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Mastering Hiragana Basics

The document introduces hiragana, the phonetic syllabary used in everyday Japanese texts. It explains that hiragana must be learned first before studying other aspects of Japanese. It then provides a table with the 46 basic hiragana characters and their pronunciations. It encourages learning hiragana with patience, like learning the English alphabet as a child. Additional notes recommend practicing hiragana recognition using an online timer test.

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Topics covered

  • Feedback mechanisms,
  • Visual aids,
  • Study tips,
  • Handakuten,
  • Practice methods,
  • Goal setting,
  • Language proficiency,
  • Language exercises,
  • Educational tools,
  • Peer learning
132 views4 pages

Mastering Hiragana Basics

The document introduces hiragana, the phonetic syllabary used in everyday Japanese texts. It explains that hiragana must be learned first before studying other aspects of Japanese. It then provides a table with the 46 basic hiragana characters and their pronunciations. It encourages learning hiragana with patience, like learning the English alphabet as a child. Additional notes recommend practicing hiragana recognition using an online timer test.

Uploaded by

Anna Lelieveld
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
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Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Topics covered

  • Feedback mechanisms,
  • Visual aids,
  • Study tips,
  • Handakuten,
  • Practice methods,
  • Goal setting,
  • Language proficiency,
  • Language exercises,
  • Educational tools,
  • Peer learning

Hiragana - The first step to Japanese

*In charts below, some readings are incorrect, so look


at the readings that I typed out throughout the doc.
What is hiragana and why is it important?
Hiragana are Japanese syllables. It’s used in everyday
Japanese texts, documents, etc. You need to learn
hiragana first before you learn anything else.

Hiragana has many functions, such as indicating how a


kanji is pronounced, indicating particles, changing
verb tenses, and much more.

You might realize that some sounds are missing from


that chart, but that’s because there are things called
dakuten (looks like quotation marks in the top right
corner:
Ex. ぎ) and handakuten (looks like a circle Ex: ぱ).
You don’t have to worry about these for now. Just
focus on the 46 syllables used in modern Japanese.

Don’t be discouraged if you’re not learning as fast as


you thought you were going to. Just think of it like
learning another English alphabet. When we were kids,
we didn’t learn the alphabet immediately. It was a
gradual process and we were able to learn it because
we were patient and invested time into it. Trust me,
when you master hiragana, you’ll feel very
accomplished.

*Note — Don’t take breaks like the documents say. You


want to get hiragana done quickly.

あ - a
い - i
う - u
え - e
お - o

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か - ka
き - ki
く - ku
け - ke
こ - ko

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さ - sa
し - shi
す - su
せ - se
そ - so

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た - ta
ち - chi
つ - tsu
て - te
と - to

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な - na
に - ni
ぬ - nu
ね - ne
の - no

は - ha
ひ - hi
ふ - fu
へ - he
ほ - ho
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ま - ma
み - mi
む - mu
め - me
も - mo

や - ya
ゆ - yu
よ - yo

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ら - ra
り - ri
る - ru
れ - re
ろ - ro

わ - wa
を - wo
ん - n

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Use this site to see if you can get all 46 if you feel
like you’re ready.
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