So we already learnt a little about Hiragana in lesson 1 but now we should learn a little more about some of the rules.
First of all you need to know about dakutens. these little dashes completely transform the sound
K->G S->Z T->D H->B
for instance this is ka and ga. as you can see the only difference is the dakuten.
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| mora KA hiragana (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| Japanese Hiragana kyokashotai GA (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
There are also handakutens which are used to turn a H->P for instance ha to pa は -> ぱ
The next rule you should learn is about 'Digraphs' this is where a small Y sound (ya, yo, yu) transforms a hiragana into a new sound.
The transformation occurs for
き し ち に ひ み り
for instance き (ki) becomes きゃ (kya)
It should also be known if a small tsu sound つ it will double the first letter of the next hiragana.
That's all you need to know for now!
