Hiragana First Steps
Learning Japanese 1
Welcome to learning Japanese, this is how I am planning to learn Japanese without a teacher. I am writing this series for myself to keep track of my progress, more of notes.
I already have some materials given by my teacher and know some fundamentals. Here are some links I find very useful.
- https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/learn-hiragana/
- https://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson/english/syllabary/index.html
I am going to follow my teacher’s methods: learn the Hiragana characters, learn some words and create basic sentences
Laying the strong foundations: mastering the vowels
| あ | aa | (pronounce a as in all) |
| い | e | (pronounce e as in enough) |
| う | Uh | |
| え | é | (pronounce e as in hey) |
| お | ô | (pronounce o as in Hospital) |
Words with above characters
| あい | Love |
| あお | Blue |
| いえ | House |
| いいえ | No |
| うえ | Top |
| おい | Nephew |
| あう | Meet |
Spoken helpers:
- Yes is pronounced as ‘Hai’
- No is pronounced as いいえ (e-e-a)
Update:
More youtube video links