katakana 3

- It's time for even more hiragana ! There are a total of 46 hiragana characters. You're halfway through now !

Na　（な）
Ni　（に）
Nu　（ぬ）
Ne （ね）
No　（の）

-Pay attention to the fu (ふ） character. It's not a hard F sound, But it's not really an H sound either.

Ha　（は）
Hi　（ひ）
Fu　（ふ）
He （へ）
Ho　（ほ）

- It sounds more like A breath out.

-Is it getting a little easier to pick up new characters ? They'll get easier with practice !

- Try to write more words in hiragana at home, At school, Anywhere you can ! Switch over from romaji as soon possible !

- The N characters can't use the dakuten, But the H characters can ! The H characters with A dakuten turn into B sounds. The H craracters can also use another symbol, The handakuten (also called A maru)

- The handdakuten is a little circle placed in the same area as the dakuten. An H character with A handakuten gets a P sound. The dakuten and handakuten cannot be used at the same time.

-Only the H characters can use the handakuten. Look below to see how they are used.

Pa　（ぱ）
Pi　（ぴ）
Pu　（ぷ）
Pe　（ぺ）
Po　（ぽ）

- Great ! Get those mastered and then we can start making sentences ! Then you'll be able to start speaking japanese rather than just knowing a few words.