Japanese for absolute beginners | Katakana

1. Course introduction: Hi everyone and welcome to our botanicals for absolute beginners. Now, if you just want to know what particle-like characters are and what they sound like. You can just look them up in Google. The information is free online, everywhere. However, if you want to go beyond that and develop familiarity with a Catholic characters and be able to read words that use katakana characters, then you are in the right place. Our course is systematically designed to help you read Katakana character. We will first show you how each character is written. We will then guide you through a series of listen and repeat practices and also independent reading practices so that you have complete mastery of each character. And this course contains regular review lessons to strengthen your understanding of what you are learning. Additionally, there are worksheets for each Katakana character. So you can practice writing the characters you are learning. And as a class projects, please share images of your writing of Katakana character. Okay, So if you're ready to start learning katakana characters, I'll see you in the first place. 2. Katakana overview: Hi everyone and welcome to the lesson on katakana overview. The two main writing systems of Japanese are called Hiragana. Katakana. Hiragana is mainly used to write native Japanese words and also grammatical words such as particles. Whereas katakana is mainly used to write foreign words, loan words, and also onomatopoeia sounds. Now, if you haven't learned Hiragana yet, then we strongly recommend starting from Hiragana as Hiragana is the main writing system of Japanese. So it makes more sense to learn Hiragana first and then learn Katakana. In this course, we're going to assume that you have already learned Hiragana. And as we learn Katakana, the focus is on learning the characters rather than the sounds themselves. Now the sounds of katakana characters are the same as here, I've got that. But the sound of each character is represented by different characters. As we have learned that heat are gonna characters are represented in this goes on table. And similarly, katakana can be represented in the same goes on table like this. And as mentioned already, we mainly use katakana to write foreign and loanwords. When we pronounce a foreign words written in Katakana, many words can sound very different to how they are normally pronounced in their native language. This is because the sounds of Japanese are very limited, especially the vowel sounds. For example, McDonald's in Japanese is written like this, and it's pronounced Marcu door. Now to the Marcu though not. So foreign words pronounced in Japanese sounds can be a little difficult to recognize that first, but it's something that you will get used to. The Katakana course is designed in a similar way to our Hiragana course. But in each lesson we will add all five characters in each continent row. And after every two or three lessons, there will be a review lesson for you to review what you have learned. All our lessons are designed with both guided and independent reading practices. You will first do listen and repeat practices of all the characters. And once you have developed familiarity of each character, we will then do independent reading practices. Once you have learned the characters, you can also download writing Worksheets to practice writing the characters. Okay, So let's now move on. And in the next lesson, we will learn the five characters in a row. See you then, bye bye. 3. A-row (ア イ ウ エ オ): Hi everyone and welcome to the very first lesson on learning the Katakana characters. In this lesson, we're going to learn the five characters in a row, or a, or. Let's first take a look at how each character is written. Oh, oh, okay, so let's first do a listen and repeat practice. Or oh, that was great, well done. Next, we're going to do an independent practice. So you're going to speak first and then listen to me afterwards. However, the sequence of the characters will be the same. So as you say each character out loud, try to associate the sound you're making and the characters are or E. That was great, well done. Okay, so let's now do an independent practice. You will see one character at a time, and this time the sequence of the characters will be different. This will be a little tricky, but this is an important parts of the practice. These are the five characters and I'll give you 5 s to look at them one last time. Okay, so if you're ready, let's begin. Great job. Well-done. For the last practice in this lesson, let's now try to read two characters at a time. For the first five practices, rho minus z for one of the characters will be given. But for the last five, there'll be no romance see on the screen. Okay, Let's begin. Or, or, or, or, or, or. Excellent job today. Well done. In this lesson, we learned the five characters in a row. In the next lesson, we will learn the five characters in the k rho. See you then, bye bye 4. K-row (カ キ ク ケ コ): Hi everyone and welcome back to another lesson. In this lesson, we're going to learn the five characters in the k row key, k. Let's first take a look at how each character is written. Car, car, key. Key. Okay, cool. Cool. Okay, so let's first do a listen and repeat practice of 05 characters. Car key. Okay, cool, cool. Cool. That was great. Well done. Next, we're going to do an independent practice, but the sequence of the practice will be in the same order. So as you say each character out loud, try to associate the