KATAKANA LESSON EIGHT
In this lesson you will learn the Katakana form of the sounds RA, RI, RU, RE, RO. To
see the stroke order, all you need to do is hover your mouse over the graphic of the character shown on the page. To hear
how to pronounce the characters, click your mouse on any picture of the character group.
Listen carefully to how the Japanese pronounce these characters. The sound lies somewhere between L and R, but is not either
L or R specifically. This difference in sound is because of the placement of your tongue in your mouth when you say R or
L. For the Japanese, the tongue is placed somewhere between those two places when saying RA, RI, RU, RE, and RO
Be careful when writing RI in katakana. Try to picture there being a square between the two lines for Katakana and a circle
for Hiragana.
| RA |
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the moustache is in the right place |
| RI |
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a piccolo and a flute made of reeds |
| RU |
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these are the legs of a kangaroo |
| RE |
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it's a broken record |
| RO |
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it's a rock |
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