Katakana a-o

​Katakana 開始！
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日本語１

Open Ended

Why does Japanese use both hiragana and katakana? Why do we need to know both?

• Words borrowed from foreign languages (e.g., terebi for television).

• Onomatopoeia (sound effects).

• Scientific names (plants, animals, insects).

• Emphasis (like italics or bold).

Katakana

• Grammatical particles (like wa, ga, o).

• Verb and adjective endings (okurigana).

• Native Japanese words without kanji or for simplicity/cuteness.

Hiragana

Why Both?

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あ / a

Pronounced "ah"

Practice drawing the character, being mindful of correct stroke order!

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Find and circle all of the characters for あ in katakana

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い / i

Pronounced "ee"

Practice drawing the character, being mindful of correct stroke order!

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Find and circle all of the characters for い in katakana

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う / u

Pronounced "oo"

Practice drawing the character, being mindful of correct stroke order!

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Find and circle all of the characters for う in katakana

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え / e

Pronounced "eh"

Practice drawing the character, being mindful of correct stroke order!

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Find and circle all of the え characters in katakana

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お / o

Pronounced "oh"

Practice drawing the character, being mindful of correct stroke order!

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Find and circle all of the お characters in katakana

よみましょう！

Practice correctly reading these

• アイ

• エア

• オア

• アオ

よみましょう！

• アイ (Ai) - Eye

• エア (Ea) - Air

• オア (Oa) - Or

• アオ (Ao) - Ao (Blue/Green)

Multiple Choice

What is the following katakana in romaji?

アイ

• ae

• ia

• ai

Multiple Choice

What is the following katakana in romaji?

アオ

• ai

• ao

• au

Categorize

Options (10)

ア

あ

イ

ウ

エ

オ

い

う

え

お

Organize these characters into the correct categories

Katakana

Hiragana

Poll

やった！You did it!

How did you do with the first column of katakana?

• わるいです

  Bad 😣

• まあまあです

  So-so 🫥

• すばらしいです！

  Wonderful 😍