By Max

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Katakana

• By Max

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What is Katakana

• Katakana is the phonetic written Japanese
  language (there are a total three written
  Japanese languages.)
• Katakana is simpler than the Chinese based
  characters, but other than that, why have a third
  language?

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Reasons for existing

• Katakana is necessary because there are some
  words that cannot be translated, such as names.
• Other words that cannot be translated are made up
  words (ie flubber,) and words that have just
  been invented (ie recent scientific discoveries.)

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Learn about particles
or
Do the slightly more fun part
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And now the fun part
Think of an already translated word, or an
untranslatable word
Does the first syllable start with
Pronunciation Key
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Where did I get these pictures?
A consonant
Use this
or
If your word
Ends with "N"
A vowel
Learn katakana with the language fish
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Vowels
A
E
I
Does your next syllable start with
O
U
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Which consonant?

• H
• K
• M
• N
• R
• S
• T
• Y

• CHI
• FU
• SHI
• TSU

Of these
Or is your
Syllable one
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CHI
Does your next syllable start with
10
FU
Does your next syllable start with
11
SHI
Does your next syllable start with
12
TSU
Does your next syllable start with
13
H
HA
HE
HI
Does your next syllable start with
HO
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K
KA
KE
KI
Does your next syllable start with
KO
KU
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M
MA
ME
MI
Does your next syllable start with
MO
MU
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N
NA
NE
NI
Does your next syllable start with
NO
NU
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R
RA
RE
RI
Does your next syllable start with
RO
RU
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S
SA
SE
Does your next syllable start with
SO
SU
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T
TA
TE
Does your next syllable start with
TO
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Y
YA
Does your next syllable start with
YO
YU
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Particles

• The three particles of Japanese speech are
• Ga, or wa
• Ni
• O, or wo

• The particles denote the part of speech
• Wa goes between the subject and the direct object
• Ni goes between the direct object, and the
  indirect object
• O goes between the indirect object and the verb

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Pronunciation key

• All of the consonants are pronounced normally.
• A is pronounced ah
• E is pronounced ay
• I is pronounced ee
• O is pronounced oh
• U is pronounced oo

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Where I got the pictures

• I got the pictures from
• The Katakana Writing Tour at http//members.aol.co
  m/writejapan/katakana/writutor.htm
• Babel fish at http//babelfish.altavista.com/