Monday, February 14, 2011

Lesson 3

Ah, it's this time of the day again. Here it comes - Lesson 3. Now we're sure to move on to vocabulary and grammar, right? Right? .... Nope. Guess what, today's lesson is STILL about Hiragana and Katakana! We're progressing like crazy, aren't we ;)  On a serious note though, this will be the last lesson on that topic and next tiem there really will be some grammar and vocabulary so we can finally start saying things in Japanese. On to the kana for now though.

Last time we learned how to change some of the sounds by adding dots and circles. Now we will learn how to combine some of the kana. Not all of them can be combined, though. In fact only the i-edning ones can. And then again, they can only be combined with three certain kana - ya, yu and yo. The combination is done by writing the i-ending kana normally, and then adding a small version of one of those three right next to it. This makes a total of 21 results, which I am going to list below (since they follow an easy and obvious pattern, I'm not really sure if I need to do all of them, but I'm going to do it anyway, just in case). Here goes:

きゃ - kya　きゅ - kyu　きょ - kyo
しゃ - sha　 しゅ - shu  しょ - sho
ちゃ - cha　ちゅ - chu　ちょ - cho
にゃ - nya　にゅ - nyu　にょ - nyo
ひゃ - hya　ひゅ - hyu　ひょ - hyo
みゃ - mya みゅ - myu  みょ - myo
りゃ - rya　  りゅ - ryu　 りょ  - ryo

Of course, the can be modified with two dots and circles as well, resulting in this thing here (I'm too lazy to write them all myself):

 

Now that you know this, there are only two more small detail to tell you, but since I have to go now, I will have to write an appendix to Lesson 3 later and mention them in it. That's it for now folks. Good luck with you studies! And most importantly - have fun!!!





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39 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2011 at 8:17 AM

    confusing

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  2. obiFebruary 14, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    i did 2 years of japanese in highschool, this brings back memories ;)

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  3. dj88February 14, 2011 at 9:03 AM

    The language appears to be quite complex. I am sure that it requires a lot of patience and intelligence to learn. Respect! I barely manage with English. haha

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  4. marcoandredinisFebruary 14, 2011 at 9:07 AM

    really nice tuts

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  5. NedyvaiFebruary 14, 2011 at 9:11 AM

    i wanted to learn Japanese language for a long time now. Will fallow. Looking forward to more tutorials.

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  6. Crazy DaysFebruary 14, 2011 at 9:14 AM

    very informative.

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  7. That LlamaFebruary 14, 2011 at 9:17 AM

    I will try to learn some Japanese on your blog from time to time, but I'm quite busy at the moment

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  8. baka1236February 14, 2011 at 9:24 AM

    i've wanted to learn japanese for a long time now. thanks for the blog! FOLLOWING!

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  9. BruceFebruary 14, 2011 at 9:28 AM

    Gna be hard remembering this..

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  10. The Pokemon Master-erFebruary 14, 2011 at 10:00 AM

    The only thing I know in Japanese is "Watashi wa Jujja desu!"

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  11. seankenny08February 14, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    Should be fun to learn. Followed!

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  12. KerykeionFebruary 14, 2011 at 10:49 AM

    I'm gonna print these out and practice with subtitles on some animes, nice stuff man.

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  13. JordanFebruary 14, 2011 at 11:05 AM

    Oh man it keeps getting harder.

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  14. BrendanFebruary 14, 2011 at 11:30 AM

    I learn more and more each time!

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  15. Stuff that matters, stuff that don'tFebruary 14, 2011 at 11:44 AM

    I see we're never going to learn any words then.

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  16. Jeff C.February 14, 2011 at 11:51 AM

    Looking forward to lesson 3. I think I'm getting my basics down.

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  17. DecadentFebruary 14, 2011 at 2:06 PM

    Memorized most of it actually. ;) Piece of cake.

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  18. Gar DanielsFebruary 14, 2011 at 2:25 PM

    japanese is so confusing, haha

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  19. JacobFebruary 14, 2011 at 5:05 PM

    I can use this

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  20. Quasar greenFebruary 14, 2011 at 6:37 PM

    is it this hard for japanese people to learn english?

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  21. Uklaxer38February 14, 2011 at 6:48 PM

    I feel like im learning alot!

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  22. Bulk Up BabaFebruary 14, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    This blog helping me a lot . I belive one day I will understand animes without subtitles :)

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  23. InnovationsFebruary 14, 2011 at 7:22 PM

    oh, now i understand everything! :3

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  24. teampl4yerFebruary 14, 2011 at 10:23 PM

    good lesson sensei

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  25. 'AuanaFebruary 14, 2011 at 10:30 PM

    lol "Pyo"

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  26. Futile PhenomFebruary 15, 2011 at 1:59 AM

    holy crap way over my head. still going to keep up with your blog in hopes it will someday help me pick up japanese girls

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  27. DanielFebruary 15, 2011 at 3:35 AM

    Damn, still haven't studied. Need to start with it soon!

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  28. The GameFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:09 AM

    This one is pretty hard to grasp for me :P

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  29. MichellAndersonFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:26 AM

    Its pretty hard to learn, lol :-P
    But thanks, this is still awesome dude :-D

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  30. metalpark_73189February 15, 2011 at 9:14 AM

    Thanks again dude!

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  31. RondarielFebruary 15, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    Uh why do all of them look so similar??

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  32. AlopixFebruary 15, 2011 at 11:00 AM

    Very nice topic for your blog. I love japanese!

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  33. LittleGiantBombFebruary 15, 2011 at 3:07 PM

    This will take a while to fully understand, so confusing when you don't know anything about it.

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  34. jonwintersFebruary 15, 2011 at 3:56 PM

    hope some people actually follow your posts because these are informative if you want to start learning.

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  35. highlightsFebruary 15, 2011 at 5:22 PM

    thnx for the tut! x)

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  36. ukwrestler23February 15, 2011 at 8:11 PM

    one of my cousins is very into the Japanese culture. he moved to japan and lived there for a while this blog shows the complexities of the Japanese language

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  37. CiriisFebruary 16, 2011 at 1:24 AM

    Loving this bog, Ive actually learned quite a bit from it, keep it coming, maybe one day I can surprise a friend and speak to them in there language.

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  38. jopjopjopFebruary 17, 2011 at 10:19 AM

    they really look similar, hope i can remeber them all

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  39. !sense!February 24, 2011 at 1:22 PM

    omg Im lost again.

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