Let’s start learning 46 basic Katakana Alphabet letters.
Each sound is completely the same as Hiragana but you can see how different each letter is.
You can download the booklet “Hiragana Katakana charts”.
Listen to the sounds.
The first line, “ア、イ、ウ、エ、オ“
The second line, “カ、キ、ク、ケ、コ“
The third, “サ、シ、ス、セ、ソ”
The forth, “タ、チ、ツ、テ、ト”
The fifth, “ナ、ニ、ヌ、ネ、ノ”
The sixth, “ハ、ヒ、フ、ヘ、ホ”
The seventh, “マ、ミ、ム、メ、モ”
The eighth, “ヤ、ユ、ヨ”
The ninth, “ラ、リ、ル、レ、ロ”
The tenth, “ワ、ヲ、ン”
Great! Well done!
Quiz
Read each letter. After reading, listen to the audio and check the answer.
アニメ (anime)
エアコン (air conditioning)
カメラ (camera)
カラオケ (karaoke)
クラス (class)
テニス (tennis)
トイレ (toilet)
ナイフ (knife)
ネクタイ (necktie)
ホテル (hotel)
ミルク (milk)
レモン (lemon)
ワイン (wine)
Katakana Learning Course contents
3 More Reasons why you should learn Katakana
46 basic Katakana Alphabet Letters (this post)
More Katakana Letters – Dakuon and Handakuon
Some More Katakana letters – Long Vowels and Small “ツ”
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