Hiragana

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Hiragana
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Learning Japanese

• isnt that hard
• really!

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A little background

• 6th Century
• 200 years before Vikings
• No written language
• Center of world was

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China!

• Government
• Constitution
• Architecture
• Religion
• Literature
• WRITING!

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A wise prince

• 600 AD
• Prince Shotoku
• Borrowed Chinese institutions

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He borrowed heavily!
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Writing System

• Applied kanji to Japanese
• ??
• (Kan ancient China, ji character)

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Some problems

• Linguistically different!
• Not a 11 match

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For example

• Akiko eat lunch.
• Akiko eats lunch.
• Akiko ate lunch.
• Akiko will eat lunch.

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What to do?

• Make something up!
• Borrowed from kanji
• Created new writing system!

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Hiragana

• 46 sounds

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Katakana

• 46 sounds

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Three Systems!

• Japanese is fun.
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Hello!

• Konnichiwa
• Ko-knee-chee-wah!
• ?????
• ko-n-ni-chi-wa

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Hiragana Table

• 46 sounds

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Hiragana Table

• 46 sounds

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Hiragana Table

• 46 sounds

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Hiragana Table

• 46 sounds

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Hiragana Table

• 46 sounds

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Hiragana Table

• 46 sounds

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Hiragana Table

• 46 sounds

ku
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Hiragana Table

• 46 sounds

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Hiragana Table

• 46 sounds

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Hiragana Table

• 46 sounds

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Hiragana Table

• 46 sounds

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Hiragana Table

• 46 sounds

me
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Hiragana Table

• 46 sounds

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Hiragana Table

• 46 sounds

shi
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Hiragana Table

• 46 sounds

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Hiragana Table

• 46 sounds

na
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Hiragana Table

• 46 sounds

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Hiragana Table

• 46 sounds

ko
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Vowel Pronunciation

• A
• I
• U
• E
• O

• father
• ski
• school
• pet
• tote

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• ? a

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• ? i

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• ? u

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• ? e

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• ? o

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Vowel Pronunciation

• ? a
• ? i
• ? u
• ? e
• ? o

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Vowel Pronunciation

• ? a
• ? i
• ? u
• ? e
• ? o

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• ? ka

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• ? ki

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• ? ku

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• ? ke

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• ? ko

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Vowel Pronunciation

• ? ka
• ? ki
• ? ku
• ? ke
• ? ko

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Vowel Pronunciation

• ? ka
• ? ki
• ? ku
• ? ke
• ? ko

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• ? sa

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• ? shi

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• ? su

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• ? se

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• ? so

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Vowel Pronunciation

• ? sa
• ? shi
• ? su
• ? se
• ? so

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Vowel Pronunciation

• ? sa
• ? shi
• ? su
• ? se
• ? so

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• ?????
• ko n ni chi wa

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Hiragana Resources

• The Japanese Page.com
• http//www.thejapanesepage.com/news.php
• Hiragana study pages/flashcards
• http//www.thejapanesepage.com/readarticle.php?art
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Next Time

• More hiragana lines
• Begin speaking!
• Tuesday (5/15)

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Domo ArigatouGozaimashita!