た Rōmaji: TA Sounds Like: Toddler; Tommy Mnemonic: • It Looks Like A

Rōmaji: TA sounds like: TOddler; TOmmy Mnemonic: た • It looks like a Toddler reaching for a toy

2 strokes

Rōmaji: CHI sounds like: CHEAt; CHEAp Mnemonic:

• It is a CHEAp version of the number 5. ち • You may be expecting “TI” but it is CHI.

Rōmaji: TSU sounds like: TSUnami Mnemonic:

• It looks like a TSUnami wave

• This pronunciation is tricky. Listen to the sound files. Say the words つ “cat” and “soup” together quickly to approximate it: caTSOUp

2 strokes

Rōmaji: TE sounds like: TAme; TAke Mnemonic: て • It looks like a TErrible #7

Rōmaji: TO sounds like: TOE; TOW Mnemonic: と • It looks like someone’s big TOE

VOCABULARY ちち father くち mouth おと sound すてき nice うた song とおい far away さとう sugar いち one; #1

Q&A:

CrosswordPractice writing the Challenge! hiragana (not romaji)! 1) Write the two hiragana with irregular pro- nunciations in this chapter Across 1 ______2 This means “far” (3) 2) How do you write “song” in Japanese? 2 3 ______4 This means “father” (2)

Down 4 TRUE OR FALSE: (circle one) 1 This means “sound” (2) いち 3 This means “1” (2) 1) means “2” T F

2) すてき means “steak” T F

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