sound and the characters T. T. Okay, cool, Great job, well done. Okay, so let's now do an independent practice. You will see one character at a time. This time the sequence of the characters will be different. As before, this will be a little tricky, but let's give it a try. These are the five characters, and I will give you 5 s to look at them one last time. Okay, so if you're ready, let's begin. Cool. Okay. Excellent job. Well done. Let's now try to read two characters at a time. For the first five practices rule, Maggie, for one of the characters will be given about. For the last two, there won't be any room IG on the screen. Okay, so let's begin. Ti. Ti. Ti. Ti. Excellent job today. Well done. Okay, so in this lesson, we learned the five characters in the k row. In the next lesson, we will review the five characters in a row and also in the k rho. See you then, bye bye. 5. Review Lesson (A-row & K-row): Hi everyone and welcome back to the review lesson. In this review lesson, we're going to review the five characters in a row and the k row. We'll first do a listen and repeat practice to remind ourselves of the ten characters. After that, we'll do an independent practice of reading the characters. And lastly, we will practice reading words that use the characters from the a and the k row. Let's first do a listen and repeat of all the characters in the a and the k row. 0, E, 0, T, T. That was great. Let's now do a listen and repeat practice of individual characters. A key. Excellent job, well done. Let's now do an independent practice and we'll first focus on reading one character at a time. Let's begin our E or K key. Excellent job, well done. Let's now practice reading to character combinations is going to be a tricky practice. So for the first five lines, we will give you one of the characters in rule minus z. Let's begin. 0, T, E, T. Great job today, well done. The final practice in this lesson is on reading Japanese words. For each word, you will only need to recognize the characters we're focusing on in this lesson. Row magic will be given for all the other characters. Okay, so let's begin the practice. Anemic. Mom. Our Qsys eco site though, seeking Ada, Cotonou. K key. Excellent job today. Well done. In this lesson, we reviewed the five characters that make up the a row and the five characters in the k row. In the next lesson, we will learn the five characters in the S Row. See you then, bye bye. 6. S-row (サ シ ス セ ソ): Hi everyone and welcome back. In this lesson, we're going to learn the five characters in the S row. Let's first take a look at how each character is written. Sub C. C, Say it. Say. So. Okay, so let's now do a listen and repeat practice of the characters in the S row. She said. She said. So that was great, well done. Next we're going to do an independent practice, but the sequence of the characters will be in the same order. So as you say each character out loud, try to associate the sound and the characters. She said she sued. So great job, well done. Okay, so let's now do an independent practice. You will see one character at a time. And this time the sequence of the characters will be different. These are the five characters and I'll give you 5 s to look at them one last time. Okay, so let's begin the practice sheet. So she said, Great job, well done. Let's now try to read two characters at a time. For the first five practices, Roma G for one of the characters will be given about for the last five, there will not be any Roma G on the screen. Okay, so if you're ready, let's begin. So say so. She said she she said. So. So say she. Excellent job today. Well done. Okay, so in this lesson, we learned the five characters in the S row. In the next lesson, we will learn the five characters in the T Rowe. See you then, bye bye. 7. T-row (タ チ ツ テ ト): Hi everyone and welcome back to another lesson. In this lesson, we're going to learn the five characters in a row. Let's first take a look at how each character is written. Top, top. See. Okay, so let's now do a listen and repeat practice. G to G. That was great, well done. Next, we're going to do an independent practice, but the sequence will be in the same order. So as you say each character out loud, try to associate the sound and the character t to the top. So that was great, Well done. Let's now do an independent practice. You will see one character at a time, and this time the sequence of the characters will be different. These are the five characters and you have 5 s to look at them one last time. Okay, so if you're ready, let's begin. Great job. Well done. Finally, let's try to read two characters at a time. And for the first five practices, real magic for one of the characters will be given part. For the last five, there will not be any row Maggi on the screen. Let's begin. Tar, tar, ti, ti, ti, ti, top to top. Two. Excellent job today. Well done. Okay, so in this lesson, we learned the five characters in the t rho. In the next lesson, we will review the five characters from the S and the T Rowe. See you then, bye-bye. 8. Review Lesson (S-row & T-row): In this review lesson, we're going to review the five characters in the S row and also from the T rho will first do a listen and repeat practice to remind ourselves of all the ten characters. After that, we do an independent practice of reading the characters. And lastly, we will practice reading words that use characters in the S and the T Rowe. Let's first do a listen and repeat of all the characters from the S and the T Rowe. She said. So. She said, so top to toe to toe. That