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1. Intro: Hi, welcome to Hiragana
Katakana course. My name is or zeta and
I'll be your instructor. I have spent over
eight years studying about Japan and
Japanese sculpture. I majored in a book in my bachelor's and
master's studies. I have also taught over 300
Japanese language lessons and studied eight
languages by myself. So I know it's starting to learn a new language may
be overwhelming. Starting to learn Japanese
can be intimidating. You have three Japanese writing
scripts coming together. However, they might look
for in an intimidating. But once you learn two of them, you'll be well on your way. Being able to learn
any vocabulary or grammar you possibly want. This course is designed
for beginners. Therefore, you don't need
any prior knowledge. All you need is an
eagerness to learn. One could possibly save and learning how
to read and write. It's not important that
we should just get straight to the
vocabulary and grammar. I have to be honest. It is possible, but
highly recommended. The Latin script called Rome. And you will teach
you a non accurate pronunciation and you will have trouble understanding grammatical structures
and proper knowledge. Knowing here again, and katakana is going to give you access to a lot of resources which would be an available
to you otherwise. In this course, you
will learn how to read and write and Hiragana Katakana. You will learn the
correct stroke order, pronunciation, and
examples along the way. Your class project will
include writing down provided words and Hiragana
Katakana in a beautiful way. Let's get started with your
Japanese learning journey.
2. Hiragana purpose: Welcome to our first lesson. In this lesson, I'll explain what purpose does
Hiragana Katakana serve. And I'll get into
how Hiragana looks functions and what are its
main vowels and consonants. Before we start learning Hiragana and cauda
comma characters, let's discuss why do we need them at all and why
is there two of them? Well, they both have
different purposes. Hiragana is mainly
used to write down particles which helped to
navigate Japanese sentences. We will learn about particles
in our other courses, but particles are
also called the glue that holds Japanese
sentences together. Hiragana is also
used to write down grammatical endings of verbs,
adjectives, and adverbs. Lastly, it is used to write down simple
words and Hiragana, or to just write the words down while you don't know
the conduit for them. Characters that are derived
from China and that are a little bit
more difficult to write down then Hiragana. When I started
learning Japanese, I use Hiragana to write
down all my vocabulary. So I think this will
come very handy to you. Now, cut the kinda,
on the other hand, is used to write
down foreign words. For example, people's names, names of food and places. We also use it to write
down technical terms. My favorite on Amato pairs. These are words that
represent sounds in Japanese. In English. An example would be words
like whoosh, pow, or wham. It adds color and texture to
the things you're saying in Japanese and here
in pink you can see I wrote down
one onomatopoeia, which is been, been, been. So these onomatopoeia
is often sound very cute and they will be
written in katakana.
3. Introduction to Hiragana: Now, Japanese language has the five main vowels that
you can see on the screen. These vowels are E, or the way we pronounce them is different from the way they are
pronounced in English. So be careful, be aware. And let's try to say them
again one more time. E or perfect. Here we can see the
Hiragana chart. On the right, we can see the five main Dallas
where we just learned. And on the top we can
see the consonants. So the way Hiragana will work, it will be that these continents
will come together in pairs with these vowels and
they will make syllables. So let's try to read
all of them. Key. K. Very good. She say, so. Ci to pay. Tall. Now, knee. They know how he who hear me. Yeah. You you're now this are won't
be as harsh as the English, or it's a sound in
between R and L. So a row, y for this can be also pronounced as
or if it's a particle. Now we don't really
use we are where. And the last sound
of Hiragana is an. And. So this is our Hiragana chart where we will learn very soon. Now let's take a quick
look at the Katakana, Hiragana and differences
and appearances. Here again, is known for it's more elegant and gentle strokes. They look like waves and
they're very elegant. Got the can on the other hand, is very sharp, a little robotic. And it looks like it's
been drawn with a knife. It's very, very sharp. So these are the visual
differences of Hiragana. Katakana.
4. Hiragana a: The first five characters, but we will learn how to write, will be the five main
vowels of Hiragana. We will start by writing. The first stroke will be
going left to right one. The second one will be
going top to bottom. To the third one will look
like a little fish going up, making a curve and going down. Let's try it or
write it down again. Left to right. Top to bottom. Little fish. One more time. Left to right, top to
bottom little fish. And last one, left to right, top to bottom little fish. You can pause this video or go back and review it
and try it again.
5. Hiragana i: The second Hiragana
character that we will learn how to
write will be E. E. Let's try to write it down. The first stroke will
be top to bottom, and at the bottom it will
look like a little hook. Let's take a look.
Goes top to bottom. So it's like a little hook here. And the second stroke will
be right here on the right. Like this. It's like a little hook
with a friend here. Let's try to write it
down three more times. Okay? So we go top to
bottom, little hook. And a friend on the right. Too. Perfect. One more time. Top to bottom, little hook. Friend on the right. And one more time,
top to bottom. And a friend right
here. Perfect.
6. Hiragana u: The third here again, the
character that we will learn will be a vowel, ow. Ow. Let's try writing it down. The first stroke will
be top to bottom. And very short, just like this. And the second stroke will
look like a little wave. One. Just like this. Let's try to write
it down again. 12. Perfect, one more time. One. And to one last time. 12. This is our
7. Hiragana e: Our next Hiragana
character will be, let's try to write it down. First stroke will be just
like the one before. One. Top to bottom, quite short. The next stroke will
be pretty long. So pay attention to this. We go left to right, top to bottom, come
back and go up. It looks a little
bit like English Z. And we have a curve right here. Let's try to write
it down again. So down, very short stroke. Left to right, down, up, curve. One more time. Down. Very short,
left-to-right down, up curve. Our last one. Down.
Left or right. Am curve. Perfect. This is our
8. Hiragana o: Our next character will be all. Or the first stroke, left to right, very short one. The second one will be top to bottom curve and go
like this to the right. And our last stroke will
be a friend right here. So we'll have a little
friend on his right. Let's try once more. Left to right, top
to bottom curve. Go right and add a friend. That's great. One more time. Left to right, top to bottom. Make a curve, go to the right. Add a friend. And one more. 123. Perfect.
9. A & O differences: Another thing that I want
you to pay attention to is the difference
between vowels. And when I started
learning Japanese, I found quite a
few characters and Hiragana very similar
and confusing. So let's take a look at
their nuanced differences. So here I will write with it.
10. Hiragana ka: Now we will learn the
K line of Hiragana. We will add the consonant
k to all the five vowels. The first K line
Hiragana character that we will learn will be car. Car. Let's take a look. The first stroke, we'll
go left to right. Make a curve, go down
and make a little hook. The second one will go
from a bit higher and down to the third stroke is a
little friend on the right. Three. Let's try to write it
down one more time. 123. Perfect. One more time. 123, a friend. Don't forget the friend. And the last 1123 car. Car. Perfect.
11. Hiragana ki: The second K line Hiragana
character will be key. Key. The first stroke
will go like this. One. The second stroke will go like this to little horizontally. But to decide the third stroke, we'll go through both of them. Three and go a little down. And the fourth stroke
will go like this. So imagine that we want
to continue this line, but we just take a break. So on the third stroke
we go here and we stop. We stopped here, and then
we continue right here. So just imagine
invisible line here. Key, key, key. Very good. Let's try to
write it down again. 1234. Now I know some
of you might have seen this character already. And when we see
this character on a text message or on the
computer or in a book, you will see it as
a full character. So that means the line will
be full. There's no break. But when we're writing
it down by hand, this break is necessary. Okay, let's try to
write it down again. One to pay attention here, but the second one is always
longer than the first 134. And our and our last key
character will be 1234. Great job.
