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Katakana Page 05
KATAKANA PART 5
Let's take a look at the N's. You may want to make flashcards to practice by. "Na Ni Nu Ne No" is fun. Sounds a bit like something Mork would say to Mindy... Also there are no unexpected sound forms here.
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ナ - na - as in NOt 
It looks like someone is NOdding off for a nap.
Write them out 10 times a day and soon you will get it. To aid memorization, make silly associations to go with them. You can use the above mnemonics or you can make your own!
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Did you write the above katakana 10 times? Did you sound them out as well? Well, do it again! And then take the following test & Javascript quiz (see link below)...
TEST
How do you read these Katakana characters? What English words do they sound out? (Some may be easier than others to guess)
ナビ ____________ This
means ____________
ニット ____________ This
means ____________
カヌー _____________ This
means ____________
シチー _____________ This
means ______________
ナース _____________ This means ______________
ソナー_____________ This means ______________
Click here to check your answers
Perhaps you can recognize these 5 in just one day of practice.
ANSWERS:
ナビ nabi This means Navigator (usually someone who gives directions in the passenger seat or the Navigation systems found in newer cards)
ニット nitto This means to Knit, knitting
カヌー kanu- This
means Canoe
シチー shichi- This
means City [Both syllables are not found in Japanese so SHI instead of SI and CHI instead of TI]
ナース na-su This means Nurse [Usually in Katakana English words the 'r' sound is implied by a ー but not spoken]
ソナー sona- This means Sonar
Think you have it all down pat?
Click here to take the Quiz
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I'm a little confused about
I'm a little confused about the nitto part. ニ is Ni and トis to and the small tsu is the pause but where does the second t come from?
ニット -- ニ ッ
ニット -- ニ ッ ト
nitto -- ni t to
The double t represents the presence of っ or ッ (small tsu) in romaji.
Same is true for any double letter. As all letters (in romaji) end in a vowel.
Exception: ん is just a single "n" ie, おんな (onna)
Ahh thanks.
Ahh thanks.
Has the "bi" character been
Has the "bi" character been covered yet up to this point for the word "nabi"?
Also is the small tsu mean a pause like in Hirgana? I ask because of the word "nitto"
RE:has the "bi" character been
yes to both
edit: they were both in the hiragana section
Hey, but the bi was covered
Hey, but the bi was covered only in hiragana. There wasn't even H sounds yet here in katakana section. .) Unfaair
But the h's/b's werent
But the h's/b's werent covered yet for katakana (its the next section), so it was a little unfair, heheh..