was great. Well done. Let's now do a listening repeats of individual characters. So say. So. Excellent job, well done. Let's now do an independent practice. We'll first focus on reading one character at a time. Let's begin. Sea. Salt. Set T. Top. Excellent job, well done. Let's now practice reading to character combinations. For the first five lines, we will give you one of the characters, enrollment z. Let's begin. So say two, t sub c, c. So, so to say, excellent efforts, well done. The final practice in this lesson is on reading Japanese words. For each word, you will only need to recognize the characters we're focusing in this lesson. Row merge. It will be given for all the other characters. Let's begin the practice. Adolescence, hotel. Sarah. Say Amina, part E, tidy. Sooner day CP, Saudi, CIDI. Excellent job today. Well done. In this lesson, we reviewed the five characters that make up the S row and the five characters from the T rho. In the next lesson, we will learn the five characters in the n rho. See you then, bye-bye. 9. N-row (ナ ニ ヌ ネ ノ): Hi everyone and welcome back to another lesson. In this lesson, we're going to learn the five characters in the n row. Let's first take a look at how each character is written. Not not Ni, Ni Nu. New net. Net. No. No. Okay, so let's now do a listen and repeat practice. Not Ni Nu. Net. No. Not Ni Nu. No. That was great. Well done. Next, we're going to do an independent practice, but the sequence will be in the same order as you say each character out loud. Try to associate the sound and the characters. Not Ni Nu. Net. No, not Ni Nu. No. Great job. Well done. Okay, Let's now do an independent practice. You will see one character at a time, and this time the sequence of the characters will be different. These are the five characters, and I'll give you 5 s to look at them one last time. Okay, So if you're ready, let's begin. New. Not no net. Ni, not no. New. Ne, net. Great, well done. Let's now try to read the two characters at a time. For the first five practices, row magic for one of the characters will be given. For the last five, there will be no row my G on the screen. Okay, Let's begin. Net Ni. Ni Nu. No, not not net. New. Note. Now. Ni Ni Nu. Not new. No. No, net. Excellent job today. Well done. Okay, so in this lesson, we learned the five characters in the n row. And in the next lesson, we will learn the five characters in the h rho. See you then, bye bye 10. H-row (ハ ヒ フ ヘ ホ): Hi everyone and welcome back to another lesson. In this lesson, we're going to learn the five characters in the h row. Let's first take a look at how each character is written. Hey, hey, **, **. Okay, so let's do a listen and repeat practice. He who, who? Hey, that was great, well done. Next we're going to do an independent practice, but the sequence will be in the same order as before. So as you say each character out loud, try to associate the sound and the character. Hey, Hey, great job, well done. Okay, so let's now do an independent practice. And you will see one character at a time. And this time the sequence of the characters will be different. These are the five characters. So please take a look at these characters for 5 s. Okay, so if you're ready, let's begin. Who? Hey, hey, heart rates are well done. Let's now try to read the two characters at a time. For the first five practices, Roma G for one of the characters will be on the screen. But for the last five, there will be no row Maggi on the screen. Okay, so let's begin. Hair. Hair. Who? Who? Who? Who excellent job today, well done. Okay, so in this lesson, we learned the five characters in the h rho. In the next lesson, we will review all the characters in the end row and all the characters from the H rho. See you then, bye bye 11. Review Lesson (N-row & H-row): In this review lesson, we're going to review the five characters in the n row and the H rho will first do a listen and repeat practice of the ten characters. And after that, we'll do an independent practice of reading the characters. Finally, we will practice reading words that use the characters from the N and the H rho. Let's first do a listen and repeat of all the characters. Not Ni Nu net. Not Ni Nu net. Know who? Paul II, who head. Oh, that was great. Well done. Let's now do a listening repeats of individual characters. Now. Ni Nu, net. Know who hair or excellent job, well done. Let's now do an independent practice and we'll first focus on reading one character at a time. Not know. Net. New knee. Hey, great job, well done. Let's now practice reading to character combinations. For the first five lines, we will give you one of the characters, enrollment z. Let's begin. No, not the hair. Net. Know who the new net. Ni Nu. Not Hare. Who? Great job, well done. The final practice in this lesson is on reading Japanese words. For each word, you will only need to recognize the characters we are focusing on in this lesson. Row magic will be given for all the other characters. Let's begin the practice. Anemic. N80 gooey. Sooner. How I hated the more noted hotel. Who'd arms. Saying, excellent job today. Well done. In this lesson, we reviewed the five characters that make up the n row and the five characters in the h rho. In the next lesson, we will learn the five characters in the m rho. See you then, bye bye 12. M-row (マ ミ ム メ モ): Hi everyone and welcome back to another lesson. In this lesson, we're going to learn the five characters in the m row. Let's first take a look at how each character is written. Mat. Meet me. Know Mei, Mei more. Okay, so let's