12. Hiragana ku: As you may have noticed, we had the five main vowels, which were E. And when we started learning
the K line of Hiragana, we had car key. So if we think about all sounds, the sound that goes next is we just add the
constant K2 it. So the sound will be cool. Cool. Let's write it
down. Cool for me. It looks like a little bird. 12. That's it. Okay. Let's try one more time. 12. Okay. So it's like a little
bird flying to the left. One more time. 12. And last 112. Perfect. This is our cool,
cool character.
13. Hiragana ke: And now let's take a look at the stroke order of character. So the first stroke
will go top to bottom, and it will have a little
hook at the bottom like this. The second stroke we'll
go left to right, and the third stroke
will go top to bottom. Like this. Perfect. Let's write it down
three more times. Down and hook left to
right, top to bottom. Down with a hook left to
right, top to bottom. And last one down with a hook, left to right, top to bottom. This is our care.
14. Hiragana ko: Our last hurrah gamma K
line character is caught. Caught. Let's take a look. So the first stroke
or be this 11. The second stroke
will be this one too. So imagine here again, but you have an invisible line, so you want to continue on the second stroke what you
were doing with the first one. So you're going left to
right down and you stopped. And then you continue here. Continue here. Let's try again. One and to perfect
one more time. 12, good and 12. Perfect. This is our core. Core.
15. Hiragana sa: Our next year again
aligned is the S1. We will add the constant S to all the five
paradigm of vowels. So our first-year I got my
character for S line will be first stroke left to
right and a little bit up. And then second
stroke, 23, like this. So we have 12 and we stop, and three, we continue. It's again, are invisible
part of the line. Let's try to write
it down again. One a little bit up, left to right too, and continue our invisible
line and go to the right. Stop. Stop. Perfect. One more time. Up, down. Make a circle. Perfect, one more time. Down and continue
our invisible line. This is our fat, fat.
16. Hiragana shi: So the next Hiragana character
will be consonant s, together with a vowel. So logically it shouldn't be C. C. But there is no such sound. And Japanese language,
we will have the sound she, she SHI. Let's take a look
at how we write it. For me. It looks like
a fisherman's hook. Thick. A look. We go down and see. It looks like a hook. Only one stroke, very
easy. One more time. Down and up. One more time down and up. Last one, down and up. She she Perfect.
17. Hiragana su: The next Hiragana character
will be super continent S, together with a vowel. Let's take a look
at how we write it. Left or right. A little bit up. You can have it
straight as well. And then we go down, make a little hook and down. So there's only two
strokes left to right and then down, hook and down. Let's take a look at it again. One to hook down. One more time. 12 and down. Last one. Left to write down,
hook down, soup. Soup.
18. Hiragana se: So the next Hiragana
character will be consonant s to give
her with a vowel. So it will be set, set. Let's take a look
at how it looks. So first is a horizontal stroke, left to right can
be a little bit up. Second stroke, we'll do top and down and make a little hook. And the first stroke
will go like this. Make it curve and go right. Set. Say, Let's try one more time. 123, 123, and last 1123. Perfect.
19. Hiragana so: The last here I've
got my character for the S line will be
character salt, salt, consonant, s together
with the vowel or, or. Let's take a look. First, we will go left to right, then we will go down to
the right and a curve. Let's try one more time. Left to right, down to the
right and make a curve. Just like a little z and
a curve. One more time. Right, left, right curve. One more time. Right, left, right curve. Perfect. This is salt. Salt.
20. Ki & SA differences: Now I would like to draw our attention to two
here gamma characters. The first one is key that we just learned and the
second one is sad. I don't know if you've noticed, but they're a little similar. So let's take a look. Key. We had one stroke,
a longer stroke. We went down, stopped
and continued. While saw was a
little different. We had 12 and we continued. So the only difference
between key and SAT is what? Key has two lines and
psi has one line. So pay attention to this while you're reading and practicing. Another two characters that
might be a little similar, r, e, and sheet. So let's take a look
at how we look. So E was down a
hook and the friend while she was hook,
fisherman's hook. So when you're reading, they
might be a little similar. But remember that e
always has a friend.
21. Hiragana ta: The next day diagonal
line is the T line. We will add the constant
T to R. Vowels are. Alright. So our first character will
be character top path. Let's take a look
at how we write. We go left to right
and a little bit up, top to bottom and
a bit to decide. This is the style that I prefer. And then on the right side
we write a small core. If you remember the
big core we wrote, this is a little small. So this is top part. Let's write it down
three more times. So we go left to right and up, down and to the side. And then write a small
core as a little friend. One more time. Left to right, top to bottom, and a little core. Remember to leave
us little break in-between this
invisible line we have. Let's write down our last tile. Up, down, and cool. Perfect. So this is our top.
22. Hiragana chi: Our second Hiragana character
for tea line will be cheat. Cheat because there
is no such sound as T and E. There's no such sound. So we will have the
sound CHI, CHI, CHI. Let's write it down. So first we have a
horizontal line like this, then we have down, and then we have to decide. We have left or right a
little bit up and down to the side and we
make a big wave. Perfect. Let's write it down
three more times. A little bit up, down to the side
and make a wave. One more time. Down. Make a wave. This one is not as
good as this one. So let's try to write it
down one more time that it will look like this
one and this one up, down to the side. Perfect. So we have CI, CI.
23. Hiragana tsu: The next Hiragana
character will be so T MSU because there is no
such sound as two or t. So we will have to. So let's
take a look at how we write. So, so that's it. This is our character. So let's write it down three more times. Like a big wave. So very good. One more time. So or so. Very good.
24. Hiragana te: The next Hiragana
character that we will learn how to write will be pair. Let's take a look. First. We will go left to
right and then down. You can make this part a little bit more straight as well. Like this. 12. Okay. One more time. 12.
And number 312. So this is our tech.
25. Hiragana to: The last thing that I got my
tea line character will be taught TO confluence
together with the vowel, or let's write it down. The first stroke will go here. And the second stroke
will go like this. It looks like why
English letter Y. So this is thought, thought. Let's write it down
three more times. We go down and then we
connect them right here. One more time. Down, down, connect them and up. And our last one,
down, down and up. Perfect. This is our
character, tall. Tall.
26. Hiragana na: Now we'll learn that
hit I got an M line. So our first thing
I got my character for this line will be not consonant n together
with the vowel. Let's take a look at
how we will write it. So the first stroke, we'll go left to
right, short stroke. Then we will go top to down. Can be a little to the side. I like it that way. And then we will have one little friend
and a little fish, like my students
like to call it. So this is not, not left to right, top to bottom, a
little to the side, a little friend
and a little fish. Okay, so let's write this
down three more times. Laughter, write down. Little friend and a little fish. Not, not perfect. One more time. Left to
right, top to bottom. Little friend, little fish. And our last one. Left
to right, top to bottom. Little friend. Little fish. Not not perfect.
