Lesson 3 : Hiragana (ひらか"な)
Now. we're going to learn Hiragana, the alphabet which uses in Japan to write their own language. Look at the table of hiragana below............... and try to memorize them.
| a | ka | sa | ta | na | ha | ma | ya | ra | wa | n | |
| a | あ | か | さ | た | な | は | ま | や | ら | わ | ん |
| i | い | き | し(shi) | ち(chi) | に | ひ | み | - | り | - | |
| u | う | く | す | つ(tsu) | ぬ | ふ (fu) | む | ゆ | る | - | |
| e | え | け | せ | て | ね | へ | め | - | れ | - | |
| o | お | こ | そ | と | の | ほ | も | よ | ろ | を |
How to read the table ?
It's easy. Look at the 'a' column, second column from left. It is read a. i, u,
e, o.
"ka" column, right side of 'a' column, consists of five hiragana : ka,
ki, ku, ke, and ko.
and, 'sa' column, consists of sa, shi, su, se, so.
So, you can read other columns like this way.
It's easy, isn'it????