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Katakana Page 07
KATAKANA PART 7
Let's take a look at the M's. These five are as you should expect... No big surprises
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マ - ma - as in MAMA 
It's someone's MAma kicking someone out with her foot.
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)
マン ____________ This
means ____________
ミート ____________ This
means ____________
コーム_____________ This
means ____________
メキシコ _____________ This
means ______________
モーア _____________ This means ______________
イニ、ミニ、マイニ、モ_____________ This means ______________
Click here to check your answers
Perhaps you can recognize these 5 in just one day of practice.
ANSWERS:
マン man This means Man
ミート mi-to This means Meat
コーム ko-mu This
means a Comb
メキシコ mekishiko This
means Mexico
モーア mo-a This means Mower
イニ、ミニ、マイニ、モ ini, mini, maini, mo This means Eeinie, Meenie, Minie, Moe
Think you have it all down pat?
Click here to take the Quiz
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For "Mo"....it's the same as
For "Mo"....it's the same as the Hiragana "Mo"....just the curve isn't that noticeable and instead it leads to the ground, not curve up. That's how I remember it :D