27. Hiragana ni: Our second character for
Hiragana n line will be neat, neat consonant n, together
with the vowel e, e, Let's take a look at
how we will write it. So the first stroke will go top to bottom and a little hook. And our second part, we'll look a little
bit like cool. Okay, so this is neat, neat. Let's try one more time. We will go down a hook and then little neat, neat. So this is our knee. Let's do two more times. 1231 more time. So we go down and hook 34. Remember to continue
the invisible line. Neat, neat.
28. Hiragana nu: Our next character
is no consonant, and together with the vowel 00, let's take a look. So our first stroke, we'll go left to right
and a little curved. And our second stroke
will be pretty long. So we will go down, up, down, make a
ribbon and done. We go one and then two, and we make a ribbon and
we get out of the ribbon. This is no, no. Let's try to write
down three more times. So stroke number one. Stroke number two, we go up and down and make
a ribbon and out. Twice more. 1234. But it's actually
just one long stroke. And our last one. So stroke
number one and number 21 in, down in the ribbon and out. So this is our character. No. No. Good.
29. Hiragana ne: Our next character
on the Hiragana n line is character net, net consonant and together
with the vowel a. So our first stroke is a
horizontal stroke, top to down. And our second stroke
is pretty long. So we go right. And then we go down, and then we go up and
make a little ribbon. So it's like we make
a z and we make a ribbon here, net, net. Let's try to write it
down three more times. So we go down, right down, up and
make a ribbon. Again. Down, right, down,
up and a ribbon. One more time. Down, vertical stroke,
right down, up. And a little ribbon
or a little fish. And this is our net. Net.
30. Hiragana no: Our last Hiragana
character for the M line is character No, no consonant. And together with
the vowel o, or. Let's take a look
at how we write it. So we start right here and we go down and back up and down. It looks a little
bit like number six lying down on the side. So this is not, not, Let's write it down again. Down, up and down, again. Down, up and down. Once more. Down, up and down. So this is our character. No, no.
31. TA & NA differences: And now I'd like to point out to Hiragana character Smith
might look a little similar. The first one is top and
the second one is not. So top character goes
first like this. 1234. While not character goes
a little like this. One to friend, fishy. So mainly the first
part is quite similar. The second part is
a little different. So for top, the second
part of the character looks a little bit like
little cool, cool. And for now, it just
looks like a little fish, little friend or a ribbon. So we have a friend
and a ribbon for now and a little caught for.
32. Hiragana ha: The next thing I can
align is the h line. So the consonant h will
go with the vowels i, o. And our first-year gonna
character for each line is hot. Let's take a look
at how we write it. We go top and down
with a little hook. And then horizontal stroke, left to right and then top to
bottom and the little fish. So this is hot. Few more times. So we have top to bottom
with a little hook, left to right, top to
bottom, a little fish. Perfect. One more time. 1234. And last time, top to bottom with
a little hook, left to right,
down and a ribbon. So this is our first aid sheet, are going to align character.
33. Hiragana hi: The second character for each line will be
character heat. Heat. So it's the consonant h
together with the vowel e. E. Let's take a look at
how we will write it. So we will start off by
going left to right, down, up and to the right. It looks a little bit like
letter V or letter U. Let's try to write this
down three more times. So we will go live
to write down, up and to the right. Once again, one 2341 more time. I'm saying 1234, but it
only has one stroke. As you can notice,
it's very continuous. So let's take a
look at it again. We have one going up
again and to the right. There it is. This is he he
34. Hiragana fu: So the next character
for the Hiragana, each line will be
character who it won't be, who, who won't be HQ. That will be
consonant and vowel. Let's take a look at
how we will write it. So hold on top to bottom, like this to the right. And the second one will be
little curve. Like this. The third will be a little bird. And to the right,
one more friend. This is foo. Foo. Let's try to write this
down a few more times. 1234, perfect. Again, 1234, and
once more, 1234. Perfect vs character foo, foo.
35. Hiragana he: The next year I got my H
line character will be hair. Hair, consonant, h. Together with vowel. There'll be only one stroke, and it will look like this. 12. Perfect. Let's write it down
a few more times. 12. Once more. One. To. The point going from top to bottom is a little longer
than the left part. So we'll go up and down. Perfect, this is, hey, hey.
36. Hiragana ho: The last character for Hiragana, each line will be
character whoa, whoa, consonant, h,
together with the bowel or, or. Let's take a look. The first stroke will go top
to down and a little hook. And then 234 goes down and makes a little
fish or a little ribbon. This is a whole horse. Let's write it down again. 1234. So this can be curved, this can be straight both ways. Work. One more time. 1234, Last 11234. This is hot, hot.
37. HA & HO differences: I would like to draw
your attention to two characters on the Hiragana, each line that are a
little bit similar. So the first character is half and the second one is home. Now let's try to
write them both down. So let's write down hop 123 with a little ribbon
or a little fish. For a whole, we have 1234. So as you can see, the only
difference is here there's one stroke and here
there are two strokes. How I memorize this when
I was learning Japanese, was that whole has a
roof on top of it. So here there's a roof in here. This line is sticking out because there's no
roof covering it.
38. Hiragana ma: The next thing I
can align that we will learn is the M line. So we will have the consonant
n together with the vowels, but we already know very well. So our first-time organic
character will be the character map consonant
and together with the vowel. Let's take a look at
how we will write it. So we have one stroke
to strokes and then align going
for both of them and making a little
ribbon or a little fish. So this is my mom. So we have one stroke to strokes
and stroke number three, going through them and making
a little fish or a ribbon. Let's write them
down two more times. 123. And again, 123. Perfect. This is Mark. Mark.
39. Hiragana mi: Our next Hiragana character
will be character meet me, consonant M, together
with the vowel E. E. So we will start off right here, one down, up, and to
the right, like this. And we'll cross it here. This is our second stroke, MI. So this is a little
bit more difficult. So we'll go from here, 12 down and up, make efficient to the right. So it's like writing a letter
j and then crossing it. Let's try to do it again. 123123, but it's
only one stroke. And bam, killers do it again. One fishy to the
right and cross. Perfect. You can give a straight
or you can do is curved. I tried to make it correct for
it to look a little nicer. And then again, 12. That's it. This is our character. Meet me. Very good.
40. Hiragana mu: Our next characters,
character move more consonant M
together with the vowel. Let's take a look. So our first stroke will be left to right,
a little bit up. The second one will be going
down and to the right. And the third one
will be a friend. So we go up, down, make a little
fisher ribbon, go down into the right and a
friend. Let's do it again. One to slowly curve it here. And a friend. Okay, a few more times, one to still 23. And the last 1123. Perfect. This is our mood.
41. Hiragana me: Our next Hiragana character
is character met, met consonant M,
together with the vowel. Let's go. First row goes down. Then from top to bottom, curve it and go in. Services met, met. And it looks like an eye. And also in Japanese
man means I. It's a good way to remember it. Let's write it down
a few more times. So one and then two and go in. Again. One to the side. Two from above, make
a ribbon and go in. And last 112,
ribbon and perfect, this is our character. Men met.
42. Hiragana mo: Our last character,
or the hero Diana, M line will be more, more consonant M together
with the vowel or, or. Let's take a look at
how we will write it. So we will have
stroke number one, stroke number two, and align
going for both of them. Perfect. Let's do it again. 123, very nice. 123. Once more. 123. Perfect. This is our character
more, more. And if you say Mama in Japanese, it will mean peach.
