Let's Learn! Japanese! ::日本語を教えて::

[anejlek]

2月20日 (February 20th)
This week’s lesson finishes off the Hiragana Section with Ha, Ba, Pa, Ma, Ya, Ra, Wa, and N. Prepare for the first test which is coming soon so practice, practice and memorize your Hiragana characters. There is quiz for last week’s lesson. Try your best not to refer back to the handouts.

For those of you who are having trouble with pronunciation here are some examples of what each character should sound like.

“HA” is pronounced similarly to the 'HAH' in 'HAUNT'
“HI” is pronounced similarly to the 'HEE' in ‘HE'
“HU” is pronounced similarly to the 'WOO' in 'WHO'
“HE” is pronounced similarly to the 'HE' in 'HEAD'
“HO” is pronounced similarly to the 'HOH' in 'HOE'

“BA” is pronounced similarly to the 'BA' in 'BALL'
“BI” is pronounced similarly to the 'BEE' in 'BEE'
“BU” is pronounced similarly to the 'BOO' in 'BOO in BOOT'
“BE” is pronounced similarly to the 'BEH' in 'BE in BED'
“BO” is pronounced similarly to the 'BOH' in 'BO in BOAT'

“PA” is pronounced similarly to the 'PAH' in 'PO in POND'
“PI” is pronounced similarly to the 'PEE' in 'PEA in PEACE'
“PU” is pronounced similarly to the 'POO' in 'POO in POOL'
“PE” is pronounced similarly to the 'PEH' in 'PE in PEN'
“PO” is pronounced similarly to the 'POH' in 'POE'

“MA” is pronounced similarly to the 'MAH' in 'MA in MALL'
“MI” is pronounced similarly to the 'MEE' in 'ME'
“MU” is pronounced similarly to the 'MOO' in 'MOO in MOOD'
“ME” is pronounced similarly to the 'MEH' in 'ME in MET'
“MO” is pronounced similarly to the 'MOH' in 'MO in MOST'

“YA” is pronounced similarly to the 'YAH' in 'YA in YACHT'
“YU” is pronounced similarly to the 'YOO' in 'YOU'
“YO” is pronounced similarly to the 'YOH' in 'YO in YOKE'

“RA” is pronounced similarly to the 'RAH'
“RI” is pronounced similarly to the 'REE'
“RU” is pronounced similarly to the 'ROO'
“RE” is pronounced similarly to the 'REH'
“RO” is pronounced similarly to the 'ROH'

Note: This set is tricky. It's not like the English R. It is pronounced by pressing the tongue to the top of the mouth like L. However, the tongue should touch a little further back in the mouth than L. When you say the Japanese R, only touch the very tip of your tounge to the top of the mouth (unlike L, where you touch your a big part of the tongue to the top of the mouth). You can add a little flick to it to make it sound a little bit like the English D, especially when you are talking fast.

“WA” is pronounced similarly to the 'WAH' in 'WA in WANT'
“WO” is pronounced similarly to the 'WOH' in 'WO in WON’T
“N” is pronounced similarly to the 'N' in 'N'

For those who wish to turn in their assignment for corrections, you can do so by sending a copy of your completed assignment or a link to anejlek@yahoo.com

Quiz
Hiragana Quiz 3A
Hiragana Quiz 3B
Hiragana Quiz 3C

Homework
Hiragana Ha
Hiragana Ba
Hiragana Pa
Hiragana Ma
Hiragana Ya
Hiragana Ra
Hiragana Wa & N

Stroke Order Reference Link
Ha Hi Hu/Fu He Ho
Ma Mi Mu Me Mo
Yu Yu Yo
Ra Ri Ru Re Ro
Wa Wo N

Pronunciation Reference Link
*No longer available; too lazy…

Due Date:
February 25, 2010 @12noon

PS: Due to limited participants, prizes have been cut short. Inquire for more details.

Questions? PM me or reply to topic.

[Hakuzo NightFox]

YO link is incorrect, its yo.gif, not uo.gif .

what's that about the prizes? As long as it involves Tails in some way, I'll be happy .

[Ted]

Semi-related: Japanese people singing in English is funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b4w08xusl8&feature=related
WOCK N' WOLL CWAZY NIGHTS

[Quexinos]

Wow I've been missing this. Thanks so much for putting it together Anejlek.

[anejlek]

Postponed: Reason being is that no one here cares about learning Japanese. Second, I'm restructuring the lessons to make it easier for me and everyone else. Pssst, everyone else... I made myself laughed

Mood: Pissed off

Note: I'll get back to teaching when someone here WANTS to learn Japanese. Meaning more than one person, k?!

[Hakuzo NightFox]

Postponed: Reason being is that no one here cares about learning Japanese. Second, I'm restructuring the lessons to make it easier for me and everyone else. Pssst, everyone else... I made myself laughed

Mood: Pissed off

Note: I'll get back to teaching when someone here WANTS to learn Japanese. Meaning more than one person, k?!

Hmm, so Its seems I was the only one working on this stuffs. Aslo Quix has shown interest now too. You can't just stop this now ... We just past the first table and there is too much more left to learn.

[anejlek]

Hmm, so Its seems I was the only one working on this stuffs. Aslo Quix has shown interest now too. You can't just stop this now ... We just past the first table and there is too much more left to learn.

Okay, okay... I resume the lesson again; I was pissed off at a lot of things lately and this was one of them.
In the mean time, you can finish the last writing section of the Hiragana tables as linked below. Make sure you write the YA, YU, Yo characters about half-size for these characters.
I'll see what I can do with the rest of the 21 lessons that I had planned out.
When that's done, you'l have a better Japanese Handbook then what had been uploade in the past, k?

HIRAGANA
KYA
GYA
SHA
JYA
CHA
NYA
HYA
BYA
PYA
MYA
RYA