Hiragana Sound Changes

Using dakuten in hiragana

By Fiona Sawyer

が ga

ぎ gi

ぐ gu

げ ge

ご​ go

​The g line

​か　　ka for cup​

き ki for key

く​ ku for cukoo beak

け "it's OK"

こ​ ko for coin

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​The K line

Look carefully at the two columns

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What do you notice?

Open Ended

How do the Japanese make the G sounds?

​ざ　za　

じ　pronounced ji

ず zu

ぜ ze

ぞ​ zo

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​The z line

​ さ　　sa for surfing

し​　 shi for she has long hair

す　　soon the seed will grow

せ　　se for sailing boat

そ　　so for sewing stitch​

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​The S line

Lok carefully at the two columns

What do you notice?​

Open Ended

How do the Japanese make z sounds in the hiragana syllabary?

​The d line

た　 ta for t a

ち　chi for cheeky 5

つ　tsu for tsunami

て​　te for table

と　to for toe​

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​The t line

Look carefully at the two columns

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What do you notice?

​だ　da

ち”​ ji (rarely written)

つ” dju

​で de

ど​ do

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Open Ended

How do you make D sounds in hiragana?

Multiple Choice

What is GA

• ぐ

• が

• げ

• か

Multiple Choice

What does adding inverted commas beside the symbols of the K line do?

• Changes the symbols to G sounds

• Changes the symbols to F sounds

• Changes the symbols to D sounds

• Changes the symbols to Z sounds

Multiple Choice

What does adding inverted commas beside the symbols of the S line do?

• Changes the symbols to G sounds

• Changes the symbols to F sounds

• Changes the symbols to D sounds

• Changes the symbols to Z sounds

Multiple Choice

What does adding inverted commas beside the symbols of the T line do?

• Changes the symbols to G sounds

• Changes the symbols to F sounds

• Changes the symbols to D sounds

• Changes the symbols to Z sounds