43. MA & MO differences: Now I would like to draw
our attention to do here I got my characters
that are similar. These two will be more and more. So how do we write mock? Mao was 123 with a
ribbon and down. So we have two strokes and
going down with a ribbon. While more hat also 12 strokes and hook going
through both of them. So this is a little ribbon
and this is a hook. So this is Matt. And more.
44. SU & MU differences: Here I cannot sue. And how do we write? So as you remember, we went left to write
down a ribbon and down. While with me. We went left to right down. And we made a curve here
and we added a friend. So the first part of Swiss, very similar to
first part of moon. But for So it ends here. And for mood continues and took curve and also
move has a friend. While sued doesn't
have a friend.
45. NU & ME differences: There are two characters,
but I like to take a look at our n. Okay? So now looks like this one too. And continuous. So we have a big curfew and
the little ribbon at the end. While for men, we
only have a stroke, one stroke to, and it ends. So they're very similar. But for me, it ends here. And four No, it's
still continuous into our little ribbon right here. So pay your attention to no end.
46. Hiragana ya: The next here gamma
line that we will learn will be dedicated to you. You're the first
Hiragana character that we will learn
for this will be, yeah, let's take a look
at how we will write it. First, we will start off
with a little curve here. Very elegant as you can see. The second struggle, Bill
Sterling here as a friend. And the last stroke will be a vertical side
stroke like this. This is our yap. Yeah. And let's try to
practice sitting in. So we start off with this
little beautiful roof. Our friend here. And third stroke is like this. Yeah, let's do it again. 123. And again. 123. Perfect. This is our hero gamma. Yeah, yeah.
47. Hiragana yu: The second Hiragana
character for this line will be character you, you. And we will write
it like this stroke one and stroke to
going through it. So there's only two strokes. Let's try it again. One goes down, goes back up
to the right, and goes in. And to. Perfect. Let's do it twice more. 12. Very good. And stroke one goes
down, goes up. And two, very good. This is our u.
48. Hiragana yo: Our last few dynamic
character for this line will be character your, your. The first stroke will be
left to write short stroke. The second one will be
a fish or a ribbon. Just like this. So we go left to
right and then down, make a ribbon and out. Let's do it again.
12, just two strokes. 12. Once more. 12. Perfect. This is our Yup. Yup.
49. Hiragana ra: Our next diagonal line will be the airline consonant
r with the $5. But we already know
the first character, but we will learn how
to write will be. Okay. So let's see how
we would write it. The first stroke will be a
little stroke right here. And then we will go
down and to the side. Let's try it again. So we have one top to
bottom and to the side. Very good. Once more. One to like this. One last time. Stroke number one and
stroke number two. This is Iraq.
50. Hiragana ri: The next character
will be eerie, eerie consonant art
together with the vowel E, E. So we will start
from the first stroke, top to bottom with
a little hook. And the second one will be down. Here, we have it. Let's try it again. 12. Perfect. 121 more. One. And To this is Eddie. Eddie.
51. Hiragana ru: Our next year I got
my character will be character rule, rule. We will write it like this. Left to right, down, up, make a circle, and make a little bubble. Bubble right here. It kinda looks
like number three. Let's do it again. Left to right, down, up and make a circle or above. Again. Left down. Like this. Left to right down
curve and a bubble. Again, left to right, down, up in a bubble. This is a row.
52. Hiragana re: Our next character
for he like an align. Our will be are there. And our first stroke
will be top to bottom. So we'll go down one. And then we will
go left to right, down, up and down and up. Okay? So we go left to right down, up, make a big wave, and then make a
little hook and up. Let's do it again. So top to bottom
as stroke number one and stroke number
two is very long. Lead to write down, up, make a wave and up. Let's do it again. Down, left to right, down, up wave little curve. And once more, down, left to right, down, up and the curve. Perfect. This is our character.
53. Hiragana ro: Our last character for the Hiragana airline
will be character row, row, consonant art together
with the vowel. Or. Let's take a look at
how we will write it. We will go left to right, down, up and finish here. It looks like number
three again, one. So left to right, down, up, make a big wave and go out. Let's do it again. 123123, but it's one stroke as you can see. So we go left or right, down, curve, left and right, down, up and curve. Rot.
54. RU & RO differences: I would like to draw
your attention to two similar characters in
this line, loop and row. So the way we write the rule, we go left to right, down, up a curve and a bubble. For Rho, we go left to right, down, up a wave and mapping. So the only difference
between a row and row has this bubble
that through has.
55. Hiragana wa: Now we will learn the last
three characters of Hiragana. Wow, war. And we will start with why. Why. So we go top to bottom, left to right, down. And in It's very similar
to already two characters, but we have had it there. And I'll show you the difference after we finished learning
these characters. So let's try again. We have top to bottom, left to right,
down, up and curve. This is why again, top to bottom, left to right, down, up and in. Top to bottom, left
to right, down, up. And in. Perfect, this is our character. Why? Why?
56. Hiragana wo: And now we will learn
the character walk. Walk. We write it like this. Horizontal, left to
right, top to bottom. Curve it out, stop here. So we have 12 strokes
and number three is a hook, an extra hook. We get. This is our war. Well, let's try it again. Left to right, top to bottom. Curve it out, stop. Make a hook. Perfect. Again. Left to right, top to bottom, curve it out, stop. Little hook. And last one. Left to right, top to bottom, curve it out, stop a
little hook we add. And this is our
war, war character.
57. Hiragana n: And now we will learn
the last sheet. I've got my character. And it's like n. While we say. So, we write it like this. We go top to bottom, up, curve it out and up. It looks like h, k.
Let's do it again. Top to bottom. Curve it up and
down and up, again. Down, up, down, curve, down, up, down curve. And this is an and, and
58. NE, RE, WA differences: And I would like to highlight
the difference between the most similar Hiragana
character so that students often have some trouble
with these characters are. And why? Let's take a look
at how they look. So for the first stroke is the vertical line top to bottom. And then it goes
left or right, down, up and make a little ribbon. This is net, net force. Again, we have the vertical
stroke top to bottom. We go left to right, down, up and curve it out. Very elegant at it. And for Y, we also
have top to bottom, left to right, up. And in. So this is net rent. And the only difference
is this little fish, this little curve, and this
little wave that goes in. So if you remembered this
little tiny difference, when you'll be reading, you'll be able to
tell the difference between red and white.
59. Hiragana Diacritical Marks: I would like to introduce you to Japanese diacritical marks. Now, what is a diacritical mark? A diacritical mark is a mark or sign attached to a
letter or a character, in this case to Japanese
Hiragana characters. In writing, a diacritic is
a mark added to a letter, which means that it's
pronounced differently from how we normally
would pronounce it. It modifies the way the
sound is pronounced. Let me give you a quick
example before we jump in. Normally this would
be the sound cool, but a diacritical mark will
make it sound like Gou. So instead of grading additional
characters in Hiragana, we will just add these marks. By the way, a little
spoiler alert. We will have these marks
and Katakana as well, but we'll talk about it in the Katakana part of the course. So let's say we have our K line. So we have, then we have key, then we have cool, Then we have and we have cool. So we have cocky cookie. But if we add diacritical
marks like this, I like to call them Tintin. They will become
gotta go get and go. Gotta go, get, go. And now let's see, we
have our Hiragana S line. So we have saw she said. And so if we add diacritical
marks to it, like this, two friends, these
sounds will turn into g and g. Now let's say we
have our T line, so we have touch it. So we have top sheet. And tall. If we add diacritical
marks like this, it will turn into
the g Again there. And what could be a D here? Do the door. Now let's see, we have our
h line with hi, hey, hey. Let's write it now. Heat food here and with a roof. Okay. I'll write it down twice
and I'll tell you why. So we have her he again, foo. And I wrote it twice because we have two types
of diacritical marks. So if we add too high, he Fool, Hey, these ones, Ten, Ten, Ten, Ten, Ten,
Ten, Ten, Ten. This would become bar B.
