Kana Practice Exercise You have learned that each hiraganasymbol has a phonetic sound value and that each symbol represents one syllable (Topic One, Introduction). Listen the sounds of hiraganaas pronounced for you by your instructor or tape. Read through the following chart silent$tas you listen. Read the chart again on your own. Memorize the sound pattern of the chart, as shown at the rieht.

HIRAGANA CHART a p fr, L\ 2 7 tc' a atueo

K fii t tt L kt ke lwkikulela

+ Z' e l- 9 t z sashisuseso

1- D. T ft 2 2 T E cnt lsu to tachitsuteto

N tg Lg b h a nt naninuneno 6/ H tt (} :5. E /P' ne hahifuheho

+ M 6 d c a) 6 ml mamimumemo to ? & !alu]0 R b t) 6 6 to rarirurero W h t ua o o A. n 2 TOPIC ONB

Exercise B In the following chart, write in ROOMAj| the syllables that correspond to the symbols of the hiraganachart on the previous page. If you write each sound group (/ffi, , ku, kz, kn, etc.) in a different color, the visual pattern may help you to remember the order of the syllables. Continue to practice these syllables until you know them in order. TtrT T T [tr T T n trtrT T T nnT trI T trnnl T T T T T T T trl n tr T tr n T T T tr n THE FIRSTGROUP OF 10 a e r ^rtr;

r rr \V L ,\ {\ | t\ !vv

\ u t" \ e t* 7L. ':(| + \ ? v\ o n {z

-> tl, ka 0\ Jr fi rrr,! Y ,z-iv ki* vj{ v\_ \- Y. k,( K ke [* LT 3u> ko \-.*->

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ej L t\

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I .-h)r,' \ -,/',' t. k,r tlt' {,1 -__-----_-l_

- t'"

kt* I t \- '"1( I

' - )' 'l ke{ t, t, /

I ko t \-

r4 The 46 BasicHiragana

First Group As shown on the previoustwo pages,the first group of ten Hiraganacon- sistsof the five basicvo.,vels, [a], [i], [rr],["], [o], and five syllablescombining k with thesevowels: [ka], [ki], [ku], [ke], [ko]. Practicewriting the symbolsover and over againuntil you havelearned them, and then do the following exer- cises.

Exercises A. Fill in each spacewith the appropriateHiragana to make u'ords.

1. (oh) 5. - aa o'ke

7. - (good) 6. g \ (red) tO. r t (carp) ii ka [;

3. 9 \ _ (speak) 7. tl. - (persimmon)11. (shell) uki kar

4. (t'es) B. U ) _(go) ll. (moss) ee krr ko ke

B. Write the followingwords in Hrraeana. l. au (meet) 6. aki (autumn) 11. oi (nephew)

Z. le (house) 7. ike(pond) 17. kikai (machine)

3. ueki (potted plant) B. kiku (hear) 13. kuki (stem)

4. olca(hill) 9. koe(voice) 14. ika (squid)

l5 r /

5. kau (buv) 10. eki (station) 15. aku (to be open)

C. Read the follou.ins,.r'..:is anl u rite them in Romanized Japanese.

1. hh'r, r:ell 7. h' h' (face)

+ -{.r ) -. \\ (blue) B.t,ir' (practice)

3. v\ v\7v (no) g. *r'fr'3u r (big)

't. ln / L (top) tV.!! (here)

+ 5. h*t (many) 1L F: e \ (loic) ",

+ 1-r_, ; /-rr (artlst 6. fr (write) ,v,l )

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