begin with a listen and repeat practice. Mock me. Know, Mei, Mei, Mei. More. That was great, well done. Next, we're going to do an independent practice, but the sequence of the characters will be in the same order. So as you say each character out loud, try to associate the sound with the character. Map. Me. May more, mock me. May more. Great job. Well done. Okay, so let's now do an independent practice of individual characters. And this time the sequence of the characters will be different. These are the five characters and you have 5 s to look at them one last time. Okay, so if you're ready, let's begin. Met Mark Moore. Mi mama. Me. Great job. Well done. Let's now try to read it two characters at a time. For the first five practices rule, Maggie, for one of the characters will be given. But for the last five, there will be no row Maggi on the screen. Okay, so let's begin. Mock me, me, me, me, me, me, me more. Matt. May mark. Excellent job today. Well done. Okay, so in this lesson, we learned the five characters in the m rho. In the next lesson, we will learn the three characters in the y rho. See you then, bye-bye. 13. Y-row (ヤ ユ ヨ): Hi everyone and welcome back to another lesson. In this lesson, we're going to learn the three characters in the y rho. Let's first take a look at how each character is written. Yeah. Yeah. You you you. Okay. So let's begin with a listen and repeat practice. Yeah. Yeah. That was great. Well done. Next, we're going to do an independent practice with the same sequence of characters. As you say each character out loud, try to associate the sound. The character. Yeah. You yeah. You. That was great. Well done. Okay, so let's now do an independent practice. You will see one character at a time, and this time the sequence of the characters will be different. These are the three characters. You have 3 s to look at them one more time. Okay, So let's begin the practice. You yeah. Yeah. You your great job. Well done. Let's now try to read the two characters at a time. And in this practice, robots, you will be given for the first two practices. Let's begin. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Your your your excellent job today. Well done. Okay, so in this lesson, we learned the three characters in the y rho. In the next lesson, we will review all the characters from the Amro and also the y rho. See you then, bye bye. 14. Review Lesson (M-row & Y-row): In this review lesson, we're going to review the characters in the m row and the y rho will first do a listen and repeat practice of all the characters. After that, we'll do an independent practice of reading the characters. And finally, we will practice reading Japanese words. Let's first do a listen and repeat practice of all the characters in the m row and the y rho. Mock me. Mei, Mei, Mei, more. Yeah. You. Yeah. That was great. Let's not do a listener repeat practice of individual characters. Me more. Yeah. You your excellent job. Well done. Let's now do an independent practice. We'll first focus on reading one character at a time. May meet you. Yeah. Excellent job, well done. Let's now practice reading to character combinations. Row magic for one of the characters will be shown for the first four practices. Let's begin. Yeah. More. May yield. More. Mi mama. Me. Yeah. You may. Excellent job, well done. The final practice in this lesson is on reading Japanese words. For each word, you will only need to recognize the characters we are focusing in this lesson. Let's begin the practice. Maybe. I see cutie, cutie Sue, massive seminar, mayonnaise. More data. Tie. Udl. Excellent job today. Well done. Okay, so in this lesson, we reviewed the five characters that make up the m row and also the three characters in the y rho. In the next lesson, we will learn the five characters in the row. See you then, bye-bye. 15. R-row (ラ リ ル レ ロ): Hi everyone and welcome back to another lesson. In this lesson, we're going to learn the five characters in the row. Let's first take a look at how each character is written. Law. The LEA. No. No. Okay. So let's now do a listen and repeat practice. Do lay low. The low. That was great, well done. Next, we're going to do an independent practice, but the sequence of the characters will be in the same order. So I just say each character out loud, try to associate the sound and the character. Lot. Do. Let love, lead. Hello. That was great, well done. We'll now do an independent practice of individual characters. And this time the sequence of the characters will be different. These are the five characters in sequence. And I'll give you 5 s to look at them one more time. Okay, So if you're ready, let's begin. Let's do a great job. Well done. Let's now try to read two characters at a time. For the first five practices rule, my G for one of the characters will be given. But for the last five, there will be no row-major on the screen. Okay, so let's begin. Let the loa loa loa loa loa loa loa. Excellent job today. Well done. Okay, so in this lesson, we learned the five characters in the row. In the next lesson, we will learn the characters in the w row and the n sound. See you then, Bye, bye. 16. W-row & N sound (ワ ヲ ン): Hi everyone and welcome back to another lesson. In this lesson, we're going to learn the characters in the w row and the n sound. Let's first take a look at how each character is written. What? Now, as mentioned before in Hiragana course, the n sound is only used as the final consonant in the syllable, such as in words like gasoline and Italian. Sodium. Additionally, how it is