LESSON 5
In this lesson you'll learn..
w
voiced mark
plosive mark
Let's start with W.
Wa =
わ
Wo =
を
check the writing instructions and write these symbols on paper many times, focusing on it.
Then write:
mariko
watashi
wotsushi
sadako
aakaiwo
tawasan
Then, let's leave W and move on to these "marks".
Voiced mak:
If you place a voiced mark above a consonant, it makes it 'voiced'.
For example:
ka is
か right? if you add voiced mark, it becomes ga
が
In this same method you can make sa to za, ta to da, ha to ba etc.
Read aloud:
わがど
ばつを
やごろ
すずき
Not difficult, right
Plosive mark indicates a consonant that 'explodes' on the lips with a 'pop' and the signs looks like a tiny circle. Generally, you can only put it above "h" and it changes 'h' to 'p'.
Pa would be ぱ
Pe would be ぺ
etc.
Now, get away from this lesson, watch tv or something. Let your brains rest for some minutes before continuing.
Don't scroll under this.
Then, the rest of this lesson is exercising (yay)
First exercise is to write English in ひらがな. Of course, it isn't possible to have every English sound in Japanese, so you can imporvise.. Car could be かあ and two could be つう.
As a final note, you may find it useful to know, that vowels "u" and "i" aren't usually pronounced if the next syllable begins with unvoiced consonant, ie f, h, k, p, s, t, ch, sh.
Example:
ふたつ sounds like ftatsu (two)
して sounds like shte (doing)
ちかい sounds like chkai (near)
ですか？sounds like deska? (is it?)
EXERCISE TWO is to write EVERY symbol you know on a paper. If you don't remember it, go back to that lesson and learn it by heart!
Keep on exercising