Boo, Bear and bought. If we add a little bubble here. Hi, hey foo here Hall will
turn into par, pee, **** pair.
60. Hiragana Double Consonants: Double consonants and the long vowels are
a little tricky. Because if we don't write it
or say it in the right way, the meaning of the
word could change. So we use a small suit to create double consonants when
we pronounce them, it will feel like a slight
pause when pronouncing words. Let me give you an example. Let's take a look at how it
may look like when writing. Now I would like to tell you
about the small letter to. So when we learn our
letters in the TTY line, we had so that
looks like a wave, like a tsunami wave. So this is our two. Now, there's a really small
tube that's double as small. And it looks like
this. It's very tiny and it has a
separate purpose. Now let's take a look at
double consonants of Hiragana. So here we have the big two, and here we have the
small to the big toe. We pronounce as
to the small two, we do not pronounce, added makes the consonant
coming after it becomes double. Now we can only see this one. We look at the Latinized
script called rama G. But I don't recommend
doing that. Just imagine that we
don't pronounce this. And the sound that comes after, we'll have a little
pause before it. So this first word would
sound like yep, body. Body. And it would mean I knew it. The second one would
sound like sassy. Sassy. Mean magazine. The third
one is your goody. Goody. And it means slowly. It went. So you can see we make little
small breaks, whole pauses, and here, nice journal. And last one there. Postal mark. Very good.
61. Prolonged Vowels: Our next step is
prolonged bouts. Prolonged vowels are
used to lengthen the pronunciation of
sounds in Japanese. Using the wrong pronunciation can cause you to say
a different word, what a different meaning, which may result in confusion
during a conversation. Let me give you some examples. Could, which means shoes, and K2, which means pain. We will also have prolonged
vowels and Katakana, but it will be done
in a different way. So we'll discuss it later. Now let's take a look at
prolonged vowels and Hiragana. The first group are
the ones where we will make our E or prolonged. So to do that, we will just add
a sound that will be the exactly same sound that the character we want
to prolong ends in. So let's take a look at
this word, which is Carson. Carson. So here
we have car, car, so it ends in r. So in order
to prolong are we will add an extra and it will
become or Carson. Carson. And then means mother. Now here we have or Nissan. Nissan. This is n0, N0, n and e. So it ends in E and we have to add an extra e to prolong it. Then it sounds like on
Nissan holder rubber. Get. Another case is when we
want to prolong air. So we can either
prolong it by adding another air or by adding e. The first case is the word
egg, which means movie. So a lot of people would
pronounce it as agar. Agar by pronouncing the
E, but it's incorrect. We're prolonging the air. So it's egg. This is an exception. Or we just add another air, like the word on-air, sun on S and older sister
because we have NAD, it ends in S, So we add an
extra air on S. Very good. Now when we want to belong
or we add an O after it. So we have the word Ohio. Ohio, which means good morning. So here we have your y and o, so we add o. And it makes the
All longer Ohio. Very good. And we have a few
exceptions where the OH comes in the
beginning of the word. So we add another or
to make it longer, like the word or key, or key. So this is double o or Osaka. Osaka, or k-means bank, and also the name of the city. This is exception when it's
in the beginning of the word.
62. Hiragana Contracted Sounds: And now I will teach you about contracted Japanese
sounds of Hiragana. Now, contracted sounds in
Hiragana, how they work. So there are certain
evil characters, for example, key or like here, or she or me, that are followed by smaller
sized Yeah, your characters. So before we learn, yeah, you, you're as big characters, but now we have them here, small n, they will create new sounds and Hiragana
when coming together. You remember we had
this big letters yeah. That we wrote like this. U that we wrote like this. And you're that we
wrote like this. Now these are our big
hit, an annual letters. We will have a smaller version of these that look very tiny like this, like this. And like this. And they have a separate purpose when they come together
with letters like this. Let's say we have big hit. I got a letter. Next. Next we have this
small yeah, not the big. Yeah. It would look like this. Then we could have a big here again like key and the
small u like this. And the small You would
look like this, very tiny. We could also have big
Hiragana and a small. Now I will explain you what these little combinations mean. So now that we have
taken a look at the contracted
sounds of Hiragana, let's take a look
at all the possible sounds that can be
contracted in Hiragana. So there are a few
exceptions where we skipped the why and she will
be first of them. So we skip the y here, but we still pronounce
it as Shang Shu. Sure, very good. Another exception is t. It will be to show perfect. And now the knee together
with yo-yo will be. Now. New. Sounds, very cute. Just like our next one, which is Mee, Mee,
moo, moo. Perfect. Our next one is we
will have here hue. Very good. With Eddie. We will have here do. And we also have
Hiragana characters with diacritical marks that can have contracted sounds when they
come together with the IU. So d is first of them. You go. This is how it would sound. Our next one is G. Sound like ju, ju, ju, perfect. And our last ones are here
with diacritical marks. So with p, it will sound
like PR, few, pure. B. It will sound like bill. Perfect.
63. Katakana intro: Katakana is the exact equivalent of Hiragana when it
comes to pronunciation. The main difference is that all the characters looked
different to that of Hiragana.
64. Katakana a: And now it's time to learn the first five cut
that kind of vowels. Let's get started. We'll start with vowel. The first stroke. We'll go left to right and
a little bit down. So let's take a look. We'll go left to right and down. Just like this. While we're going down, It's a little curved, but not too much. We should know that cut
the comma strokes are very sharp and quite different
from Hiragana strokes. Hiragana strokes are
very elegant and light. Well it got the kind
of strokes are really sharp like a knife or katana. So this was our first stroke, left to right, down. Now our second stroke is
going down from here, down. This is R. Let's try to write it
down three more times. So we will go left to right and down. Perfect One more time. Left to right and down. And to perfect One more time. Left to right and down. And top to bottom, down. This is our perfect.
65. Katakana i: Now we will learn vowel e. E. First stroke will go top to bottom and from right to left. So it's like a
little curve. One. Perfect. And our second stroke will
go straight top to bottom. Two. This is r, e, e. Let's write it down again. One. Very good. Too. Perfect. One more time. 1212. This is r e e e.
66. Katakana u: The next character we will learn will be the cutter canal. So let's take a look
at the stroke order. The first stroke will
go top to bottom short. The next drug will go top
to bottom as well, short. And the first stroke we'll
go left to right and down. This is our very good. Let's try it a few more times. So top to bottom short, top to bottom, left
to right and down. Very good. Again. Top to bottom short, top to bottom, left
to right and down. And the last one, top to bottom, short. Top to bottom, left
to right and down. Perfect. So this is our O.
67. Katakana e: The next character we
will learn will be kappa. Cannot it? Let's take a look at
the stroke order. So first we will go left
to right, short stroke. Perfect. Then we will
go top to bottom, down and left to right, a little longer stroke. Perfect, so this is our air. Let's try to write it
down a few more times. So we will go left to right, top to bottom, and longer. Very good. Left to right, top to bottom. Longer. One more time. Left to right, top to bottom, longer. This is our cut that
cannot add. It.
