Hello Everyone,

Ready for 5 new katakana? Today we are going to learn characters: サ, シ, ス, セ and ソ, as well as their dakuten ◌ﾞ derivates: ザ, ジ, ズ, ゼ and ゾ. Let’s go!

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If needed, here are some links to the previous lessons:

• Katakana lesson 1: A, I, U, E, O
• Katakana lesson 2: KA, KI, KU, KE, KO (+ dakuten derivates)
• Hiragana lesson 3: sa, shi, su, se, so
• Hiragana lesson 10: wa, wo, n and the dakuten ◌゛ derivates

Also, I advise you to have a quick look to the post One step further with hiragana and katakana to learn about the use of “ー” for long vowels with katakana.

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サ

This katakana is pronounced: さ

It has 3 strokes:

Exercices:

• Write 10 times the character サ in a row.
• Write 5 times the word かさ / umbrella / using katakana: カサ.
• Write 5 times the word さけ / sake, alcool / using katakana: サケ.

シ

This katakana is pronounced: し

It has 3 strokes:

Exercices:

• Write 10 times the character シ in a row.
• Write 5 times the word うし / cow / using katakana: ウシ.
• Write 5 times the word おかし / sweets / using katakana: オカシ.

ス

This katakana is pronounced: す

It has 2 strokes:

Exercices:

• Write 10 times the character ス in a row.
• Write 5 times the word すいえい using katakana: スイエイ.
• Write 5 times the word ケース [け~す] / case /.

セ

This katakana is pronounced: せ

It has 2 strokes:

Exercices:

• Write 10 times the character セ in a row
• Write 5 times the word セクシー [せくしい] / sexy /.
• Write 5 times the word アクセ [あくせ] / acce(sorry) /.

ソ

This katakana is pronounced: そ

It has 2 strokes:

Exercices:

• Write 10 times the character ソ in a row.
• Write 5 times the word ソース [そうす] / sauce /
• Write 5 times the word  そうこ / storehouse / using katakana: ソーコ.

ザ, ジ, ズ, ゼ, ゾ

As for hiragana, the dakuten ◌ﾞ can also be used with these katakana to make some voiced sounds:

サ	ザ	ざ
シ	ジ	じ
ス	ズ	ず
セ	ゼ	ぜ
ソ	ゾ	ぞ

Exercises:

• Write 5 times ザジズゼゾ in a row
• Write 5 times the word アジア / asia /
• Write 5 times the word シカゴ / Chicago /
• Write 5 times the word サイズ / size /
• Write 5 times the word ゼウス / Zeus /
• Write 5 times the word ジグザグ / zig-zag /

Here it is for today. See you soon for five new characters!

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Cheers,

Stéphane

Next lesson: Katakana lesson 4: TA, CHI, TSU, TE, TO (+ dakuten derivates) and halfwidth TSU

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