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Philip SharpTo
March 9th 2008 10:54
To is a Japanese character that can be written in Katakana or Hiragana. It is also a particle used to list items.
Hiragana: と A good way to remember this one is ‘thorn in the toe’ as the right side curve appears as a toe, and the adjacent line as a thorn.
Katakana: ト. A good way to remember this one is ‘Tommy does a tinkle’, as it looks like a figure peeing. The more mature can just remember it looks like ‘totem pole’.
With Chonchons it is pronounced ‘Do’ (Do-h).
To can also be used as a particle to list items.
りんご と バナナ と みかん が すき です
Ringo to banana to mikan ga suki desu.
I like Apples Bananas and Mandarins.
To differs from other particles used to list things by indicating the list is incomplete – for instance, in the above example, we are listing things we like; by using to we are showing that we are not making an exclusive list of the only food we like.
Hiragana: と A good way to remember this one is ‘thorn in the toe’ as the right side curve appears as a toe, and the adjacent line as a thorn.
Katakana: ト. A good way to remember this one is ‘Tommy does a tinkle’, as it looks like a figure peeing. The more mature can just remember it looks like ‘totem pole’.
To can also be used as a particle to list items.
りんご と バナナ と みかん が すき です
Ringo to banana to mikan ga suki desu.
I like Apples Bananas and Mandarins.
To differs from other particles used to list things by indicating the list is incomplete – for instance, in the above example, we are listing things we like; by using to we are showing that we are not making an exclusive list of the only food we like.
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