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Tenten and Maru

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＊NOTE　

ジ　ズ mostly used

ヂ　ヅ　not commonly used

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Small ‘tsu’ and ‘bou’

Small ツ　is used in Katakana in the same way as hiragana. For example:

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サンドイッチ　sandoicchi

スパゲッティ supagetti

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To make sounds long in Katakana simply add a dash ー called a ぼう. For example:

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ケーキ keeki

コーヒー koohii

When reading small ‘tsu’ you pause and then say the next letter. It is used to make ‘hard sounds’ like k and t in English

Some English vowels sound longer. ie. live vs leave. Long vowel sounds are changed into Katakana by adding the symbol “ー”.

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Combination sounds

For example the ‘f’ sound in Japanese is

fa ファ

　fi　フィ　

fe フェ　

fo フォ

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キ

ヤ

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small

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A

MA

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CHI

TE

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KO

YU

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KU

TA

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SE

HI

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SHI

TSU

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SO

N

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SO

RI

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SU

NU

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U

WA

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NU

WO

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RA

WO

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Katakana　�カタカナ

Guidelines on how to

create katakana words accurately

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When is Katakana used?

Katakana represents

• borrowed words from foreign languages (mostly English but also Dutch, French, German, Portuguese, and some Chinese)
• onomatopoeic words eg. meiow, twinkle, knock knock,

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Why is ‘Japanese English’ so different?

Japanese has a much simpler sound system than English. Borrowed words need to be adjusted to suit the Japanese sound system. The result is ‘Japanese English’. Many words sound completely different to the original borrowed English word.

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Example:

Table = テーブル　（Tee-bu-ru）

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Consonants

In English words can have up to 3 consonants in a row. ie. stream. But, in Japanese all consonants are followed by a vowel (except for ‘n’). Change English words into Katakana by adding a vowel after consonants:

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• Consonants ‘t’ or ‘d’ add ‘o’ = to, do
• Consonant ‘k’ add ‘u’ or ‘i’ = ki, ku
• All other single consonants add ‘u’.= ru, su, bu,mu etc.

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Example:

class = クラス　(ku-ra-su)

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Practice - Consonants

How would you say/write these words in katakana?

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• club
• home
• cake
• steak

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Can you read these:

ジム

ガス

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ANSWER - Consonants

How would you say/write these words in katakana?

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• club クラブ (kurabu)
• home ホーム (hoomu)
• cake ケーキ (keeki)
• steak ステーキ (suteeki)

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Can you read these:

ジム　jimu (gym)

ガス gasu (gass)

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