KATAKANA (Japanese Phonetic Alphabet 2)

[3468laila]

this is so hard!!! XD i <3 challenges

[hamsterloverandsinge]

i finaly get is now! i want to move to japan because it looks so interfesting and i love their school uniforms i  get how to speake japanes its just like englis ur spelling words with the alphabet! but the down side is my dad and mom r like u can move their when u grow up nag its crowded over their WELL IDC I WANNA EXPLORE THE FREKEN WORLD NOT STAY IN THE FREKEN USA ITS BORING i cant go their now i will go to colleg their with one of my japanese friend and get a place and will be roomates

[Anotalon]

@hamsterloverandsinge Maybe you should focus on your English first..

[CrazyLassi]

@Anotalon I don't see why...

[Anotalon]

@CrazyLassi I was merely remarking upon hamsterloverandsinge's inability to type grammatically correct sentences. Sorry about that.

[XDHiPotionXD]

Tsu and Chi looks exactly the same, how can you tell the differences??

[agemaister]

Can someone tell methe difference between Katakana and Hiragana what is this? .__.

[RainbowCatNyan]

@agemaister :

Hiragana is used for japanese words.

Katagana is used for words that are of a foreign origin.

I think. Correct me if i'm wrong!~

[xXMercifulFallXx]

Thanks! I am fascinated by this language and culture. Now I will be able to read in Katakana. Isn't it right that Katakana is the more used than Hiragana in Japan?

[CrazyLassi]

@xXMercifulFallXx Yes, that's rigtht! Hiragana is used more than Katakana.

[xXMercifulFallXx]

@CrazyLassi Oh, I got it wrong, I thought it was Katakana, but now I know. What is Katakana used for?

[ArturoYamashita]

@xXMercifulFallXx Katakana is basically used for describing foreign stuff which is imported to Japan from outside of Japan and foreign name excluding the things can be described with Kanxi. So, all of Chinese stuff are generally described with the letter of Han.

[15Ellimist]

@CrazyLassi How exactly do you combine the letters to make a word?

[needelbeene]

...................OH these are ment to spell names i get it because if you put the basic words together such as タ and ママ you get tamama (keroro gunsou) tamama is kawaii -^^- (look it up if you dont know what im talking about

[CrazyLassi]

@needelbeene Yes, that's totally right :)

[needelbeene]

@CrazyLassi :3

[ArturoYamashita]

I can tell this sounds completely not real Japanese. Japanese La Li Lu Le Lo is never with rounded R sound. L is pronounced like "EL" ( エル ) and R is pronounced as AL, A-Le or AAL ( アール ). Japanese L doesn't have a stress like European L, but never like rounded R. For Japanese it is difficult to pronounce rounded "R" sound.

[Sophie0257]

@ArturoYamashita She isn't SAYING the LETTER R, she's PRONOUNCING phonetic sounds. It's not the same thing, and she is saying it like a Japanese would.

[ArturoYamashita]

@Sophie0257 No. I mean she the speaker on this video sounded completely off from proper Japanese way of pronouncing katakana alphabet from the first letter. ア is never pronounced like ehh, イ is never pronounced like ri and so on. I'm a native Japanese speaker. CrazyLassi would pronounce like that, but most Japanese don't. Well, you can pronounce ア and マ like her if you want. ehh and mahh.

[98Chummy]

@CrazyLassi Thx!

[98Chummy]

So this is very similar to 1st alphabet called Hiragana but these characters are used to spell names??? Plz answer. Arigato!

[CrazyLassi]

@98Chummy Yes! You're absolutely right!

[mrankhrm]

@98Chummy to be precise it is used to spell foreign names. alex as example will be spelt as a, re, ku, su, and it will be in katakana instead of hiragana just as you said

[AlenGlisovic]

@98Chummy The katakana characters are used for writing words that are borrowed from foreign languages.

Example: The english "ALMOND" becomes アーモンド [Āmondo], or french "PAN" (bread) becomes パン [pan].

[xXMeMeAxBOoXx]

i find you lessons very easy and fun plus i dont have to pause for a letter thaks =^_^=

[CrazyLassi]

@xXMeMeAxBOoXx I'm happy you find it useful!

[jafetrese]

can u tell me what is the difference between 'shi' and 'tsu'... and 'so' and 'n'

[AlenGlisovic]

@jafetrese SHI & TSU: the long line at SHI is written from down to up, the long line at TSU - from up to down N & SO: the long line at N is written from down to up, the long line at SO - from up to down SHI and N are more horizontal. :) Have a nica day

[jafetrese]

@AlenGlisovic whoa, i really dont think that the stroke order means a lot.. tnx for your info. :DD

[AlenGlisovic]

@jafetrese In japanese, stroke order means alot, cause both hiragana and katakana were developed from derived chinese characters, the kanji. Kanjis also have a specific stroke order, that must be learned, or it can lead to bad habits.

[94150611]

@xxNiiskuneitixx yes that's what i think (;

[Miranda7776]

thank you :)

[sazaizada]

Ra Ri Ru Re and Ro These letters' pronunciations are not so clear. I listened to a lot of different japans pronuncing these letters but all are did them different. It sound most likely La=Ra, Ri=Li, Ru= Not clear, ....

[CrazyLassi]

@sazaizada Yes, I know! It's so hard to copy that though.

[LEMONTREE94]

@sazaizada "R" can be pronounced "L". foreign names with "L" are always written "R" in Katakana.

[RawrIwilleatsoul33]

katakana is used for foreign words

[Totalinaeletion]

is this the alphabet that Japanese use ?

[94150611]

@Totalinaeletion it's one of them. Japan has 3 alphabeths. They have katakana, hiragana and kanji :)