Have you mastered the vowels? Don't worry if they aren't second nature yet. You are doing well!

Today's lesson will teach the 'S' line.  Combining the previous lessons (the vowels a-i-u-e-o & ka-ki-ku-ke-ko) we will be making great progress in our journey. Let's look at sa-shi-su-se-so

Make sure you have learned the previous 2 lessons well!

Again let's look at 5 more letters (the 3^rd row on the picture to the right).  And again to aid memorization, make silly associations to go with them.

NOTE: し shi is pronounced like the English "she" NOT "sea."

MY SILLY ASSOCIATIONS: (What do the characters look like to you?)

さ - It looks like a person who SAt down
し - It looks like a woman's hair flowing in the wind (SHE)
す - It looks like a girl named SUE wearing a hat
せ - It looks like someone wearing a hat SAying something
そ - It looks SO abstract like PicaSO

Did you write the above hiragana 10 times? Did you sound them out as well? Well, do it again! And then take the following test & Javascript quiz...

TEST

How do you read these Hiragana characters? 

すし ______________ This means sushi
うそ ______________ This means a lie
あさ ______________ This means morning
かさ ______________ This means umbrella
おおさか ______________ This means Osaka
あし ______________ This means foot or leg
せき ______________ This means seat or chair
すき ______________ This means to like (someone or something)

NOTE: In おおさか the お makes the previous sound longer. For example: お is just 'o' but おお is 'oo' (pronounced longer in duration that just 'o') Do you remember this with くうこう? It's the same thing

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NOW TAKE A QUIZ ON THE HIRAGANA YOU HAVE LEARNED!
There are 8 questions. Gambatte!

Gambatte!

ANSWERS:

すし sushi  This means sushi
うそ uso This means a lie
あさ asa This means morning
かさ kasa This means umbrella
おおさか oosaka This means Osaka
あし ashi This means foot or leg
せき seki This means seat or chair
すき suki This means to like (someone or something)

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