Learn Katakana | Japanese for Beginners

1. Course Introduction: Hello and welcome to cut the panel basics online course. My name is Andy, and in this course, you'll learn how to read words written in Katakana. Katakana is one of the three alphabets in the Japanese writing system. Most people start by learning Cato gonna Katakana, Kanji. So if you haven't learned yet, I highly suggest you check out my dog on a course before taking this one. Qatar canal follows the same pronunciation pattern as Hiragana, and it follows most of the same rules. However, we use katakana forwards are originated from other languages, e.g. pisa, which means pizza, bassoon, which means bus, and neck good acid, which means Nicholas. We often refer to these words as loan words. You'll also see foreign names and places written in Katakana. Like Tomer for Tom Petty, for Paris, and Canada. For Canada. You may occasionally see copper can I use to emphasize words in a sentence similar to the way we would bold or italicized words in English. Lastly, you may see Japanese words that have very difficult Kanji written in Katakana. For this reason, you'll often see animals and insects written in Katakana, e.g. cheating and higher. Here's a quick read through of each Katakana character. E, Wu Qi Qu K. C to say so. T to the top. Now Ni Nu naught high, he who hear me? They're more. Yeah. You your dy du the door. Or believe it or not, there are a ton of loan words that sound similar to words in English and are easy to memorize. Learning katakana will help you expand your vocabulary quickly. Over the next several lessons, we'll practice reading each individual character. Good luck, and I'll see you in the next video. 2. a i u e o | アイウエオ: In this lesson, we'll learn the Katakana characters for the five vowel sounds in Japanese. The first character will learn is R. R is for icecream. Which of these characters is? The next character will learn is e. E. E is for ER home Internet. Which of these characters is e? E, i, i. I don't, I don't. The next character will learn is woo. Woo hoo is for the good at it. Which of these characters is who could edit? Who could edit? Outdoor? Outdoor? Reduces, reduces. The next character will learn is, is for a bit alkaline. Which of these characters is at rest? The final character will learn is all. 0 is for unmuted too. Orangey. Or which of these characters is Biodesign? Biodesign. We learned the characters who bought. In the next lesson, we'll learn the characters Qi Qu care. See you in the next video. 3. ka ki ku ke ko | カキクケコ: In this lesson, we'll learn the characters car key k. Before we begin, let's talk about how to create a long vowels in Katakana. Hiragana, we would create long vowels by adding a vowel to the end of a character. In Katakana, we would add a line to the end of a character to extend the vowel sound. E.g. Saqqara, which means soccer. K key, which means cake, law, which means rope. The first character will learn is cop. Cop. Car is for Comdata card in the car. Which of these characters is Caudal? Caudal or gardener? Ocarina. The next character will learn is key. Key. Key is for q. We teaching key. Which of these characters is key? Qe, QE, T-shirt, t-shirt. The next character will learn is could. Could. Could, is for cookie. Could easily master. Which of these characters is crazy? Crazy. Make me. The next character will learn is cat. Cat is for k, K ketchup. Which of these characters is k? K, k, K, k. Care. The final character will learn is called port is for Coca-Cola coin. Which of these characters is called? Coca-cola? Coca-cola. Ocon? Gone. Key, key, caught. Caught. We learn the characters, car, key k. In the next lesson, we'll learn the characters. Good day. See you in the next video. 4. ga gi gu ge go | ガギグゲゴ: In this lesson, we'll learn the characters. Go to review, what is this character? How would you read this character? Guy though? Guy though? God or God, or what does this character T. How would you read this character? Dr. Yeah. I do D added wiki. What does this character? How would you read this character? Good, good. Goo. Goo about King. King. What does this character how would you read this character? Get get Game. Game Store. Yes. What does this character how would you read this character? Go, go go good to go, Good to go to go to get dy, dy, Go, go, go, go. Gu, gu. We lend the characters, got to go. In the next lesson, we'll learn the characters to say. So. See you in the next video. 5. sa shi su se so | サシスセソ: In this lesson, we'll learn the characters. She say. The first character will learn is sock. Sock. Sock is for Saqqara. Which of these characters? Psycho, psycho, sine. Sine. The next character will learn is she? She? She is for, she saw Cinnamon. See. Note that the character C looks very similar to the character to. When writing sheet, you'll want to make sure that the first two strokes are horizontal and the third stroke is written from the bottom up. Which are these characters? Is she? She? Nausea, nausea. C2. See. The next character will learn is Sue is for Summa home. Stay key. Which of these characters is taste? Sweet? Sweet? The next character will learn is set. Set is for data set or the set. Which of these characters is set? Centi. Centi said OD. Said OD. Say to, say do. The final character will learn is salt. So it's for sulfa soda. So note that the characters so looks very similar to the character when writing. So you'll want to make sure that the first stroke is vertical and the second stroke is written from the top down. Which of these characters is so? So Seesaw, Seesaw puzzle, puzzle gone. So she said, we learned the character's thoughts she sought. In the next lesson, we'll learn the characters, the z zoo there. So see you in the next video. 