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Hiragana

Grade: 7 Year:2018

Term: 1

My Hiragana

Workbook!

日本語

Yoshikawa  sensei  

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a あ  

‘a’ is for antenna up on a roof.    

i い      

   

u う      

   

e え      

   

o お      

   

 

ka か      

   

ki き      

   

ku く      

   

ke け      

   

ko こ      

   

 

QUIZ! Write the fol lowing Japanese words in h iragana. One character per box!

aka (red) aki (autumn) ao (blue)

ie (house) ike (pond) koe (voice)

あ

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sa さ      

   

shi し      

   

su す      

   

se せ      

   

so そ      

   

 

ta た      

   

chi ち      

   

tsu つ      

   

te て      

   

to と      

   

 QUIZ! Write the fol lowing words in h iragana  

asa (morning) sake chikatetsu (subway)

seki (cough) tokei (watch)

kutsu (shoes)

 

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na な      

   

ni に      

   

nu ぬ      

   

ne ね      

   

no の      

   

 

ha は

*NOTE: When you see ‘wa’ written by itself, use the は character. Eg – ‘watashi wa’ is written わたし は

hi ひ      

   

fu ふ      

   

he へ      

   

ho ほ      

   

 QUIZ! Write the fol lowing words in h iragana  

kono neko (this cat) anata (you) heso (navel)

hito (people) nani (what) fuku (chothes)

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ma ま      

   

mi み      

   

mu む      

   

me め      

   

mo も      

   

 QUIZ! Write the fol lowing words in h iragana

ame (rain) miso

meishi (business card) mushi (insect)

ya や      

   

yu ゆ      

   

yo よ      

   

 QUIZ! Write the fol lowing words in h iragana  

yasumi (day off) yuki (snow)

fuyu (winter) yakiniku    

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ra ら      

   

ri り      

   

ru る      

   

re れ      

   

ro ろ      

   

 

wa わ      

   

wo を

*Never use を when spelling a word. It’s only ever used by itself.

n ん

   

 QUIZ! Write the fol lowing words in h iragana  

kore (this) sore (that) wakai (young)

yakitori raion(lion) watashi (I)  QUIZ! Similar characters – Write the fol lowing characters in h iragana. Pay attention to what makes them different.  

a/o ki/sa chi/ra ta/na me/nu i/ri ma/mo ru/ro ke/ha/ho wa/re/ne

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Ten Ten ” and Maru o  By adding ten ten “ or maru o to characters we already know, we get 23 new sounds without having to learn 23 new characters!

New sound Character Pract ice Orig inal sound

ga が   ka

gi ぎ    

gu ぐ    

ge げ    

go ご      

za ざ  

ji じ  

zu ず  

ze ぜ  

zo ぞ  

 

pa ぱ pi ぴ pu ぷ pe ぺ po ぽ

       

da だ de で do ど

 

ba ば bi び bu ぶ be べ bo ぼ

 

douzo yoroshiku

arigatou gozaimasu

hajimemashite

mado (window)

mada (not yet)

ginkou (bank)

shinbun (newspapaer)

tomodachi (friend)

ginza

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Combination Sounds

kya きゃ

kyu きゅ

kyo きょ

 

gya ぎゃ

gyu ぎゅ

gyo ぎょ  

sha しゃ shu しゅ sho しょ  

cha ちゃ chu ちゅ cho ちょ  

mya みゃ

myu みゅ

myo みょ  

nya にゃ

nyu にゅ

nyo にょ          

hya ひゃ

hyu ひゅ

hyo ひょ  

pya ぴゃ

pyu ぴゅ

pyo ぴょ  

bya びゃ

byu びゅ

byo びょ  

rya りゃ

ryu りゅ

ryo りょ  

ja じゃ

ju じゅ

jo じょ  

kanojo (she) juusho (address) kyuuryou (salary)

ja mata (see you again) kaisha (company) okyakusan (guest)

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Rules in Hiragana

(1) Long vowel sounds (aa, i i , uu, ee, oo) Long vowel sounds can be written TWO ways: 1: aa, ii, uu, ee, oo OR shortened to a vowel with a line above it: ā, ī, ū, ē, ō ★ aa is represented by ADDING あ For example: okaasan (mother) è おかあさん

Your turn: māmā (so so) ___________________ ★ ii is represented by ADDING い For example: oniisan (older brother) è おにいさん

Your turn: ojīsan (grandfather) ___________________

★ uu is represented by ADDING う For example: yuugata (early evening) è ゆうがた Your turn: taifū (typhoon) ______________________ kūki (air) _____________________________

★ oo is represented by ADDING う For example: sayoonara è さようなら

Your turn: byōin (hospital) ______________________ kyō (today) __________________________ ★ In some words it is traditionally written as お For example: ookii (big) è おおきい

Your turn: too (ten) _____________________________ toori (street) __________________________ (2) Double consonants (kk, pp, ss, and tt) ★ Double consonants (kk, pp, ss, and tt) are represented by ADDING a small つ (tsu)

For example: gakkou (school) è がっこう

Your turn: ikkai (once) _________________________ roppyakuen (600) _____________________

ikko (one small object) ___________________ juppun (10 min) _____________________ kippu (ticket) __________________________

irasshaimase (welcome) _______________________________________________________

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(3) wa as a part ic le is written using は (ha), not わ (wa).  For example: Kyou wa doyoubi desu (today is Saturday) è きょう は どようび です。 Your turn: Watashi wa nihonjin desu (I’m Japanese) ______________________________________________ (4) ‘o ’ as a part ic le is written using を (wo), not お (o).  For example: Osake o nomimasu (I drink sake) è おさけ を のみます。 Your turn: Sore o misete kudasai (please show me that) __________________________________________

Hiragana Review Quiz  Write the following sentences in romaji (English letters).

1. あさって ゆうびんきょくに いきます。

 

2. ともだちと いっしょに としょかんで べんきょう します。

 

3. きょう かいしゃ は やすみ で は ありませんでした。

  Write the following romanised sentences in h iragana.

1. ganbatte kudasai. __________________________________________________________________________

2. chotto matte kudasai. _______________________________________________________________________

3. Meguro kara Toukyou eki made densha de 20ppun desu. ______________________________________

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