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Katakana Basics for Beginners

The document provides examples of basic and modified Katakana. It shows the Katakana characters for consonant-vowel syllables and explains that dakuten are small strokes that can change the sound of basic kana characters. Specifically, it notes that dakuten can turn 'k' into 'g', 's' into 'z', 't' into 'd', and 'h' into 'b'. It also introduces handakuten as a small circle that can change 'h' into 'p'.

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Katakana Basics for Beginners

The document provides examples of basic and modified Katakana. It shows the Katakana characters for consonant-vowel syllables and explains that dakuten are small strokes that can change the sound of basic kana characters. Specifically, it notes that dakuten can turn 'k' into 'g', 's' into 'z', 't' into 'd', and 'h' into 'b'. It also introduces handakuten as a small circle that can change 'h' into 'p'.

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BASIC KATAKANA

wa ra ya ma ha na ta sa ka a

ri mi hi ni chi shi ki i

ru yu mu fu hu nu tsu su ku u

n re me he ne te se ke e

wo ro yo mo ho no to so ko o

MODIFIED KATAKANA

nya cha sha kya gya rya mya hya pya bya dzya jya

nyu chu shu kyu gyu ryu myu hyu pyu byu dzyu jyu

nyo cho sho kyo gyo ryo myo hyo pyo byo dzyo jyo

DAKUTEN are the two small strokes that change the sound of basic kana.
pa ba da za ga
The ‘k’ sound becomes a ‘g’ sound ( for example ka か becomes ga が )
The ’s’ sound becomes a ‘z’ sound ( for example sa さ becomes za ざ)
pi bi dzi ji gi The ‘t’ sound becomes a ‘d’ sound ( for example ta た becomes da だ )
The ‘h’ sound becomes a ‘b’ sound ( for example ha は becomes ba ば )

pu bu dzu zu gu HANDAKUTEN is a small circle that changes ‘h’ to ‘p’.


So ha は becomes pa ぱ

pe be de ze ge

po bo do zo go
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