Katakana Page 06

KATAKANA PART 6

Let's take a look at the H's. What you would expect to be 'HU' is usually pronounced 'FU'

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ハ - ha    - as in HA! It looks like a capital 'H' laughing "HA!" so loud, its middle fell off ヒ- hi    - as in HE HE's sitting down with his arms out. フ- fu    - as in FOOd It's the end of someone's FOOt. ヘ- he    - as in HEY! It looks same as the Hiragana! ホ- ho    - as in HOE  This looks like two people scraping a HOE on the ground in a field.

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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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)...

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TEST

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

ハニー ____________    This means ____________
ヒット ____________    This means ____________
ファン_____________   This means ____________ ( ン　is the katakana nasal or "n" )
ヘア _____________    This means ______________
ホテル _____________    This means ______________　 (ル　is the katakana for ru)
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