bad Apple !!
YO you got your E the wrong
YO you got your E the wrong way round! :)
ヨーヨー
Ha Ha! Yo yo, that's a good one. よーよー for Hiragana.
ダヴィダ ROCKS! 日本が好きです日本！