6. za ji zu ze zo | ザジズゼゾ: In this lesson, we'll learn the characters Zhi Xu. To review. What is this character? How would you read this character? Zap. Zap. Zap Goodall, Zach, good or that I see. That I see. What does this character c? How would you read this character? Z? Z as the ICR, G. G. What is this character? So how would you read this character? Susan, that food owns it. Put on it. What is this character set? How would you read this character? Zeta, zeta, zeta me. What is this character? So how would you read this character? So Amazon, amazon z, Z, z, Z. We learned the characters x0, x2, x4. In the next lesson, we'll learn the characters top Ci to see you in the next video. 7. ta chi tsu te to | タチツテト: In this lesson, we'll learn the characters to TEDx talk. The first character will learn is top. Top. Top is for Ty, yeah. Tuck, see which of these characters is top? Top? Taxi. Taxi tackle, tackle. D tau, d tau. The next character will learn is T. T. T is for cheese, chicken. Which of these characters is t? T? T? T is chicken. Chicken. T. T. The next character we'll learn is to two is 422. Note that the character looks very similar to the character sheet I'm writing to. You want to make sure that the first two strokes are vertical and the third stroke is written from the top down. Which of these characters is 22222? Now? Now, to the next character will learn is that is for today. Which of these characters is sticky? Sticky. Item, item, interior. Interior. The final character will learn is toe. Toe. Toe is for top-down. Tomato. Which of these characters is tall? Tall star? Two star. Test. Test don't call too. Cool to like with Hiragana, a small to create a double consonant sound. Attacker. Attacker. Okay. Okay. Taxi. Taxi. Cheese. Cheese. Today key called doc, called. Good. Good. We learned the characters to talk. In the next lesson, we'll learn the characters, the z there. See you in the next video. 8. da ji zu de do | ダヂヅデド: In this lesson, we'll learn the characters Z to the dope. To review. What is this character? How would you read this character? Dot, dot, die yet though? Die yet. Soda, soda. What does this character? How would you read this character? Z. Z. Like in here, are going to see with the dark Dan has the same pronunciation as she with it actin. There are very few, if any, loan words that use cheat with the dark ten. What is this character? How do you read this character? Again? With the Duck Dan has the same pronunciation as soup with the duct n. However, there are few, if any, loan words are used to with the duck, then what is this character? How would you read this character? That, that idea, idea. Desert. Desert. What does this character? How would you read this character? Door, door, die yet to die yet? Soda, soda. Idea. Idea. There's our two, There's our Dewey to do E2. We learned the characters that in the next lesson, we'll learn the characters Ni Nu naught. See you in the next video. 9. na ni nu ne no | ナニヌネノ: In this lesson, we'll learn the characters. Ni Nu naught. The first character will learn is not. Now. Now is for not napkin. Now. Which of these characters is not? Now? Not, not? Canada. Canada. Sauna. Sound. Now, the next character will learn is n0. N0. Knee is for me what Jody told me. Which of these characters is Nee, Nee, Nee, Nee tennis to? Genie. Genie. The next character will learn is nu. Nu. Nu is for new daughter. Check. Which of these characters is not. New? New, new cannula. Cannula. News, news. The next character will learn is net. Net. Net is for Nick time. Neck good acid. Which of these characters is net? Net, neck, tie, neck tie. Net.net, dot Internet. The Internet to the final character will learn is no. No, no, no, no. No. Which of these characters is no? No. No. No. Noise. Noise it No. No. Not to not to. Canada. Canada. Ten years. Ten years. Genie. Genie. Can do news. News. Nick tight, neck, tie, net. Net. No, no, no easy. Knowing too. We learned the characters Ni Nu naught. In the next lesson, we'll go over the characters who see you in the next video. 10. ha hi fu he ho | ハヒフヘホ: In this lesson, we'll learn the characters who pay. The first character will learn is hop. Hop. Hop is for hard to **** star. Which of these characters is hot? Hot, hard, hard to hire? High it. To. The next character will learn is key. He is for him. He'd see which of these characters is he? He, he, he, he, he thought, he thought are key to. The next character will learn, is who, who, who is for, who do to food I band. Which of these characters is who? Who the who, the naive, naive food. Safe, safe for. The next character will learn is hit. Hey, is for helicopter headed. Note that the Katakana character looks almost identical to the Hiragana character head. Which of these characters is head? Head? He thought? He thought head, head, head, head, head. You see? Here, do you see? The final character will learn is hope. Hope. Hope is for hotel K key. Hotel. Which of these characters is hope? Hope. I, hope. I hope. The K key. Takeaway key. Hello, hello. