Basic Level Teachings 1: The Alphabet In Both Hiragana and Katakana

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Hello. This is the very first and basic teaching for beginners, the alphabet. Now, there is only one alphabet, but there are two basic writing systems for it, secluding The Chinese writing system Kanji. Hiragana is taught in mostly pre-school and kindergarten grades. Hiragana is taught in mostly first to second grades. When reciting the alphabet, listen to the video carefully and pay attention to the pronunciation to each letter. Such as ' a'. In English, they pronounce it like ' apple'. In Japanese, we pronounce it like the princess from Frozen, ' Anna.' The first column will be the Hirgana, then the second column  all the way to the right is Katakana.

' a '- あ                                      ア

' i '- い                                       イ

' u '- う                                      ウ

' e '- え                                      エ

' o '- お                                      オ

' ka '- か                                    カ

' ki '- き                                     キ                                

' ku '- く                                    ク

' ke '- け                                    ケ

' ko '- こ                                    コ

' sa '- さ                                    サ

' shi '- し                                   シ

' su '- す                                    ス

' se '- せ                                    セ

' so '- そ                                    ソ

' ta '- た                                     タ

' chi '- ち                                    チ

' tsu '- つ                                    ツ

' te '- て                                     テ

' to '- と                                     ト

' na '- な                                    ナ

' ni '- に                                     二

' nu '- ぬ                                    ヌ

' ne '- ね                                    ネ

' no '- の                                    ノ

' ha '- は                                    ハ

' hi '- ひ                                     匕

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