In this lesson, I will teach you five hiragana. They are あいうえお.
あ is pronounced as /a/.
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An antenna is on top of the roof. あ as in “antenna”.
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い is pronounced as /i/.
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There are two eels. い as in “eels”.
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う is pronounced as /u/.
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Ooo!This is heavy. う as in “Ooo!”.
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え is pronounced as /e/.
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I have to exercise. え as in “exercise”.
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お is pronounced as /o/.
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a golf ball is on the green. お as in “on”.
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Romaji of あいうえお:
Hiragana
あ、い、う、え、お
Romaji
a, i, u, e, o
Vocabulary containing あいうえお:
Word
Reading
Meaning
Type
愛
あい
love
Noun
会う
あう
to meet
Verb
合う
あう
to fit
Verb
青い
あおい
blue
Adj
胃
い
stomach
Noun
言う
いう
to say
Verb
家
いえ
house
Noun
上
うえ
up
Noun
絵
え
painting
Noun
追う
おう
to chase; to catch
Verb
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Note:
I include a vocabulary list like the one above in each lesson to help you practice Hiragana and Katakana. The characters in the ‘Word’ column are Kanji, but you don’t need to memorize them for now. (I have a separate Kanji course that teaches you Kanji, so you can focus on that later.) You don’t need to memorize these words either—though it can be helpful to remember some of them. The main goal of this vocabulary list is to support your practice of Hiragana.
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