Katakana 2 Modified Syllables
虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず。Koketsu ni irazunba koji wo ezu. If you do not enter the tiger’s cave, you will not catch its cub. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Japanese For Everyone
Preparatory lesson Modified Katakana
This course will help you use the book
Japanese For Everyone
by Susumu Nagara
This is the second lesson to teach you modified katakana before you start the book.
Preparation 4. Learning modified katakana
一Ichi Step 1
Review the basics differences in vowel sounds: i►E and e►A
so i sounds like E as in easy and esounds like A as in name. Don’t forget.
Let’s get started on the modified sounds and explain how they work.
There are three ways to modify sounds
Vowel line: a i u e o cannot be modified.
Ka “►Ga: ga gi gu ge go
Sa “►Za : za ji zu ze zo Irregular: ji (not zi)
Ta “►Da: da dji dzu de do Irregulars:dji (not di), dzu (not du)
Na line: na ni nu ne no cannot be modified
Ha “►Ba ba bi bu be bo
Ha°►Pa pa pi pu pe po a 2nd way to modify this line
Ma line : ma mi mu me mo cannot be modified
Ya line: ya yu yo cannot be modified
Ra line: ra ri ru re ro cannot be modified
Last line! wa o n cannot be modified
二Ni Step 2
Now you know the sounds we need to learn the real letters, the Japanese kana as they write them.
Watch/listen/ repeat the basic and modified Japanese letters:
http://alturl.com/ga3fk Watch the bottom line
Keep watching and repeating the sounds as you read along from the video
頑張って＝Ganbatte
Day 1
You can check it again from: http://alturl.com/5yui9
一Ichi READ
Ga: ガ ギ グ ゲ ゴ
Za: ザ ジ ズ ゼ ゾ
Try reading it forwards and backwards and upwards and downwards.
* A vowel is elongated with a dash ー
Now try words:
１．ガス ２．イギリス ３．グリーン ４．ゲーム ５．ゴム
1. Gas 2. igirisu (England) 3. Green 4. Game 5. Gomu (rubber)
6.ザ ７．エンジン ８．ズーム ９．ゼブラ １０．ジョン
6．the 7. engine 8. zoom 9. zebra 10. John
Well done. Yoku dekimashita. Take a break. Go for a quick walk.
Day 2.
Review then let’s keep going. You’re doing great!
二Ni Read
Da: ダ ヂ ヅ デ ド
Ba: バ ビ ブ ベ ボ
Pa: パ ピ プ ペ ポ
Try reading it forwards and backwards and upwards and downwards.
Now try words:
１．ダイニング ２．ジーンズ ３．ジュース ４．デン ５．ドーナツ
1. dining 2. jeans 3. juice 4. den 5. donuts
6.バナナ ７．ビール ８．ブラク ９．ベン １０．ボール
6．banana 7. beer 8. black 9. Ben 10. ball
11. アパート 12. ハッピー 13. プール 14.ペン 15. ポール
11. apaato (apartment) 12. happy 13. pool 14. pen 15. Paul
** Remember that a vowel is elongated with a dash ー
soo: ソー
The vowel sound is held twice as long as normal.
Good job. Reward yourself with a treat. Go to a Japanese restaurant?
Day 3
Review Day 1 and Day 2’s work and let’s push on as we’re almost done. This is great!
三San Focus on the column in red.
カ キ ク ケ コ
サ シ ス セ ソ
タ チ ツ テ ト
ナ ニ ヌ ネ ノ
マ ミ ム メ モ
ラ リ ル レ ロ
Each of these red letters can be combined with a small version of the ya line to produce to modified syllables. If the letters of the ya line are normal size, they are pronounced as separate syllables. If the letters are smaller they get joined joined together with the other syllable to make one syllable.
Try reading it forwards and backwards and upwards and downwards.
Listen to the sounds of these letters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB701tUdpyo
Excellent. Now you a treat. How about a Japanese movie?
Watch Shall We Dance (the original Japanese version) again instantly streaming on Netflix.
For the last two days review all you have done.
Study this over and over until you feel very comfortable you can
recognize the letters. This is essential before you start your textbook.