68. Katakana o: Now we will learn the
Katakana character or, or. The first line will be a
horizontal line left to right. Let's go one. Perfect. The second line will
go top to bottom, and then make a little hook. And last stroke will go here
from the center to the left. Let's do it again. So we go left to right. It can be a little
shorter than here. Then top to bottom
and to the left. Let's do it one more time. Left to right, top to bottom, hook to the left. And one more time,
left to right. The bottom left. This is our O or
69. Katakana ka: Now we will learn
Katakana key line, the first character where
we will learn his car. Let's try to write it down. So the first stroke,
we'll go left to right and down and make a hook. So let's take a look. Left to right, sharp
down and hook. Notice that this angle is very sharp and the bottom
is sharp as well. The next stroke is top
to bottom, like this. So this is quite similar to
the Hiragana character car, but it's a little different. The Hiragana
character cop is more elegant with a curve here. This nice angle. And he'd have gotten a
cat also has a friend. Katakana cat doesn't have
a friend next to it. Let's write it down
a few more times. Stroke number one, left
to right, sharp down. Second stroke. Perfect. Again. Left to right sharp down. Go through. Last one. Left to
right sharp down. Go through. This is our Kappa Gamma cop car.
70. Katakana ki: The next Katakana character
that we will learn will be the character T key. The first stroke will be left
to right a little bit up. Second one will be also left
to right a little bit up. And the third one
will go through one. So this is key, key. You can remember it by
thinking about a key because it kind of looks like
a key shaped like a key. Perfect. So let's write it down
a few more times. 123. 123. The second stroke is longer
than the first one here. And last 1123. This is R kappa comma key, key.
71. Katakana ku: The next cut, the comma
character that we will learn will be
the character who? Cool. Let's take a look at
the stroke order. The first stroke will
be a little curved and we'll go down like this. And the second stroke
we'll go left to right and down as well. It's a little curve here. Okay, Let's try to write
it down a few more times. 12. Cool. Okay, Very good. One more time down. Down. Okay. And one
more time down, left to right down. This one is a little bit
shorter than the other ones. So this is our
cutback, kinda cool. Cool.
72. Katakana ke: And now we will learn the cat. The cat. Cat. The first stroke will be very
similar to the one before. So cool. We had this stroke going down. And for care this
is the same stroke. So down, little curved. The second stroke is
left to right, long one. And the third stroke
is just going down. Little curved and down. So we have 123. Very good. So let's
do 12 longer. And three. Very good. Top to bottom, left to right, down, top to bottom, left to right, down. So this is our cut
that comma Kit. Kat.
73. Katakana ko: You will learn the
Katakana caught. Caught. Let's take a look at
the stroke order. So the first stroke, we'll go left to right and down. And our second stroke
we'll go left to right. So this is caught. Caught. Let's write it down
a few more times. So left to right, down, left to right, left to right, down, left to right, left to right, down, left to right. Perfect. This is our core.
74. KU & KE differences: Now we will learn the
difference between Katakana character is cool. Okay, so let's try to write down the Katakana cooling care. So the first one will
be cool for stroke. And then the second stroke. And K is very similar. So first stroke, second
stroke is a little longer, and this is the third stroke. So as you can see, the only
difference between cooling care is this part right here. So you have to prolong it.
75. Katakana sa: Now we will learn
the Katakana S line or first character for this line will be
the first stroke. We'll go left to right. One horizontal stroke,
left to right. The second stroke will
go top to bottom. To the first stroke will go top to bottom and
a little bit to the left. Three. Perfect. Let's write
it down again. Left to right,
horizontal stroke. Top to bottom. Top to bottom, go left. Very nice. Let's do it again. Left to right, top to bottom, top to bottom left. Amazing. And one more time,
left to right, top to bottom, top
to bottom left. This is our Kappa gamma sat.
76. Katakana shi: And now we will learn
the Katakana character. She, she. So the first stroke
will go top to bottom. Very short, a little
bit to the side. The second stroke will
go top to bottom, short a little bit to the side. And the first stroke will
go from the bottom up. This is xi. Xi. Let's try it again. So I number one because it
looks like a Smiley face. I number two. And then from bottom
going up the Smiley face, she she lets do it again. 1231 more time. 123. Very good. So this is she. She remembered the stroke
order 12 and bottom up. Perfect.
77. Katakana su: Now let's learn the
Katakana character. So the first stroke, we'll go left to right and down. The second stroke will go
to the right. Perfect. Let's do it again. So
first stroke we'll go left to right and down. And the second stroke
will go top to bottom to the right and left to right and down and
down to the right. Left to right, down, down to the right. This is kappa can assume. So.
78. Katakana se: Now we will learn a cut
back on my character set. Set. The first stroke will go
top up and curve like this. Good. And the second stroke will go top to bottom and to the right. Very good. Let's do it again for say, will go up and the hook, and then down into the right. Perfect Again. And hook down into the right. Last one. And hook down and to the right. This is our set. Say.
79. Katakana so: And our last kappa comma S
line character will be sore. So let's take a look
at the stroke order for the first stroke
will go top to bottom, angled left to right one. And our second stroke will
go top to bottom, like this. So this will be salt. Salt. Let's do it again. 12. So very good. 1212. So great job.
80. Katakana ta: The next get that
kind of line that we will know will be the t line. So our first deal in character
forgot the comma will be. Let's take a look at
the stroke order. So we'll go top to
bottom, curved like this. Left to right and down. So this is very similar to cool, but are only difference is
this line coming in here. And this is very good. Let's do it one more time. Down, angled left to right, and down to the left. And an extra stroke right here. Let's do it again. Top to bottom to the left, left to right and down to
the left and extra stroke. And one more, pop
the bottom curve, left and right and
down to the left. And an extra stroke. This is perfect.
81. Katakana chi: Our next cutter comma
t line character will be character CI. Ci. Okay, let's take a
look at the stroke order. Will go right to left
and curved like this. Second stroke will
be left to right. And our first stroke will
be curved towards the left, like this, g, g. Let's
write it down again. So right to left, left to right, and
then down to the left. Okay. Again, left to right to left. Left to right, down to the left, right to left, left to
right, down to the left. This is character ci.
82. Katakana tsu: And now we will take a look
at the stroke order of, so let's start the first stroke. The second stroke, and
stroke top to bottom. Perfect. Let's write it
down three more times. 1231231 more time. 123. Perfect. So pay
attention and it goes down. And this is one and perfect.
83. Katakana te: Our next character will be
character. Let's take a look. The first stroke will be a horizontal stroke
left to right. 1. Second stroke will be horizontal stroke a
little bit longer than the first one,
left to right. And the third stroke,
we'll go down to the left. Perfect, this is tap. Tap. Let's do it again. One, left to right
to left to right. Three down to the left. One left to right to
left to write longer. Three to the left. Left to right, left to right, and to the left. Perfect, this is our character.
84. Katakana to: Our last character for Kappa Gamma t line
will be character. Let's try to write it down. First stroke will go top
to bottom vertically. So one like this. And our second stroke
will go to the right. Two. Very good. This is our top. Top. Let's do it again. Vertically, top-to-bottom
and taught to the right. Top to bottom, to the right. Top to bottom to the right. Or you get, this is
our character thought. Thought.
