Hiragana Chapter 7

Hiragana Page 37 ま ma

Note that the second horizontal line is just a bit shorter than the top one

HOW TO WRITE IT

ROMAJI - ma
SOUND - [as in MA MA]

MEMORY:Look MA! I caught a dragon-fly! [It looks like a dragonfly flying]

EXAMPLES: How do you say them?

- This means 'now'

- This means 'island'

- This means 'town'

- This means 'horse'

MA MI MU ME MO

Hiragana Page 38 み mi

This is one of my favorites...

HOW TO WRITE IT

ROMAJI - mi
SOUND - [as in ME]

MEMORY: It looks to ME like a 2 over a 4 (can you see it?)

EXAMPLES: How do you say them?

- This means 'meaning'

- This means 'tidal wave'

- This means 'paper'

- This means 'ocean'

MA MI MU ME MO

Hiragana Page 39 む mu

Hiragana

HOW TO WRITE IT

ROMAJI - mu
SOUND - [as in MOvie]

MEMORY: It looks like an old film projector showing a MOvie

EXAMPLES: How do you say them?

- This means 'bug

- This means 'to bite'

- This means 'cold'

MA MI MU ME MO

Hiragana Page 40 め me

Hiragana

HOW TO WRITE IT

ROMAJI - me
SOUND - [as in MAY]

MEMORY: It looks like a half closed eye (me means eye in Japanese)

EXAMPLES: How do you say them?

- This means 'business card'

- This means 'rain' or 'candy'

- This means 'eye'

- This means 'princess'

MA MI MU ME MO

Hiragana Page 41 も mo

Hiragana

HOW TO WRITE IT

ROMAJI - mo
SOUND - [as in MOwer]

MEMORY: It looks like a man with a hat on taking a MOrning's rest

EXAMPLES: How do you say them?

- This means 'potato'

- This means 'if'

- This means 'heavy'

MA MI MU ME MO

Hiragana Page 42 Review Seven

Here are the suspects... Can you name them?

CHAPTER 7: THE QUIZ

What is the Hiragana to the left?