Katakana is a Japanese syllabary used to write foreign words and names. There are 48 basic Katakana characters representing syllables. Katakana is used to write loanwords from other languages, emphasize words, and represent onomatopoeia. It originated from simplifying Chinese characters for easier writing, developing into a phonetic script in the 9th century when Buddhist students took shorthand notes. Rules were established to convert English words to Katakana by generalizing vowel sounds, replacing certain consonant sounds, and adding diacritics for new sounds.
This document contains a guide to pronouncing the Katakana syllabary used in the Japanese language. It lists each Katakana character and its romanized pronunciation in brackets. The guide is labeled as a quick version for learning the basic pronunciation of Katakana characters. It encourages practicing this lesson and states that the next lesson will present Katakana characters more slowly and in a random order.
This is the first presentation for the introduction to Japanese course on memrise.com:
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This document introduces the katakana syllabary which is used primarily for writing loanwords from foreign languages into Japanese. Lesson 1 teaches 9 katakana symbols and provides examples of their use in writing English names and words. It also gives guidance on strategies for identifying the English source of unfamiliar katakana words.
This is another presentation I made about the common misconception of geisha being professional prostitutes. This will be a part of the Intro to Japanese course on memrise.com.
The document provides instructions for katakana drills to help memorize the shapes and sounds of katakana characters. It includes exercises to 1) connect katakana to their sounds, 2) identify similarities and differences between hiragana and katakana with similar pronunciations, and 3) distinguish between katakana that look alike. Listenings exercises are included to practice writing the katakana characters.
This is a slideshow for the Katakana enhanced course on Memrise. If you have mastered hiragana and would like to take the next step, this is the course for you:
http://www.memrise.com/course/122395/katakana-enhanced/
Katakana is a Japanese syllabary used to write foreign words and names. There are 48 basic Katakana characters representing syllables. Katakana is used to write loanwords from other languages, emphasize words, and represent onomatopoeia. It originated from simplifying Chinese characters for easier writing, developing into a phonetic script in the 9th century when Buddhist students took shorthand notes. Rules were established to convert English words to Katakana by generalizing vowel sounds, replacing certain consonant sounds, and adding diacritics for new sounds.
This document contains a guide to pronouncing the Katakana syllabary used in the Japanese language. It lists each Katakana character and its romanized pronunciation in brackets. The guide is labeled as a quick version for learning the basic pronunciation of Katakana characters. It encourages practicing this lesson and states that the next lesson will present Katakana characters more slowly and in a random order.
This is the first presentation for the introduction to Japanese course on memrise.com:
http://www.memrise.com/course/12/introduction-to-japanese/
For more information about learning Japanese and taking the JLPT, come visit me at:
http://jlptbootcamp.com
This document introduces the katakana syllabary which is used primarily for writing loanwords from foreign languages into Japanese. Lesson 1 teaches 9 katakana symbols and provides examples of their use in writing English names and words. It also gives guidance on strategies for identifying the English source of unfamiliar katakana words.
This is another presentation I made about the common misconception of geisha being professional prostitutes. This will be a part of the Intro to Japanese course on memrise.com.
The document provides instructions for katakana drills to help memorize the shapes and sounds of katakana characters. It includes exercises to 1) connect katakana to their sounds, 2) identify similarities and differences between hiragana and katakana with similar pronunciations, and 3) distinguish between katakana that look alike. Listenings exercises are included to practice writing the katakana characters.
This is a slideshow for the Katakana enhanced course on Memrise. If you have mastered hiragana and would like to take the next step, this is the course for you:
http://www.memrise.com/course/122395/katakana-enhanced/
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