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13 Dec 2018
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Could someone possibly explain to me the Japanese alphabets and how letters/words work in Japanese? I have been trying to learn on my own and am just a bit confused. Any little bit of information helps. Thanks!
Could someone possibly explain to me the Japanese alphabets and how letters/words work in Japanese? I have been trying to learn on my own and am just a bit confused. Any little bit of information helps. Thanks!
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Well. There are 3 alphabets in Japanese. Hiragana (ひらがな), Katakana (カタカナ), and Kanji (漢字). The alphabet Hiragana is used for phonetically spelling out Japanese words, conjunction words, and suffixes. The alphabet Katakana is used for foreign words, names, or sounds. All these letters come in syllables. However, Kanji is not a phonetic syllabary. Kanji are Chinese characters that can have two pronunciations: On'yomi pronunciation and Kun'yomi pronunciation. Kanji are used for base words, native Japanese names, etc.
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Well. There are 3 alphabets in Japanese. Hiragana (ひらがな), Katakana (カタカナ), and Kanji (漢字). The alphabet Hiragana is used for phonetically spelling out Japanese words, conjunction words, and suffixes. The alphabet Katakana is used for foreign words, names, or sounds. All these letters come in syllables. However, Kanji is not a phonetic syllabary. Kanji are Chinese characters that can have two pronunciations: On'yomi pronunciation and Kun'yomi pronunciation. Kanji are used for base words, native Japanese names, etc.
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hiragana katakana
あいうえお アイウエオ
(sound) a i u e o
かきくけこ カキクケコ
ka ki ku ke ko
さしすせそ サシスセソ
sa shi su se so
たちつてと タチツテト
ta chi tsu te to
なにぬねの ナニヌネノ
na ni nu ne no
はひふへほ ハヒフヘホ
ha hi hu he ho
まみむめも マミムメモ
ma mi mu me mo
や ゆ よ ヤ ユ ヨ
ya yu yo
らりるれろ ラリルレロ
ra ri ru re ro
わ を ワ ヲ
wa wo
ん ン
n
ばびぶべぼ バビブベボ
ba bi bu be bo
ぱぴぷぺぽ パピプペポ
pa pi pu pe po
If you want to say, 'dog,' dog is いぬ in Japanese, so you pronounce 'i nu.'
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We have only 10 seconds to, record, so I recorded many times. I forgot ばびぶべぼ・ぱぴぷぺぽ
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Sorry. We have more,
がぎぐげご ガギグゲゴ
ga gui gu gue go
ざじずぜぞ ザジズゼゾ
za ji zx ze zo
だぢづでど ダヂヅデド
da ji zu de do
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@NamjoonsDimples @smileyks2525 thank you guys so much, that helped a lot!
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