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Philip SharpThose 'Other' Hiragana
April 3rd 2008 11:13
Everyone hates these but you learn to recognize them soon enough.
These are called ちょんちょん (Romanised -Chonchons) - "
These can be added to the Hiragana you already know, to change the sound.
The か (ka) line of Hiragana change into が (ga) ぎ (gi) ぐ (gu) げ(ge) ご (go).
Guess what that means? Now you can recognize が, we're going to spell Hiragana in Japanese - ひらがな.
Moving on, we'll see what effect ちょんちょん have on other characters.
The さ line turn into ざ (Za) し (Ji) ず (Zu) ぜ (Ze) ぞ (Zo). Take note of how Shi - し turns into Ji, not Zi. This is just one of those painful things you have to memorize.
The た line turn into だ (Da) づ Dzu で (De) ど (Do). I haven't included the form of Chi - ぢ as it is practically never used. Also note that づ is used infrequently.
The は line turn into ば (Ba) び (Bi) ぶ (Bu) べ (Be) (Pron. Beh) ぼ (Bo).
The は line can also have a small circle added to it - colloquially called まる(Maru). This gives it a P sound.
ぱ (Pa) ぴ (Pi) ぷ Pu ぺ (Pe) ぽ (Po).
Finally there is one other modification that must be discussed - if a small ya ゃ yuゅ or yoょ is added to a かな (kana) to change the sound. For example;
ぎ ゃ = ぎゃ (Gya) ぎ ゅ = ぎゅ(Gyu) ぎ ょ = ぎょ(Gyo)
VOCAB -
ひらがな -Hiragana, Japanese Writing System.
まる - Maru - Circle.[/html]
[LINK=http://www.drspin.com.au/kana]かな - Kana - Any Japanese character.
These are called ちょんちょん (Romanised -Chonchons) - "
These can be added to the Hiragana you already know, to change the sound.
The か (ka) line of Hiragana change into が (ga) ぎ (gi) ぐ (gu) げ(ge) ご (go).
Guess what that means? Now you can recognize が, we're going to spell Hiragana in Japanese - ひらがな.
Moving on, we'll see what effect ちょんちょん have on other characters.
The さ line turn into ざ (Za) し (Ji) ず (Zu) ぜ (Ze) ぞ (Zo). Take note of how Shi - し turns into Ji, not Zi. This is just one of those painful things you have to memorize.
The た line turn into だ (Da) づ Dzu で (De) ど (Do). I haven't included the form of Chi - ぢ as it is practically never used. Also note that づ is used infrequently.
The は line turn into ば (Ba) び (Bi) ぶ (Bu) べ (Be) (Pron. Beh) ぼ (Bo).
The は line can also have a small circle added to it - colloquially called まる(Maru). This gives it a P sound.
ぱ (Pa) ぴ (Pi) ぷ Pu ぺ (Pe) ぽ (Po).
Finally there is one other modification that must be discussed - if a small ya ゃ yuゅ or yoょ is added to a かな (kana) to change the sound. For example;
ぎ ゃ = ぎゃ (Gya) ぎ ゅ = ぎゅ(Gyu) ぎ ょ = ぎょ(Gyo)
VOCAB -
ひらがな -Hiragana, Japanese Writing System.
まる - Maru - Circle.[/html]
[LINK=http://www.drspin.com.au/kana]かな - Kana - Any Japanese character.
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