85. SHI & TSU differences: And now we will learn
the difference between Katakana character she and so. Okay, so let's take a look at
the stroke order of sheet. And so we will start
by writing down she. So here we go, 123. So let's number
these strokes 123. And this is going up. And then it will go like this. We'll go 12 and then three. So let's number them 12. And this is three
and it's going down. So a lot of the
students, including me, when I started learning, had
problem with this character. They both look
like Smiley faces. So just remember that this
one is going up for Xi. And for two it's going down. And also the stroke
order for their eyes. But some students
make mistakes here. It's okay. But if you want to
write it perfect, just remember the stroke order.
86. Katakana na: Now we will learn the
kappa, kappa M line. So the first character for
this line will be not. Let's take a look at
the stroke order. So first we will have a
stroke left to right, one, just like this. And the second stroke will
be going top to bottom left. So it will be curved like this. Are you good? This is not mat. Let's write it down
a few more times. So left to right, top to bottom left. Very good. Again. Left to right, top
to bottom left. Last one. Left to right, top to
bottom left. Very good. This is not.
87. Katakana ni: Our next character will be Nee. Nee. Let's take a look at
the stroke order. First we will have a short
stroke left to right one. And our second stroke
will be a long stroke, left to right to perfect. This is neat, neat. Let's do it again. Left
to right, short one. Left to right, long one. Neat. Very good. Again. Left-to-right short one,
left to right long one. And again, left to
right short one. Left-to-right, long one. Neat. Neat.
88. Katakana nu: Our next character for
katakana n line will be character No, no. Let's take a look at
the stroke quarter. So we will go left
to right and down. And our second stroke will be to going through it. Very good. Let's do it again.
Left to right, down and to again, left-to-right, down
to going through it and left to right down
and going through it. So this is not know.
89. Katakana ne: The next type of character that we will learn
will be character. Now, let's take a look
at the stroke order. The first stroke will
be left to right, a little bit down. Very short stroke. The second stroke will be
left to right and down. The first stroke will
be down vertically. And the fourth stroke will
be left to right, like this. Okay, Let's try to write
it down a few more times. So first row goes left to right, then left to right and down. Then we will have
it vertically down. And one to the right. Okay, let's do it again. To the right, left to
right and down vertically, down to the right. One more time. Down,
left to right, down vertically
down to the right. So this is our character net.
90. Katakana no: Our last couple comma N line
character will be character, not know, there will be only one
stroke in this character. So let's take a look. We will go from here and make a little wave or a little
curve to the left. Okay, let's do it again. So we go down to the left. Down to the left. Down to the left. Says character No. No.
91. Katakana ha: Our next step I can align them. We will learn how to
write will be the h line. So the first character for
each line will be character. Let's take a look at
the stroke order. The first row, we'll
go down to the left. And the second stroke will
go straight to the right. Okay, let's do it again. Down to the left, straight to the right. This is hot hot. Steward again, down to the left, straight to the right. Nice Kate. And one more time,
down to the leg. Straight the right. Very good. This is character hot, hot.
92. Katakana hi: Our next character will be heat. Heat. The third stroke for character, he will go left to
right straight. Our second character
will go top to bottom and to the right. Very good. One more time. Left to right,
down to the right. Left to right,
down to the right. Again, left to right, down to the right. Perfect.
93. Katakana fu: Our next character
will be character foo. Foo. The stroke order
will look like this. We will go left to
right and down. Very good. Let's write
it down a few more times to write them. Left to right and down. Once you're going down, release the pen and left
to right and down. This is our character foo. Foo.
94. Katakana he: Our next character for katakana h line will
be character hit. Hit. The stroke order
will look like this. We will go left to right, up and down. Very good. Let's do it again. So there's only one stroke, left to right, up and down. It's very similar to
the Hiragana, one. Left to right, up and
down, up and down. So this is our hair. Hair.
95. Katakana ho: In our last couple, comma h line character
will be character, whoa. Whoa. The first stroke, we'll
go left to right. The second stroke will go top to bottom and make
this little hook. The third stroke will go down. The fourth stroke will go down. This is our whole. Let's write
it down a few more times. Lift to write down
a hook down, down. Let's do it again. Laughter, write down
a hook down, down. This one can be longer. Left to write down
a hook down, down. So this is our **, **.
96. Katakana ma: Our next cut the line
will be the M line. The first character will be, let's take a look at
the stroke order. So we will go left to right and down and close it.
Let's do it again. So you will go live to
write down and close it says are much more time
left to write down, close it. Left to right,
down and close it. This is our map.
97. Katakana mi: Our next character
is character meat. Meat. This one is an easy one. Let's take a look at
how we will write it. So we will have 123
lines going up. You can curve them
if you want it. So it can look like 123123123, meat meat.
98. Katakana mu: Our next character for our katakana M line
will be character. Let's take a look. We will go down to the
right and close it. Very good. Let's do it again. Down to the right and
close it like a triangle. Okay, so down to the left, to the right, up, close it. Down, up, close it. This is our rule.
99. Katakana me: Our next characters,
character met. Met. We will have only
two strokes here, so one will be top to
bottom to the left, one. And our second one will
be going through it. Too. Perfect. Services met met. One to go through it. One to go through it. One to go through it. This is met. Met.
100. Katakana mo: Our last katakana
M line character will be character more, more. Let's take a look at
how we will write it. The third stroke will be
left to write short stroke. Second one will be left
to write longer stroke, and the third one will
go down to the right. This is our model. Let's write down
a few more times. Left to the right, left, to the right. Down to the right. Very good. After the right. Left to the right, down to the right. Left to the right,
left to the right, down to the right. Maybe prolonged this
one a little bit. Very good. This
is our character.
101. MA & MU differences: And now we will learn the
difference between Catholic and my characters and more. Now let's take a look
at the stroke order for characters and more. So I will start with mom, will go left or right down and we'll close it will be mom. And for Mu we'll go down to
the right and close it more. So the only difference
is the side that it goes to goes down like this, and this one goes
down and up again. Just like this.
102. Katakana ya: Now it's your time for
the Katakana wireline, the first character
will be, yeah. Let's take a look. So the
first stroke will go up and the hook and the second
stroke will go down. So this is very similar
again to Hiragana. Yeah. But Maya is way more elegant and curvy
and has a friend. I cannot yet, doesn't
have a friend. Let's write it down
a few more times. One hook to one up and hook. And to go through it. One hook, go through it. This is our Yap.
103. Katakana yu: Now we will write the
copper comma u. U. The first stroke. Well go left to right and down. And the second stroke we'll
go left to right along one. This is very good. So we'll go left to right, down and then left
to right long one. Again. Left to right down. Left to right long
one more time. Left to right them.
To write long one. This is u. U.
104. Katakana yo: And our next Katakana
character, this character, yup. Yup. Let's write it down. So it will go left to right and down, and left to right, and left to right. Perfect. Very good. Let's write it down
a few more times. Left to right and down. Left to right, and
left to right. Left to right, down, left to right, left to right. It looks like a reversed
e letter E. But it is, you're, you're writing
down one more time. 1234. Perfect. With this. Uh, yup, yup.
105. Katakana ra: Let's learn the
Katakana airline. The first character
for this line will be the character. Let's
write it down. There. Stroke will be
short, left to right. The second one will be longer left to right and
we will go down. Perfect. Let's do it again. Left to right, left
to right and down. Left to right, left
to right them let go. Or that one more time. Left to right, left
to right down. Perfect. This is rough.
