Hiragana Katakana JSL

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I edited a IPA's educational free video clip featuring a Japanese sign language on the basic phonics.
Hope this helps those who are learning Japanese Hiragana, Katakana, or JSL.

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NHK Minnano Shuwa (sign language for everyone) site: http://www.nhk.or.jp/fukushi/min_syuwa/index.html
NHK Finger Sign page: http://www.nhk.or.jp/fukushi/min_syuwa/kiso/moji.html
How to sign double vowel: http://www.nhk.or.jp/fukushi/min_syuwa/kiso/moji.html

Category:

Education

Tags:

• JSL
• hiragana
• katakana
• Japanese

[kohyin]

FYI, your comments will be approved if they are appropriate and sincere. If your comments are appropriate and have not been approved, it simply because I didn't get to your comments yet. Creating video is not my professional occupation (my occupation is being a good mother and a holistic wellness practitioner), so I seek your patience just in case you are wondering what happened to your comments :-)

[tonyboyangie3]

Thank you for this video... I have been learning Japanese for a few months and I already know the hiragana and katakana characters. I like to use sign language with my friends. Some of them are also learning some Japanese. They say that the characters and pronunciation are hard, but I think they are easy. So instead of speaking and writing Japanese, they decided to use Japanese sign language. So we all found this video and it helped us learn the JSL.

[warser3401]

for me hiragana is a lot easier to write

[kohyin]

@ChristinaWolfle It's written in hiragana as "konnichiha", but there is a rule that makes "ha" to be pronounced as "wa" that is when "ha" is used as a particle at the end of a noun as a subject/object indicator.

[ChristinaWolfle]

@ebonyofold konnichiha... i thought it was konnichiwa?

[TheHapplesComic]

@ebonyofold I didn't think the phrase こんいちは　was presented as kanji... I thought it remained hiragana.

[kohyin]

@phoenixheart6 I am not a JSL specialist and even though I learned it once, it's been quite a while since I learned it and used it. I checked it with NHK Minnano Shuwa site. Actually, you move an index finger (downward). I will add the link to NHK Minnano Shuwa site on the Video information because this editor won't allow me to add a hyper link.

[phoenixheart6]

@kohyin I guess that just means you do it twice. Just wondering because in ASL, I've seen them move the letter to the side when there's a double.

[kohyin]

@phoenixheart6 OK. I thought you were talking about the double consonant sound. For the double vowel, it's easy. Sign as you write. Just to make clear, this video is just for a finger signs for spelling words. Actual JSL sign language is much more involved using the hands and arms as well as facial expressions just as ASL does. I only remember the finger spelling part of JSL. It's been over 30 years since I learned JSL as a volunteer high school student...

[phoenixheart6]

@phoenixheart6 I did look at it carefrully. I'm talking about a dobule vowel sound

[kohyin]

@phoenixheart6 If you look at the video carefully, it will show you how to sign small "tsu".

[phoenixheart6]

@kohyin I mean how do you sign it.