pronounced can vary depending on other cells nearby. If you'd like to revisit the pronunciation of the n sound, please watch the lesson on n sound in our Hiragana. Cause for this lesson, we will practice the standard sound. Listen and repeat. What? What? Oh, that was great, well done. Next, we're going to do an independent practice, but the sequence will be in the same order. So as you say each character out loud, try to associate the sound and the character. Great job, well done. Less than do an independent practice. You will see one character at a time, and this time the sequence of the characters will be different. These other three characters. And I'll give you 3 s to look at them one more time. Okay, So if you're ready, let's begin. Or what? Great job, well done. Lastly, let's now try to read two characters at a time. For the first two practices, rule, Maggi for one of the characters will be shown on the screen. Let's begin the practice. Or what, what, or what, or what, or excellent job today, well done. Okay, so in this lesson, we learned the two characters in the w row and the character for n sound. In the next lesson, we will review the characters in the arrow w row and the n sound. See you then, Bye, bye. 17. Review Lesson (R-row, W-row, N sound): In this review lesson, we're going to review the characters in the row, w row, and the n sound will first do a listen and repeat of all the eight characters. And after that, we'll do an independent practice of reading the characters. And lastly, we will practice reading words that use the characters in the R, rho, w row and the n sound. Let's first do a listen and repeats of all the characters. Do. Lay low. The lead. Or Wow. That was great, Well done. Let's now do a listener repeats of individual characters. Hello, or. Excellent job, well done. Let's now do an independent practice. We'll first practice reading one character at a time. Do not. Let the what? Excellent job. Well done. Let's now practice reading to character combinations. Rule Maggie, for one of the characters will be shown for the first four practices. Let's begin. Late. Or loa. Loa, loa. Do or what? The last layer, excellent job, well done. The final practice in this lesson is on reading Japanese words. However, do know that the character for or is rarely used in Japanese. So we'll just practice words that use the other seven characters. For each word, you will only need to recognize the characters we are focusing on in this lesson. Real magic will be given for all the other characters. Let's begin the practice. At Odessa. Could add TD pedal. Not Wu Kim, new daughter. Lyme. Excellent job today. Well done. In this lesson, we reviewed the characters that make up the R, rho, w row and the n sound. In the next lesson, we will go over the colon cells in Katakana. See you then, bye bye 18. Dakuon sounds 1 (G & Z-row): Hi everyone and welcome to the lesson on learning the taco on sounds in Katakana. Now, as we learned in the lessons in Hiragana course, when we add the 1010 markers on characters, certain sounds change to become voice sounds. Sounds in the k row are pronounced with a G sound. S row sounds are pronounced with a z sound. T. Rho sounds are pronounced with a d sound, and h rho sounds are pronounced with a B sound. In this lesson, we're going to go over the sounds in G, rho and z, rho. And doing more practice of the taco and sounds will help you to become more familiar with the characters in Katakana. Okay, so let's first do a listen and repeat practice of the two rows. Got g0, get, go, get, go. That g z, g z. So that was great. Well done. Next, we're going to do an independent practice, but the sequence will be in the same order. So as you say each character out loud, try to associate the sound and the character. Got good. Get that. G, z. Great job, well done. Okay, so let's do an independent practice. You will see one character at a time, and this time the sequence of the characters will be different. We will first focus on the characters in the G row. Go. Got, get less. Now practice the characters in the Z row. Zi Ji. Great job. Well done. Let's now try to read it two characters at a time. We will do two practices. First on the G row and the second on the Z row. For the first four practices rule Maggie, for one of the characters will be given. But for the last four, there will not be any Rome algae on the screen. Let's begin. Go. Gut. Get, get, go. Got good. Get, get, got to go. Got good. Though. G. G. G. Excellent job today. Well done. Okay, so in this lesson, we learned that taco own sounds in the G row and this row. In the next lesson, we will practice the attack on sounds in the d Rho and also in the B-roll. See you then, bye bye. 19. Dakuon sounds 1 (D & B-row): Hi everyone and welcome back. In this lesson, we're going to go over the popcorn sounds in the d Rho and also in the B row. Let's begin that G. Now, similar to Hiragana character for g and X2 in the T Rowe and not as common as the characters for g and X2 in the Z row. Nevertheless, they are still used now and then. So it's important to learn these characters that G there. Be more, but be more. That was great, well done. Next, we're going to do an independent practice, but the sequence will be in the same order. So as you say each character out loud, try to associate the sound and the character that G there. But be more. That was great, well done. Okay, so let's do an independent practice. You will see one character at a time, and this time the sequence of the characters will be different. We will first focus on the