三San Step 3. Your textbook has a chart of all the letters
Please do the pronunciation drill in the introduction. Listen to the sounds here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkqoZvjxXMg
Remember you have a textbook! It’s called Japanese For Everyone
Here it is: http://alturl.com/dbcvw
Go to the vocabulary on page 22 so you can prepare for lesson 2 when we will start our textbook! Here’s some more help with the vocabulary Japanese For Everyone Chapter 1 so you can prepare better for Lesson 1 of the textbook if you are feeling very diligent.
頑張って
You have laid the foundation for a successful course. This will pay off big time for you.
At the end of all this work you need to reward yourself and your mind.
Relax again with http://alturl.com/7jcgj
That feels so good.
Yatta! You did it!
Japanese For Everyone
Preparatory lesson Modified Katakana
This course will help you use the book
Japanese For Everyone
by Susumu Nagara
This is the second lesson to teach you modified katakana before you start the book.
Preparation 4. Learning modified katakana
一Ichi Step 1
Review the basics differences in vowel sounds: i►E and e►A
so i sounds like E as in easy and esounds like A as in name. Don’t forget.
Let’s get started on the modified sounds and explain how they work.
There are three ways to modify sounds
- With “ or °
- With a small tsu or a -
- With a small version of the ya line
Vowel line: a i u e o cannot be modified.
Ka “►Ga: ga gi gu ge go
Sa “►Za : za ji zu ze zo Irregular: ji (not zi)
Ta “►Da: da dji dzu de do Irregulars:dji (not di), dzu (not du)
Na line: na ni nu ne no cannot be modified
Ha “►Ba ba bi bu be bo
Ha°►Pa pa pi pu pe po a 2nd way to modify this line
Ma line : ma mi mu me mo cannot be modified
Ya line: ya yu yo cannot be modified
Ra line: ra ri ru re ro cannot be modified
Last line! wa o n cannot be modified
二Ni Step 2
Now you know the sounds we need to learn the real letters, the Japanese kana as they write them.
| ガ ga |
ギ gi |
グ gu |
ゲ ge |
ゴ go |
| ザ za |
ジ ji |
ズ zu |
ゼ ze |
ゾ zo |
| ダ da |
ヂ dji |
ヅ dzu |
デ de |
ド do |
| バ ba |
ビ bi |
ブ bu |
ベ be |
ボ bo |
| パ pa |
ピ pi |
プ pu |
ペ pe |
ポ po |
http://alturl.com/ga3fk Watch the bottom line
Keep watching and repeating the sounds as you read along from the video
頑張って＝Ganbatte
Day 1
You can check it again from: http://alturl.com/5yui9
一Ichi READ
Ga: ガ ギ グ ゲ ゴ
Za: ザ ジ ズ ゼ ゾ
Try reading it forwards and backwards and upwards and downwards.
* A vowel is elongated with a dash ー
Now try words:
１．ガス ２．イギリス ３．グリーン ４．ゲーム ５．ゴム
1. Gas 2. igirisu (England) 3. Green 4. Game 5. Gomu (rubber)
6.ザ ７．エンジン ８．ズーム ９．ゼブラ １０．ジョン
6．the 7. engine 8. zoom 9. zebra 10. John
Well done. Yoku dekimashita. Take a break. Go for a quick walk.
Day 2.Review then let’s keep going. You’re doing great!
二Ni Read
Da: ダ ヂ ヅ デ ド
Ba: バ ビ ブ ベ ボ
Pa: パ ピ プ ペ ポ
Try reading it forwards and backwards and upwards and downwards.
Now try words:
１．ダイニング ２．ジーンズ ３．ジュース ４．デン ５．ドーナツ
1. dining 2. jeans 3. juice 4. den 5. donuts
6.バナナ ７．ビール ８．ブラク ９．ベン １０．ボール
6．banana 7. beer 8. black 9. Ben 10. ball
11. アパート 12. ハッピー 13. プール 14.ペン 15. ポール
11. apaato (apartment) 12. happy 13. pool 14. pen 15. Paul
** Remember that a vowel is elongated with a dash ー
soo: ソー
The vowel sound is held twice as long as normal.
Good job. Reward yourself with a treat. Go to a Japanese restaurant?
Day 3
Review Day 1 and Day 2’s work and let’s push on as we’re almost done. This is great!
三San Focus on the column in red.
