Hiragana Katakana

Hiragana Lesson 10

Practice the following characters.


わ	を	ん
wa	o (wo)	n

Japanese people pronounce を like "o" or "wo", or between them
according to a contex or a situation. It is very "vague" sound even for Japanese.
You can/should pronounce it just "o".

Practice the following words.

	わたし	I
	watashi
	にわ	garden, yard
	niwa
	かわ	river
	kawa
	ほん	book
	hon
	にほん	Japan
	nihon
	てんき	weather
	tenki
	かんたん	easy
	kantan

あ	い	う	え	お
a	i	u	e	o
か	き	く	け	こ
ka	ki	ku	ke	ko
さ	し	す	せ	そ
sa	shi	su	se	so
た	ち	つ	て	と
ta	chi	tsu	te	to
な	に	ぬ	ね	の
na	ni	nu	ne	no
は	ひ	ふ	へ	ほ
ha	hi	fu	he	ho
ま	み	む	め	も
ma	mi	mu	me	mo
や		ゆ		よ
ya		yu		yo
ら	り	る	れ	ろ
ra	ri	ru	re	ro
わ		を		ん
wa		o		n

を

The particle "o" is not お, but を is used.

	ほんを　よみます
	Hon o yomimasu.
	(I) read a book.
	くるまを　かいます
	Kuruma o kaimasu.
	(I) buy a car.

は

The particle "wa" is not わ, but は is used.

	わたしは　ほんを　よみます。
	Watashi wa hon o yomimasu.
	I will read a book.
	わたしは　くるまを　かいます。
	Watashi wa kuruma o kaimasu.
	I will buy a car.