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HIRAGANA PART 5
The Return of the Kana

The key to learning to read Japanese is to read Japanese.

Today's lesson will teach the 'N' line.  Its pronunciations are very regular. na-ni-nu-ne-no

な - na    - as in NIght
に - ni    - as in NEEd
ぬ - nu    - as in NEw
ね - ne    - as in NAY
の - no    - as in NO

NOTE: Be careful with ぬ,ね and の.

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

な - It looks like ____________
に - It looks like a person sitting on his KNEEs
ぬ - It looks like ____________
ね - It looks like ____________
の - It looks like ____________

STOP!!!

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?

なに ______________ This means "What?"
の ______________ This means "'s" (possessive)
にち ______________ This means day
しぬ ______________ This means to die
ねつ ______________ This means fever
おかね ______________ This means money
いのち ______________ This means life
なつ______________ This means summer

NOTE: No note for now!

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

INSTRUCTIONS: I will test your knowledge by giving you a Hiragana in the left box.
Type the sounds in roman characters in the box on the right and press Tab to submit your answer.
Nihongo-san will tell you if you were right or wrong.
Use the Tab key or the Continue button to continue. USE ONLY LOWERCASE --> like this


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Nihongo-san says:

Note: This fantastic quiz was originally created by Kerri R. Schiller...Homepage
URL: http://www.oocities.org/SiliconValley/7116/jv_quiz.html

Gambatte!

　

　

ANSWERS:

　

なに nani  This means "What?"
の no  This means "'s" (possessive)
にち nichi This means day
しぬ shinu This means to die
ねつ netsu This means fever
おかね okane This means money
いのち inochi This means life
なつ natsu This means summer

Click here to take the Quiz