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This post presents all the hiragana characters with their stroke order and their pronunciation.
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Learning Japanese – The dakuten and handakuten
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Here is a quick article to present the differences in pronunciation induced by the use of the dakuten, also called tenten: ﾞ and the handakuten (also called maru): ﾟ
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Japanese Lesson – Katakana 1
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Here is the first lesson around katakana. In this lesson we will learn: ア, イ, ウ, エ and オ, as well as their small size variants. Let’s go!
Japanese Lesson – Hiragana 10
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Here is the last hiragana lesson, and we will learn the hiragana: わ, を and ん, as well as the use of the dakuten ◌ﾞ to derive new sounds. Let’s go!
Japanese Lesson – Hiragana 9
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This is our forelast lesson about hiragana, but this will be a copious one. This time we will learn: ら, り, る, れ and ろ and the use of the handakuten ◌ﾟ to derive new sounds. Let’s go!
The Kana: One step further with hiragana and katakana
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This article will give you further insight regarding how hiragana and katakana are used in Japanese. You will see: long vowels, doubled consonants and the notion of okurigana.
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The Kana: Learning Hiragana and Katakana
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In this article, I will quickly present what learning kana consists in, and what you will have to pay attention to.
The Kana: Introduction to Hiragana and Katakana
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This post will introduce the two kana syllabaries: hiragana and katakana.
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Rōmaji
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This post presents one of the most useful tool available to learn speaking Japanese: rōmaji.
The Japanese Writing System
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In this article we will discover the different alphabets of the Japanese language. Let’s getting started!