maiueo.wavHere's is the seventh row of the Japanes alphabet. Starting from the left and going right is MA, MI, MU, ME, MO.
Welcome to another exciting lesson in the Learn Kana series. Today, we'll
be taking it slightly easy. I'd also like to point out that after the next
lesson, you will know all the basic signs. Congrats! The only other things
I need to talk about are two little marks that help expand the language.
Shouldn't take long. Anyways, here's the seventh row of the Katakana syllabary.
maiueo.wav
Here's is the seventh row of the Japanes alphabet. Starting
from the left and going right is MA, MI, MU, ME,
MO.
How to write MA
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Pronunciation: MA
is pronounced like the "ma"
in mark but shorter.
How to write MI
mi.wav
Pronunciation: MI
is pronounced like the "mea"
in meat but shorter.
How to write MU
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Pronunciation: MU
is pronounced like the "moo"
in moon but shorter.
How to write ME
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Pronunciation: ME
is pronounced like the "me"
in met.
How to write MO
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Pronunciation: MO
is pronounced like the "mo"
in mo but shorter.
yayuyo.wav
Starting from the left and going right is YA,
YU, YO.
How to write YA
ya.wav
Pronunciation: YA
is pronounced like the "ya"
in yard but shorter.
How to write YU
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Pronunciation: YU
is pronounced like the "you"
in you but shorter.
How to write YO
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Pronunciation: YO
is pronounced like the "yo"
in York but shorter.
How to write WA
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Pronunciation: WA
is pronounced like the "wa"
in water but
shorter.
How to write N
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Pronunciation: N
is pronounced like the "n"
in sin.
NOTE: As you can see, N looks a lot like SO. Just remember this helpful hint and you'll be able to distinguish between the two. N's long bar is stroked upwards while SO's is a downward brush. With a upward brush stroke, this will make the small dash look like it is lying on a bed or the two brush strokes will look parallel in a horizontal fashion. If you look back at SO, you'll see that the two brush strokes are parallel if looked at vertically.
Examples
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1. Words that end in "m"
are mostly reproduced in Katakana with an MU.
Answers: Yamato, mask, tire, ham
