katakana 2

-Good to see you again ! I've got more characters that i want to teach you ! This time we'll be covering the hiragana starting with S and T.

Sa　（さ）
Shi　（し）
Su　（す）
Se　（せ）
So　（そ）

-Did you see what was different with the S set ?

-The second character has an extra letter in it!that is because this character has more of a "SH" sound than a "SS"sound. There are a few other characters that dont fit perfectly with the rest of the sounds.

-For example, With the T characters there are two that are pronounced differently.

Chi （ち） and Tsu (つ）

Ta (た)
Chi (ち)
Tsu (つ)
Te (て)
To (と)

-Remember when i told you about the dakuten earlier ? The dakuten works for both the S characters and the T characters. The S characters turn into "Z" sounds and the T characters turn into "D" sounds.

-However, The Shi (し） character with a dakuten turns into a Ji (じ）. The Chi (ち） with a dakuten turns into a Ji （ぢ）, And the Tsu (つ）turns into a Zu (づ）

-Here's how the S characters look with a dakuten.

Za (ざ）
Ji　（じ）
Zu　（ず）
Ze　（ぜ）
Zo　（ぞ）

-And here's how the T characters look with a dakuten.

Da　（だ）
Ji　（ぢ）
Zu　（づ）
De　（で）
Do　（ど）

-How did you do ? The more practice you get writting hiragana the easier it will become. Most people find hiragana easier to use than romaji after they've been using it for a while.

-Dont forget that the main use of romaji is for people that don't know japanese. Switch over as soon as possible !

-Great ! Get those mastered and then we can cover pronouns. You'll be well on your way to making sentences !