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Paul. He call he. He. He. Naive. Naive. Say who? Say who. He thought. He had said, toe, head, toe said. Took a key. Key. Suma. Suma. We learn the characters who fought. In the next lesson, we will learn the characters. Be there. See you in the next video. 11. ba bi bu be bo | バビブベボ: In this lesson, we'll learn the characters bar, B bar. To review. What is this character? How would you read this character? But Bye. By banana. Banana. What is this character? He? How would you read this character? B. B, B, deal. Fidel. Business. Busy-ness. What does this character? Who? How would you read this character? Bu, bu, hi, boo, boo, boo to. What is this character? How would you read this character? Bet, bet. But basically, what is this character? How would you read this character? Bokeh. Bokeh. Snowboard or snowboarder. By Cu, by Cu, banana. Banana. Medaille. Be dale. Dizziness. Dizziness. Harbor, harbor. Boots. Boots. Bass, the guitar. Bass, guitar. Bokeh, bokeh, snowball. Snowball. We learn the characters, be Boo Bear. In the next lesson, we'll learn the characters P to pay for. See you in the next video. 12. pa pi pu pe po | パピプペポ: In this lesson, we'll learn the characters path P. To review. What is this character? How would you read this character? Pop, pop, two bar, super pasta. Pasta. What does this character? How would you read this character? P. P, piano. Piano. Pick any good? What does this character? Who? How would you read this character? Super, super cheap, but hope he put hope. What is this character? How would you read this character? Pair? Pair? What is this character? How would you read this character? Postal. Postal. Bucket. Bucket, soup, soup, pasta, pasta. Piano. Piano. Peaking. Could pick any good. Super, super. Keep, keep. Pair, pair. Pet, pet, postal, postal. Forget, don't forget though. We'll end the characters who fought. In the next lesson. We'll go over the characters. Me, move, may see you in the next video. 13. ma mi mu me mo | マミムメモ: In this lesson, we'll learn the characters. Mood may more. The first character will learn is mark is for Mongo. Mike. Note that the character looks very similar to the character up. Be careful not to get them mixed up. Which of these characters is not t? Not t. Make my tomato. Tomato. The next character will learn is Mee. Mee. Mee is for mics are missing me. Which of these characters is meat? Meat mixed, mixed. Gloomy, gloomy. Kami. Kami. The next character will learn is mu. Mu is for Ruby. Which of these characters is move, move, move, move, be cumulative. Cumulative. Team. The next character will learn is met. Met. Met is for me, good. Middle met. Which of these characters is met? Met? Me. Make anemia. Anemia may do me. The final character will learn is more. More. More, is for more. Monster. More. Which of these characters is more? More, more, more? Juanita. Juanita. They do more day to my my tomato. Tomato. Gloomy, gloomy. Call me kami. Cumulative. Cumulative. Team. Team may make anemic anemia. More Nita, more Nita. We'll end the characters. Mar, me, move more. In the next lesson, we'll learn the characters. Yeah. You see you in the next video. 14. ya yu yo | ヤユヨ: In this lesson, we'll learn the characters. Yeah, you, you're the first character will learn is yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Is for shadow caddy. Yes. Yeah. Which of these characters is Yeah. Yeah. Tie. Tie. Yeah. Yeah, I see. Yeah, I see. Kayak group. Kaia. The next character will learn is you. You. U is for uniform. Unicorn. You. Which of these characters is you? You? You need to, you need to use. Use our unicorn. Unicorn. The final character will learn is your, your, your is for you all good with all your door. Which of these characters is your? You'll, you'll, you'll, you'll, you'll do your mayonnaise. Mayonnaise. Tai chi, yeah. Kayak could kinda good. You need to you need to use our use your door. Your door. Mayonnaise. Mayonnaise. We learned the characters. Yeah, you. In the next lesson, we'll learn the characters that the new day. See you in the next video. 15. ra ri ru re ro | ラリルレロ: In this lesson, we'll learn the characters. The new law. The first character will learn is that. That is for now. Which of these characters is done? But pyramid, the pyramid. By Anita. Anita. The next character will learn is dy. Dy. D is for knee bone. The more corn. Which of these characters is D? The KDC muscle, cardiac muscle, EDC, America. America. The next character will learn is du. Du. Du is for newbie. Do that, don't do. Which of these characters is due. What do we do be ***, *** do, I do bomber. I do bomber. The next character will learn is debt. That is for them on the ACP. Which of these characters is that? That? Dcp. Dcp. Can I sue? Cut Ada is steady. Steady or the final character will learn is no. No is for knowable. Don't know which of these characters is no. To get to know both. Could all could all bar pedometer. Pedometer by Anita. Anita who the semester could easily master. Egd, EGD, newbie, newbie. I do bomber Obama. This CP. Cp. Cut it. I cut it. I don't get toe, toe, toe, toe. We learned the characters that the due day. In the next lesson, we'll go over the characters, will see you in the next video. 