characters in the d rho. Let's now practice the characters in the B row. May be more. Great job, well done. Let's now try to read the two characters at a time. We will do two practices. First on the d row and the second on the B row. For the first four practices, real magic for one of the characters will be given. Okay, So if you're ready, let's begin though. That, that, that G, G there, the dot, dot, dot, dot, but B, B. But but, but but, but but may be, may be excellent job today. Well done. Okay, so in this lesson, we learned the taco on sounds in the d Rho and the B row. In the next lesson, we will practice the handout. Go on sale. See you then, bye-bye. 20. Handakuon sound (P-row): Hi everyone and welcome to the lesson on learning the handout go on. Sounds. As we learned before, hand icon sounds are made by adding model. And this only affects the h ro. When we add the battle to the characters in the h rho, we form p sounds. Okay, so let's practice and review the handout Guan sounds. P pair. P pair. That was great, well done. Next we're going to do an independent practice, but the sequence will be in the same order. So as you say each character out loud, try to associate the sound and the characters. Part P pair, paul, part p pair. That was great, well done. Okay, so let's now do an independent practice. You will see one character at a time, but this time the sequence will be different. These are the five characters, and I'll give you 5 s to look at them again. If you're ready. Let's begin. Pat. Pete. Pete. Great job. Well done. Okay, so let's now try to read the two characters at a time. For the first five practices, rule, Maggi for one of the characters will be shown on the screen. Let's begin. Part pet. Pet P, P, pole pair, P. Part pair. Part p. Excellent job today. Well done. Okay, so in this lesson, we learned the hand back one sounds in the p rho. In the next lesson, we will review the Taekwondo and handout. Guan sounds. See you then. Bye-bye. 21. Review Lesson (Dakuon & Handakuon sounds): In this review lesson, we're going to review the pack, go on and hand back lung sounds in Katakana. Will first review that g rho and z rho sounds. And then we'll review that d rho, d row and the p rho sounds. Let's first do a listen and repeat of all the characters in the G row and the Z row. Got, good. Get go. That G. That was great. Let's now do a listener repeats of individual characters. Gotta go. Get go. That G. There. Great job, Well done. Let's now do an independent practice of individual characters. Get, gotta go. G, g, z. Excellent job, well done. Let's now practice reading two characters at a time. Real magic will be shown for one of the characters in the first five practices. Zi, Ji Zu. Get there. Though. Go. Get that. G. Got excellent job. Well done. Let's now review taco on sounds in the d Rho and the B row. And we'll also review the handout Guan sounds in the p row. Let's first do a listen and repeat of all the characters that G, The though. But B. But may P, Pat. That was great. Let's now do a listener repeats of individual characters that G. But be more part. P. Pat. Excellent job, well done. This time, we're going to do an independent practice of reading individual characters. There are 15 characters to go through. So to make this practice a little easier, we'll go through the characters in each row at a time. So we start with a, D rho, then the B row and the finally the PRO. Though, that the GI Bill But may be part P. Pat. Excellent job, well done. Let's now practice reading to character combinations. Row magic for one of the characters will be shown on the screen for the first five lines. Let's begin. Met. The pair part. They're not b, b to the p. That P B. But excellent job, well done. The final practice in this lesson is on reading Japanese words. For each word, you will only need to recognize the characters we are focusing on in this lesson. Row, my g will be given for all the other characters. Let's begin the practice. Or empty column being sung good acid. Seem to tease new daughter. Nat table. More day to lab. Excellent job today. Well done. In this lesson, we reviewed that pack one hand that go on cells in Katakana. In the next lesson, we will take a look at how we form your own sounds in Katakana. See you then, bye-bye. 22. Yoon sounds: Hi everyone and welcome to the lesson on your own sounds in Qatar canal. Now, if you recall from our Hiragana course, we learned that we can combine characters in the I column with the characters in y rho. And this helps to form a new sounds. So key with ya becomes here, key with u becomes q, and key with your becomes cure. When we combine the two characters, the y rho character is written in smaller writing. And we can do this with all the characters that have I vowel sound, including the characters for tackle on hand that corn sounds. Now there are a lot of different combinations for your own sounds. So when we practice reading your own sounds, the role magic for sounds that contain the I vowel sound will be given. You just have to make sure you recognize the characters from the y rho, which are, yeah, You and your less first-ever listen and repeat practice of some of the yawn sounds. Cat. