Japanese/Kana/Lessons/Katakana/Lesson 4

In this lesson you are going to learn how to read and write タ、チ、ツ、テ、ト. Adding two small lines called 濁 だく点 てん dakuten, but commonly known simply as 点々 てんてん tenten, meaning "two marks", causes clear sounds to change to their voiced sound. Thus, adding the 点々 てんてん tenten marks to タ、チ、ツ、テ、ト will produce ダ、ヂ、ヅ、デ、ド. タ ta Tart, with a bite taken, and icing. Ta-da! A magic trick where the magician pulls something out of his jacket. タイ (tai) Thailand タクシー (takushii) taxi タイトル (taitoru) title ダ da ダイアモンド (daiamondo) diamond ダイアル (daiaru) dial ダイビング (daibingu) diving チ Ja-Chi 2.oga chi Chili noodles. Need a spoon, chopsticks, and drink for this spicy one. Hey look! Somebody invented cheese on a stick! チリ (chiri) Chile チーズ (chiizu) cheese チェス (chiesu) chess ヂ di ヒンヂ (hindi) hinge Few words contain ヂ and none start with it.　ジ is used instead most of the time. ドッヂボール (doddibooru) dodgeball ツ Ja-Tsu.oga tsu The grinning face of Sue (tsu), upright and not confused now that you remember her name. A wave, with a mark to indicate the strength. ノ = no wave. ソ = soft wave. ツ = tsunami ツバル (tsubura) Tuvalu ツーリスト (tsuurisuto) tourist ツイン (tsuin) twin ヅ dzu Few words contain the mora ヅ. テ te Thé, with teabag and cup handle. Someone started writing an E, then they changed their mind and wrote a T. A telescope テニス (tenisu) tennis テレビ (terebi) television テスト (tesuto) test デ de デンマーク (denmaaku) Denmark デバッグ (debaggu) debug デビル (debiru) devil ト to * You stubbed your toe on the letter T and knocked it on its side. トイレ (toire) toilet トースト (toosuto) toast トマト (tomato) tomato ド do ドイツ (doitsu) Germany ドア (doa) door (western style) ドイリー (doirii) doily