カ キ ク ケ コ
サ シ ス セ ソ
タ チ ツ テ ト
ナ ニ ヌ ネ ノ
マ ミ ム メ モ
ラ リ ル レ ロ
Each of these red letters can be combined with a small version of the ya line to produce to modified syllables. If the letters of the ya line are normal size, they are pronounced as separate syllables. If the letters are smaller they get joined joined together with the other syllable to make one syllable.
| キャ kya |
キュ kyu |
キョ kyo |
| ギャ gya |
ギュ gyu |
ギョ gyo |
| シャ sha |
シュ shu |
ショ sho |
| ジャ ja |
ジュ ju |
ジョ jo |
| チャ cha |
チュ chu |
チョ cho |
| ヂャ dja |
ヂュ dju |
ヂョ djo |
| ニャ nya |
ニュ nyu |
ニョ nyo |
| ヒャ hya |
ヒュ hyu |
ヒョ hyo |
| ビャ bya |
ビュ byu |
ビョ byo |
| ミャ mya |
ミュ myu |
ミョ myo |
| リャ rya |
リュ ryu |
リョ ryo |
Listen to the sounds of these letters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB701tUdpyo
Excellent. Now you a treat. How about a Japanese movie?
Watch Shall We Dance (the original Japanese version) again instantly streaming on Netflix.
For the last two days review all you have done.
| Basic katakana | Modified 1 | Modified 2 |
||||||||||||
| カ a |
キ i |
ク u |
ケ e |
コ o |
キャ kya |
キュ kyu |
キョ kyo |
|||||||
| カ ka |
キ ki |
ク ku |
ケ ke |
コ ko |
ガ ga |
ギ gi |
グ gu |
ゲ ge |
ゴ go |
ギャ gya |
ギュ gyu |
ギョ gyo |
||
| サ sa |
シ shi |
ス su |
セ se |
ソ so |
ザ za |
ジ ji |
ズ zu |
ゼ ze |
ゾ zo |
シャ sha |
シュ shu |
ショ sho |
||
| タ ta |
チ chi |
ツ tsu |
テ te |
ト to |
ダ da |
ヂ dji |
ヅ dzu |
デ de |
ド do |
ジャ ja |
ジュ ju |
ジョ jo |
||
| ナ na |
ニ ni |
ヌ nu |
ネ ne |
ノ no |
バ ba |
ビ bi |
ブ bu |
ベ be |
ボ bo |
チャ cha |
チュ chu |
チョ cho |
||
| ハ ha |
ヒ hi |
フ fu |
ヘ he |
ホ ho |
パ pa |
ピ pi |
プ pu |
ペ pe |
ポ po |
ヂャ dja |
ヂュ dju |
ヂョ djo |
||
| マ ma |
ミ mi |
ム mu |
メ me |
モ mo |
ニャ nya |
ニュ nyu |
ニョ nyo |
|||||||
| ヤ ya |
ユ yu |
ヨ yo |
ヒャ hya |
ヒュ hyu |
ヒョ hyo |
|||||||||
| ラ ra |
リ ri |
ル ru |
レ re |
ロ ro |
ビャ bya |
ビュ byu |
ビョ byo |
|||||||
| マ wa |
ウィ wi |
ウェ we |
ヲ wo |
ピャ pya |
ピュ pyu |
ピョ pyo |
||||||||
| ン n |
ミャ mya |
ミュ myu |
ミョ myo |
|||||||||||
| ッ (pause mark) |
リャ rya |
リュ ryu |
リョ ryo |
|||||||||||
三San Step 3. Your textbook has a chart of all the letters
Please do the pronunciation drill in the introduction. Listen to the sounds here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkqoZvjxXMg
Remember you have a textbook! It’s called Japanese For Everyone
Here it is: http://alturl.com/dbcvw
Go to the vocabulary on page 22 so you can prepare for lesson 2 when we will start our textbook! Here’s some more help with the vocabulary Japanese For Everyone Chapter 1 so you can prepare better for Lesson 1 of the textbook if you are feeling very diligent.
頑張って
You have laid the foundation for a successful course. This will pay off big time for you.
At the end of all this work you need to reward yourself and your mind.
Relax again with http://alturl.com/7jcgj
That feels so good.
Yatta! You did it!