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Shoot. Do bill Joe pill. That was great. Well done. Okay, so let's now do an independent practice. You will see one character at a time and the row my G for the character from the I column will be given. Depending on the character from the Y row. I'd like you to say the correct your own sound. Pill. Yeah. Do you hear me? Yeah. Shoot. Great job. Well done. For the final practice, you're going to read eight words that use character combinations with yawn sounds. Same as before. Roe magic for the character from the I column will be given. But depending on the character from the Y row, I'd like you to read the yarn sound correctly. Okay, so let's begin the practice. Known sugar menu. Why chat to cone compute mu z, p. Cap them. New York. Excellent job today. Well done. Okay, so in this lesson, we practice reading your own sounds in Qatar canal. In the next lesson, we will learn other ways of combining katakana characters. See you then, bye-bye 23. Katakana combinations 1: Hi everyone and welcome to the lesson on additional attack. And that combination sounds. Unlike Hiragana, Katakana has additional sounds which are created by combining different characters. And katakana has additional sounds. The main use of katakana is to write out non-Japanese words to represent sounds that don't exist in Japanese language. New combinations are formed to represent these sounds. These combinations are mainly formed by combining a character from the u column and this small arrow characters. In this lesson, we will learn the v sounds and additional w sounds. First to make the v sounds, we combine. And the small characters from the a row. This character is with 1010 marker, and it represents this sound. Here are the v sounds. The second in the w row, there are only two sounds. And all. But since 0 is only ever used to represent the sound of the particle, or we form the additional w sounds by combining with the small characters from the a row. And these sounds, are we ready? Okay, So let's now do a practice of reading these character combinations. First, we'll do a listen and repeat practice. That the vote, that the vote. We wear. What we wear. Well, that was great. Well done. Next, we're going to do an independent practice, but the sequence will be in the same order. So as you say each character out loud, try to associate the sound with the character combinations. That v, v volt. Great job, Well done. Let's now do an independent practice. You will see one character combination at a time, and this time the sequence of the characters will be different. These are the character combinations for the v and w sounds. We first practice of v sounds and then do that W sounds. The vote. Great job, Well done. Let's now try to read it to character combinations at a time. For the first five practices, raw Maggi for one of the character combinations will be shown on the screen. Let's begin the practice that we vote. Vote. That what we ve, what we vote. We excellent job today. Well done. In this lesson, we learned how to form the V and W sounds by learning to combine different katakana characters. In the next lesson, we will learn more new combinations and sounds in Katakana. See you then, bye bye 24. Katakana combinations 2: Hi everyone and welcome to the lesson on additional katakana combination sounds. In this lesson, we will learn how to combine characters from the u column and small characters from the a row to form f sound n, t, s sounds. First to make the F sounds, we combine foo and the small characters from the a row. Here are the F sounds. Fair? Second, we have t, s sounds. Th sound is perhaps the least commonly used combination sounds, but it's often used to represent certain sounds in Italian and Chinese language. To make Ts sounds, we combine. And the small characters from the a row. Here are the Ts sounds set. Okay, so let's now practice reading these character combinations. Will first do a listen and repeat practice of all the sounds. Who said. So? So that was great. Next, we're going to do an independent practice, but the sequence of the characters will be in the same order. So as you say each character out loud, try to associate the sound and the characters. So, great job, Well done. Let's now do an independent practice. You will see one character combination at a time. And this time the sequence of the characters will be different. These are the character combinations for f and ts sounds and will first practice the F sounds and then do that TSL. Let's begin. We plot set C. So great job, Well done. Let's now try to read a two character combinations at a time. For the first five practices. Maggi for one of the character combinations will be shown on the screen. Let's begin. So we put boo. Boo. Excellent job today, well done. Okay, so in this lesson, we learned how to form f and ts sounds by learning to combine different katakana characters. In the next lesson, we will review your own and different combination sounds in Katakana. See you then, bye-bye. 25. Review Lesson (Yoion and combination sounds): In this review lesson, we're going to review your own sounds and other combination sounds in Katakana. Let's first do a listen and repeat of your own sounds. Cat. Here. You do. Show pure. That was great. Well done. Let's now do I listen and repeat of v and w sounds that their vote. We vote. Let's now do a listener repeat practice of f and ts sounds. So great job, Well done. Let's now do an independent practice. We'll first focus on reading characters for your own sounds. Real magic for i, column characters will be given. So you just need to recognize that, yeah, you, your characters and read the character combinations correctly. Let's begin. Shop to go to meal. Yeah. Let's now practice of v and w sounds that we will weigh less. Now practice f and ts sounds. Cool. So set C. Excellent job, well done. The final practice