106. Katakana ri: Our second character
is character Eddie. Eddie, our first stroke is
top to bottom short stroke. A second stroke is
down to the left. Very good. Let's do it again.
Down, down to the left, down down to the left, and down, down to the left.
107. Katakana ru: Our next character will
be character row. Row. And the first stroke will be top to bottom to the
left. Very good. And our second stroke will
go top to bottom and a hook. So this is little row.
Let's do it again. Down and down, hook, down and down, hook, down and down, hook. Very good. This is rho. Rho.
108. Katakana re: Our next character
for the Katakana are light, is character there. Let's try to write it down. So we will go down and up. Let's write it down again. Down and up, and up
and down and up. Very good. This is character.
109. Katakana ro: Our last character for the Katakana airline
is character row. Row. Let's write it down. So the first stroke
is top to bottom. Second stroke is left
to right and down. And the first stroke
left to right. This is rho. Rho. Let's write it down again. 123 are all very good. 123123, the rot. Very good.
110. Katakana wa: And now it's time for our
Alaska that can align. In this lesson, we will
learn characters, why war? And let's try to write it down. First stroke is top
to bottom short, and then left to right and down. This is y. Let's do it again. 12. Very good. 1212. Very good.
This is Katakana. Wow. Wow.
111. Katakana wo: Let's write down Katakana
character Wo war. The first stroke will
be left to right. So 12 and the second stroke
will be two, right here. Good. Let's do it again. One and down to one
and down and two. Very good. One and down. Two. This is kappa cannot war, war.
112. Katakana n: Our last couple of common
character will be, let's take a look at
the stroke order. The first stroke
will be like this. And the second
stroke will go up. So from bottom up. Let's do it again. 121212. So this is our
113. N & SO differences: And now we will
learn the difference between katakana characters. And so now let's take a look at the
stroke order of and saw. So we will start with the first stroke will
go down like this. And the second one will go up. And saw. The first stroke
will go down like this, and the second stroke
will go down like this. So again, remember is going
up and saw is going down. And also for the first stroke here is more tilted to the left. Perfect.
114. FU NU RA WO differences: And now we will
learn the difference between for catacomb of characters who know her and war. Let's take a look at
the stroke order of these five katakana characters. I have trouble memorizing
them when I started learning Japanese because
they were very alike. So let's start with
the character war. So we will write war like this. Then we will have character, wow, that looks like this. Then we will have character
array, looks like this. Then we will have character
who looks like this, and character that
looks like for, but it has this crossing here. Now. These five are
alike and it's hard to remember them or you'll
keep mixing them up. So the best advice is to pay attention to little details
that make them different. For example, foo
is very different. It has nothing on top of it. It's bear and I
would call it naked. Now for our app, it has a little
roof on top of it. For a while. It has a
little door in front of it, so it's hard to enter it. You can remember it that way. What has a little
thing inside of it, and know has a crossing here. So these are the little
details that could help you memorize them and
you can also find funny ways to learn them.
115. Katakana Diacritical Marks: Now we will learn about
katakana diacritical marks. Now for katakana
diacritical marks, we have two types. We have the little 1010 and
we have a little bubble, as I like to call them. And our cup icon and diacritical marks
will sound like this. With cookie, cookie, cool. It will sound like got
Jie, Gou, Gei, go. Sachets successor
will sound like czar. G. There. Patty tall will
sound like the G. The door. So she and T, when they have
diacritical marks, they will sound very
similar like g. And for high heat flow here, it will sound like
bar B bar n bar p pu. Pay for. Very good.
116. Katakana Contracted Sounds: Now we will learn about
contracted sounds in Katakana. Contracted katakana
sounds are the same as Hiragana
contracted sounds. Here, certain evil characters are also followed
by small-sized. Yeah, you're, the
only difference is that the same sounds are
written in Katakana now. And also there are a few
examples of add drop the y, just like in Hiragana. Now let's take a look at these contracted
katakana sounds. So when we have key
and small yo-yo, they will be Q. Cure. When we have Shi I marked it with little star,
we will drop the y. So we will have Shao Shu show. For cheats also an exception. We won't add the y. So it will be to show knee together with
yo-yo will sound like, yeah, you know, me, together with those
characters will be Mu, meal. Very cute sounds. He will sound like here. You will be Huldah who do. Now G or key with two diacritical marks
will sound like you. You're she would do diacritical
marks will sound like, Gee, Jack, Jew jaw. Very good. And now for our last
contracted sounds of katakana, we will have here with
their diacritical marks. So when we will have p, it will be pure, pure, pure. And when we will have be, it will be b-a Bill. Bill. Very good. That's it for our katakana
contracted sounds.
117. Katakana Double Consonants and Prolonged Vowels: We already learned about double consonants and
prolonged vowels. When we learn Hiragana, well, gotta kinda has them as well, and we will learn about
it in this lesson. So it's a double consonants and katakana work in exactly
the same way as Hiragana. We have the big, too
small, too small, too silent, and we use it to
make the double consonants. So the first word would sound like, and it would mean cup. The second one would be suck. Suck. Here we not only have
a double consonant, but we have a prolonged vowel. And it means soccer football and last one is ticket though. To get dl. Here we have a small pause
and means ticket. Very good. Now prolonged vowels and katakana work a little
bit differently. We don't add an extra sound, we add a dash. So to make the vowel
longer after the vowel, we just add a dash. Let's take a look. The
first word is caudal. Caudal. So we have car and
we want to prolong the, so we just add a dash and
it becomes caudal card. Now we have the word page. Page. It means page. Next one is o ortho
core to the prolonged, or we add the dash core, coat. Or he or he, we have to prolonged vowels
here, that means coffee. Our next word is Sue. Sue par, which means supermarket also to
prolonged vowels. And made, made only one prolonged vowel and it means e-mail. Very good.
118. Class Project: Our class project is to write down ten words that
you liked the most from the list that is provided in the resource section
of this course. If you're extremely motivated, write them all down. It will boost your
writing skills and also expand your vocabulary. Please share the words
that you write down in the class project section
so I can review them. I will introduce all of
the vocabulary to you now, but it is also available
in the resource section. Let's go and now we
will take a look at the recommended
vocabulary and I will read every word in
Japanese for you. I o, yeah. Yeah. A key or key. Aka cow. Comment. Kdc. Key. Keep getting good amount. Could see Kim Marie. Psi star can see Sica, semi, semi Sartre dot, core, dot k, TKI, kit, pair, gummy. Talk a dirty nasa. Tiny in neck called naughty. Keynote. Hannah.
Hoch. Hussy. He could Fernet Hen, hit that. Horn it. Mackey. My my Mee, Mee, Mee, Mee, Mee t. Mercy. Most Scott,
most men may commit. Messi. More and more. Matsui. Here. He AKA soccer. You Qi, you met your mother. Your day. This guy here to here to here. They look good. Boy. He Mayawati, can tan. Now some katakana words. I so Cody, cup, core. Core. He sat superstar, ticket, handbag, Piazza page. That's it for the vocabulary.
119. Outro: Good job on completing this
Hiragana and katakana course. I'm really, really
proud of you and thank you for joining
us on this course. And I hope to see
in our next one.
Rosita and Jason, Learn By Doing
