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Combined Hiragana – Part 1 :Combined Hiragana – Part 1 visit us at http://mastijapanese.blogspot.com
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???? and ?? :???? and ?? Visit us at http://mastijapanese.blogspot.com © 2009 Dakuten
[OR] Maru
Ten-Ten
???? and ?? :???? and ?? Adding a ?? ?? (te-n-te-n AKA Dakuten) or ?? (ma-ru) to some of the Hiragana letters gives a new pronunciation. (Dakuten, ??, is more often called ten-ten in speech)
Ten-ten comes from the Japanese word for point, Ten, ?. Maru comes from the Japanese word for circle, maru, ?. Visit us at http://mastijapanese.blogspot.com © 2009
Hiragana – ga to go :Hiragana – ga to go ka ki ku ke ko
? ? ? ? ?
Now Adding a ?? ?? (te-n-te-n) to these
ga gi gu ge go
? ? ? ? ? Visit us at http://mastijapanese.blogspot.com © 2009
Hiragana – za to zo :Hiragana – za to zo sa shi su se so
? ? ? ? ?
Now Adding a ?? ?? (te-n-te-n) to these
za ji zu ze zo
? ? ? ? ? Visit us at http://mastijapanese.blogspot.com © 2009
Hiragana – da to do :Hiragana – da to do ta chi tsu te to
? ? ? ? ?
Now Adding a ?? ?? (te-n-te-n) to these
da ji zu de do
? ? ? ? ? Visit us at http://mastijapanese.blogspot.com © 2009
Hiragana – ba to bo :Hiragana – ba to bo ha hi fu he ho
? ? ? ? ?
Now Adding a ?? ?? (te-n-te-n) to these
ba bi bu be bo
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Hiragana – pa to po :Hiragana – pa to po ha hi fu he ho
? ? ? ? ?
Now Adding a ?? (ma-ru) to these
pa pi pu pe po
? ? ? ? ? Visit us at http://mastijapanese.blogspot.com © 2009
Points to ponder :Points to ponder Two ji -? and ?
Two zu - ? and ?
? and ? are widely used while it does not mean ? and ? are not used at all. They are used less common.
Some of such words:
??? (nose bleed), ???? (Homemade), ???? (parcel/package), etc. Visit us at http://mastijapanese.blogspot.com © 2009