Japanese/Kana/Lessons/Katakana/Lesson 6

This page introduces "ハ", "ヒ", "フ", "ヘ" and "ホ". Adding two short lines, the dakuten (濁 だく点 てん) or, more informally, tenten (点々 てんてん) meaning "two marks", to create "バ", "ビ", ""ブ", "ベ" and "ボ" changes clear sounds to voiced ones. Adding a small circle called a 半 >はん濁 だく点 てん handakuten, but commonly referred to as maru (丸 まる) meaning "circle", written "パ", "ピ", "プ", "ペ" and "ポ" changes clear sounds plosive sound. ハ ha * ハンガリー (hanngali-) Hungary ハンバーガー (hannba-ga-) hamburger バ ba バナナ banana パ pa * A step in French is called a pas! Just take a few steps under the moon! パーティー Party ヒ Ja-Hi.oga hi * Heel - The heel of a shoe ヒーター Heater ビ bi ビタミン vitamin ピ pi ピレネー Pyrenees ピザ pizza フ Ja-Fu.oga fu Food - It's half a bowl of food. Fruit Salad. No handles, spoons, chopsticks, noodles, or cats, just use your hands. フランス (furansu) France ファン (fan) fan ブ bu ブドウ (budo-) grape プ pu プレゼント (purezento) Present, Gift ヘ he * Hehe - It's the same funny (Hehe) mustache from Hiragana! Pointing towards Heaven ヘルシー Healthy ベ be ベルギー Belgium ペ pe ペット pet ペン pen ホ ho Hot - It is very hot, and you are standing with your arms outstretched at your sides and sweat is pouring from your armpits. Holy - Someone holding a span holy cross with both hands. ホテル (hoteru) hotel ボ bo ボトル Bottle ポ po ポルトガル Portugal ポンプ pump