Still remember the Hiragana and Katagana?
I hope you guys memorize them well. =)
Ok.
Here's the advanced
Hiragana.
Remember the Ka, Ki, Ku, Ke, Ko, Sa, Shi, Su, Se, So and so on?
If you add another 2 dots at the top right of each words, the pronounciation will be different.
Ga が Gi ぎ Gu ぐ Ge げ Go ご
Za ざ Ji じ Zu ず Ze ぜ Zo ぞ
Da だ Di ぢ Du づ De で Do ど
Ba ば Bi び Bu ぶ Be べ Bo ぼ
Pa ぱ Pi ぴ Pu ぷ Pe ぺ Po ぽ
See the purple words? The top right has a little bubble sign right?
Try not to confuse between the words with Ba and Pa, or Bi and Pi or so on.
The followings are the combination of 2 words especially with Ya, Yu and Yo (や, ゆ and よ).
Kya きゃ Kyu きゅ Kyo きょ
Sha しゃ Shu しゅ Sho しょ
Cha ちゃ Chu ちゅ Cho ちょ
Nya にゃ Nyu にゅ Nyo にょ
Hya ひゃ Hyu ひゅ Hyo ひょ
Mya みゃ Myu みゅ Myo みょ
Rya りゃ Ryu りゅ Ryo りょ
Gya ぎゃ Gyu ぎゅ Gyo ぎょ
Jya じゃ Jyu じゅ Jyo じょ
Bya びゃ Byu びゅ Byo びょ
Pya ぴゃ Pyu ぴゅ Pyo ぴょ
Did you realize the words や, ゆ and よ are smaller than other words?
If you wanna pronounce the 2 words as 1 word, you have to write the 2nd word smaller compared to the 1st one, this is the principle, I'm just following it too. =P
Now, here's come the advanced
Katakana.
It nearly has the same concept as Hiragana, just the words and meanings are different. =)
Ga ガ Gi ギ Gu グ Ge ゲ Go ゴ
Za ザ Ji ジ Zu ズ Ze ゼ Zo ゾ
Da ダ Di ヂ Du ヅ De デ Do ド
Ba バ Bi ビ Bu ブ Be ベ Bo ボ
Pa パ Pi ピ Pu プ Pe ペ Po ポ
Kya キャ Kyu キュ Kyo キョ
Sha シャ Shu シュ Sho ショ
Cha チャ Chu チュ Cho チョ
Nya ニャ Nyu ニュ Nyo ニョ
Hya ヒャ Hyu ヒュ Hyo ヒョ
Mya ミャ Myu ミュ Myo ミョ
Rya リャ Ryu リュ Ryo リョ
Gya ギャ Gyu ギュ Gyo ギョ
Jya ジャ Jyu ジュ Jyo ジョ
Bya ビャ Byu ビュ Byo ビョ
Pya ピャ Pyu ピュ Pyo ピョPlease, please, please memorize these all.
It's not that difficult actually.
Chinese language is far more harder than Japanese language 'coz it has unlimited writings and words.
For Japanese language, it has Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji.
Kanji is like Chinese words, so, it's harder of course.
Japanese words were using Chinese words as their reference to create their own Japanese words.
Long long time ago, Japan didn't have their own writings or words, only speaking.
One day, they went to China and were attracted by the Chinese words, so they took the words back to their country as references.
They changed the Chinese words into other strange words, but the Chinese style was still there.
Hiragana and Katakana are the changed words from the Chinese words.
Kanji is a clone with the Chinese words, just the pronounciations are in Japanese, not Chinese.
Since Chinese words are hard, so, while you're learning Kanji, is like learning forever, it's enough for us to know the necessary Kanji words only rather than the difficult words with deep meanings.
Well, you'll learn Kanji after some lessons, chill =)
PS : Good luck on memorizing all the Hiragana and Katakana ♥