in this lesson is on reading Japanese words. For each word, you will only need to recognize the characters we're focusing on. In this lesson. You will be given for all the other characters. Okay, so let's begin the practice. Cafe, comunity. Cap them. Sun though we see the thumb ED, fit. Cognac, good. Sabah. Excellent job today. Well done. In this lesson, we reviewed the yawn and other combination sounds in Katakana. In the next lesson, we will take a look at how we form a soccer on sounds in Katakana. See you then, bye-bye. 26. Sokuon sounds: Hi everyone and welcome to the lesson on soccer on sounds in Katakana. Just as we learned in the Hiragana course, so-called sound is formed by adding the character. So when we add the character is written in small writing on the bottom-left corner. By adding the character in the word, we form an extra consonant of the character that comes after. So this leads to pronouncing the continent with a longer sound. Here's an example. Coop key. In this word, the final character is key. So by adding soup before, we effectively create an extra k in the word. So this is pronounced Qi, Qu, Qi. And as you can here, by adding an extra consonant, it creates an extra pause in pronunciation. In Hiragana, we can only form so-called sounds when the character of the zoo is from the k, s, t, and p rho. But in Katakana, so-called sounds can be formed when the character of the zoo is also from GDP, j, h, f, v, and also our rows. Here are few more example words that have so-called sounds. Ketchup, market, less soon. Bed, door. So again, as you can here, when we add, so, we create an extra consonants, which is the same as the character after. The extra consonant creates a pause in pronunciation. So let's first do a listen and repeat practice of reading words with so-called sounds. Listen carefully to how the extra consonants creates a pause in pronunciation. Let's begin. Dna, super good. Die yet. But good. Pet dog could show them. That was great, well done. We're now going to do an independent practice, but all the row magic will be provided on the screen. So depending on the character that follows the small Sue, I'd like you to read each word, making sure to pronounce the extra consonants and little longer. After you have tried reading each word, listened to check your own pronunciation. Let's begin though. Push shoe. Show being jacket, tissue. Do it. Fantastic job today. Well done. Okay, so in this lesson, we learned how so-called sounds are formed in Qatar canal. In the next lesson, we will learn about Chong sounds, long vowel sounds in Katakana. See you then, bye, bye 27. Chouon sounds: Hi everyone and welcome to the lesson on Sean sounds in Katakana. Churn sounds are long vowel sounds. And for Hiragana, we add one of the characters from the a row after another sound that has the same vowel sound. For the word mother, we add the a character after car and say. However, for katakana is much simpler as instead of each character for the vowel sound, we simply add this special character, which looks like a dash after another character. And this special character means that the previous character is pronounced with a long vowel sound. Here's an example word, part or in this word after par, we have this extra character. So par is pronounced with a long vowel sound, path or path. And when we write the rule Maggi, this long vowel sound is indicated with a dash on top of the vowel letter. Here are a few more examples. Coop key. So Totto, ENaC, coop key. So Totto. So as you can hear, when there is a special character, the vowel sound of the previous character is extended. Lets first do a listener repeats of reading words with sounds. Listen carefully to how the vowel sound of the previous character is extended. Repeat after me. Gita. Gay, I'm not aware. Hey Lucy. Meeting. Moans. That was great. We're going to do one more practice. And this time all the raw magic will be on the screen. But where there is a special character for chon sound, you have to extend the vowel sound of the previous character. After you have tried reading each word, listen and check your own pronunciation. Let's begin. Marcuse. So far. Pseudo Betty. T's that are more Nita. Fantastic job today. Well done. Okay, so in this lesson, we learned how Chong sounds are formed in Katakana. In the next lesson, we will review the soap. Go on and Sean sounds in Katakana. See you then. Bye bye. 28. Review Lesson (sokuon & chouon): In this review lesson, we're going to review SOC, go on and churn sounds in Katakana. We will do to speaking practices. In the first practice, we will do a simple listen and repeat practice of words that have a sock on and churn sounds. And in the second practice, we will do an independent reading practice. But with Rama G on the screen. After you have read words on the screen, you can listen to how the words should be pronounced and check your own pronunciation. Okay, So if you're ready, let's begin. Die yet. Soap being shoe. Low, jacket. But good. Guitar. Moans. Team. Meeting. Notice. So total Betty. Great job. Well done. Market though. Ketchup. Your bar. Mu is the good news. Hue mom. Pay boo too hard. Who do two. Excellent job today. Well done. In this lesson, we reviewed the so-called Incheon sounds in katakana, and that's it for the lessons on learning katakana. We hope that you are now more comfortable with recognizing and reading katakana characters. After this, you can take lessons in our Japanese for beginner one course where you will start learning how to speak Japanese. See you then, Bye bye.