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Game 2: Learn 100 Vocal Sounds

Please Remember :
"We can't speak any words without putting a vowel(a i u e o) after each consonant!!!"
For example, we, Japanese, speak English words as such :
Mr.[misuta:], Bill[bi ru], meet[mi:to]...
So it can be said that each & every vocal-sound contains some vowel, except for the sound of "n".
*Japanese vocal-sounds are made from 5 vowels and (about)25 consonants in total.

Here we go!

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1

2

3

4

5
 /
/

a

i

u

e

o

vowels

k-

ka

ki

ku

ke

ko

clear sounds

ky-

kya

/

kyu

/

kyo
 /

g-

ga

gi

gu

ge

go

voiced sounds

gy-

gya

/

gyu

/

gyo
 /

s-

sa

shi

su

se

so

clear sounds

sh-

sha

/

shu

/

sho
 /

z-

za

ji

zu

ze

zo

voiced sounds

j-

ja

/

ju

/

jo
 /

t-

ta

chi

tsu

te

to

clear sounds

ch-

cha

/

chu

/

cho
 /

d-

da

(ji)

(zu)

de

do

voiced sounds

n-

na

ni

nu

ne

no

clear sounds

ny-

nya

/

nyu

/

nyo
 /

h-

ha

hi

hu

he

ho

clear sounds

hy-

hya

/

hyu

/

hyo
 /

b-

ba

bi

bu

be

bo

voiced sounds

by-

bya

/

byu

/

byo
 /

p-

pa

pi

pu

pe

po

half-voiced

py-

pya

/

pyu

/

pyo
 /

m-

ma

mi

mu

me

mo

clear sounds

my-

mya

/

myu

/

myo
 /

y-

ya

/

yu

/

yo

clear sounds

r-

ra

ri

ru

re

ro

clear sounds

ry-

rya

/

ryu

/

ryo
 /

w-

wa

/

/

/

-o
 /

and n ...

Please repeat aloud these sounds until you get bored.
And if you have completely learned these sounds,
Try to write them by using hira-gana!!!

/a//////i//////u//////e//////o

and ...

Question : Can you read the following words?
Hello
Thanks
Good bye
Good night
friend

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Well done!
You won the game!!!

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