Lesson 7 Hiragana (ha - hi - fu - he - ho)

The 5th set of Hiragana is the Monographs (gojūon) combinations with h. Each vowel (a - i - e- o - u) gets paired with the consonant to form a new syllable. The only exception in this set is that the sound 'hu' does not feature and is relpaced with 'fu' (The pronounication lies somewhere between hu and fu).

'ha' is pronounced "wa" when it is immediately follows the subject. It is usually only pronounced "ha" when it is a part of a word.

1. ha

2. hi
3. fu

4. he

5. ho

Hiragana (ha - hi - fu - he - ho)

Lesson 6 Hiragana (na - ni - nu - ne - no)

The 5th set of Hiragana is the Monographs (gojūon) combinations with n. Each vowel (a - i - e- o - u) gets paired with the consonant to form a new syllable.

1. na

2. ni
3. nu
4. ne
5.no
Hiragana (na - ni - nu - ne - no)

Pronunciation

Lesson 5 Hiragana ( ta - chi - tsu - te - to)

The 4th set of Hiragana is the Monographs (gojūon) combinations with t. Each vowel (a - i - e- o - u) gets paired with the consonant to form a new syllable. The exceptions here are ti (which is pronounced and written in Romaji as chi) and tu (which is pronounced and written in the Romaji as tsu)

1. ta

2. chi

3. tsu 4. te

5. to

Pronunciation

Pronouncing ta - chi - tsu - te -to

Lesson 4 Hiragana (sa - shi - su - se - so)

The 3rd set of Hiragana is the Monographs (gojūon) combinations with s. Each vowel (a - i - e- o - u) gets paired with the consonant to form a new syllable. The exception here is si (which is pronounced and written in Romaji as shi)
1. sa

2. shi

3. su

4. se

5. so

Hiragana (sa - shi - su - se - so)

Lesson 3 Hiragana (ka - ki - ke - ko - ku)

The 2nd set of Hiragana is the Monographs (gojūon) combinations with k. Each vowel (a - i - e- o - u) gets paired with the consonant to form a new syllable.

1. ka where the k is pronounced as in king

2. ki

3. ke

4. ko

5. ku

Hiragana (ka - ki - ke - ko - ku)

Writing ka

Writing ki

Writing ku

Writing ke

Writing ko