16. wa wo n | ワヲン: In this lesson, we'll learn the final three Katakana character. The first character will earn is what? What? What is for what food? Wine. Which of these characters is what? What food? Food in Hawaii? Hawaii would I, would I fit our the next character will learn is, well, 0 is for tail to tail. Since 0 is used as a particle, we very rarely see the Katakana or which of these characters is. The final character will learn is, is for mean. Tornado. Note that the character looks very similar to the character salt. When writing, you'll want to make sure that the first stroke is horizontal and the second stroke is written from the bottom up. Which of these characters is tornado? Tornado. Hand gutsy. Hung gutsy. Ng, NG. What food or what food is? Hawaii. Hawaii. Tornado. Tornado. Hung gutsy, hung catchy. Or then z? Then z. We learned the characters. In the next lesson, we'll go over the small yacht. You, your character's. See you in the next video. 17. Small ya yu yo | ャュョ: In this lesson, we'll go over the small, yeah, you, your characters drove you. What is this character? A small yacht functions the same way in Katakana as it doesn't heat are gonna. Here's how you would read the 12 different combinations. Repeat after each one. Yeah. Shout. Job. Chat. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Schutter Schutter, jacket. Jacket. Chyme. Chyme. What is this character? Again, a small functions the same way in Katakana as it does in Hiragana. Here's how you would read the 12th. Different combinations repeat after each one. You should do. To do. New view. Pure mu, Barbecue, Barbecue. Music. Music. New York. New York. What is this character? Here's how you would read the 12th different small yield combinations. Show Joe, Joe, Joe. You'll be all. Pure meal. The console, console. Joel, car to car. Taco. Taco, the jacket. Jacket, the chyme. Chyme Barbecue Barbecue. Music. Music. Dzhokhar Dzhokhar, taco taco date or we went over the small yap you, your characters. In the next lesson, we'll go over how to read small vowels in Katakana. See you in the next video. 18. Small a i u e o | ァィゥェォ: In this lesson, we'll go over how to read the small fee. In addition to the small, yeah, You and your characters, you will encounter words with a small e. In katakana. Small vowels function similarly too small. Yeah, you simply replace the previous vowel sound with the small e or 0 sound. Let's take a look at some common small vowel combinations. To review. What is this character? A small are essentially replaces the vowel sound of the previous character with a common combination that uses a small art is far, far. Fido. Fido. So far. So far. Phi to phi two. What is this character? Ie? Again, a small e essentially replaces the vowel sound of the previous character with E. Here are some common combinations. I use a small E, T, T, D, D, fie, fie tissue, TC2, dina, Dina, feed it. Feed data. You may also see a small e after to represent the English w sound. We, we, we incur when? Halloween. Halloween. What is this character? The small, isn't used very often, but you may occasionally see these combinations to to, to do. You may also come across with the duck then. With the dark then usually represents a V sound. What is this character? Here are some common combinations using a small set. Set. Jet, jet, fit, fit. Cephalic, cephalic turtle. Turtle. Perfect. Perfect. You may also see a small air after, represent the English w sound. Where? Where? Wedding, wedding. Sweden. Sweden. What is this character? A common combination that uses a small 0 is for for photo. Photo. For Q. For Q font, the font, you may see a small or after to represent the English w sound. What words do that? Once stood at? What it what it though. Fight or flight. So far. So far. Tissue. Tissue. Halloween. Halloween. Cephalic cephalic. Waiting waiting photo. Photo. For good. Four, Good. What's that? Well suited? We learned how to read the small r, e characters and katakana. Congratulations, you have completed the Katakana basics online course. Now that you can read Hiragana, Katakana, you can study Japanese without relying too much on a goldmine. If you want to continue to improve your reading and writing, you can begin studying Kanji. Thanks for watching and I hope to see you again soon. 19. Project: Now that you've learned all of the Katakana character is see if you can write all 46 characters by memory. You can print out a katakana test sheet in the project section of this course. Consider uploading your worksheet to the project section when you're done, being able to read katakana fluently will take time and practice. As you practice reading words and sentences, reading katakana will eventually become second nature. Now that you're familiar with both Hiragana Katakana, you can start learning kanji one character at a time. Be sure to check out my other courses for more Japanese lessons. Thanks for watching and I hope to see you again.