In this lesson you are going to learn how to read and write カ、キ、ク、ケ、コ. Adding two small lines called 濁点dakuten, but commonly known simply as 点々tenten, meaning "two marks", causes clear sounds to change to their voiced sound. Thus, adding the 点々tenten marks will cause カ、キ、ク、ケ、コ to be produced ガ、ギ、グ、ゲ、ゴ.
Brush Stroke:
Sound:
ka
ga
Mnemonic:
Like the か (ka) of Hiragana, just missing the extra stroke on the right.
Example:
カナダ (kanada) Canada
カメラ (kamara) camera
カカオ (kakao) cacao
ガラパゴス (garapagosu) Galapagos
ガイダンス (gaidansu) guidance
ガバナンス (gabanansu) governance
Brush Stroke:
Sound:
ki
gi
Mnemonic:
Another key, now just the top half.
Example:
キルギズタン (kirugizustan) Kyrgyzstan
キウイ (kiui) kiwi
キス (kisu) kiss
ギア (gia) gear
ギアナ (giana) Guiana
ギフト (gifuto) gift
Brush Stroke:
Sound:
ku
gu
Mnemonic:
The open wing of a cooing pigeon.
The handle of a cup
Cookie with a bite taken out of it, held in the lower left corner.
Example:
クウェート (kueeto) Kuwait
クリック (kurikku) click
クローン (kuroon) clone
グアバ (guaba) guava
グリーン (guriin) green
グアム (guamu) Guam
Brush Stroke:
Sound:
ke
ge
Mnemonic:
Looks like a "K" tilted to the side. Just pronounce the K with a Japanese accent so its "ke".
You guessed wrong. This isn't a pigeon wing but a bat wing, because it has a claw; the bat lives in a cave
Example:
ケベック (kebekku) Quebec
ケーブル (keeburu) cable
ケーキ (keeki) cake
ゲゲゲ (gegege) sound used to signify cackling
ゲノム (genomu) genome
ゲリラセン (gerirasen) guerilla warfare
Brush Stroke:
Sound:
ko
go
Mnemonic:
Like the hiragana こ, but connected at the right hand side. The bottom stroke was to be a copy of the top one but ran out of room.
