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Let's write words in Japanese

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Hello everybody, こんにちは。 I've made how to type and write Hiragana on the computer before, based on Hiragana chart. Lets talk about Katakana for a little bit today. all the sounds are the same as hiragana. Katakana look boxy and has edgy shapes compares to Hiragana. Japanese Alphabet (Katakana) Poster by falkdesigns By the way, This chart is sold at zazzle.com Please visit the the link at the bottom for more info. Katakana is used to express foreign words like, McDonald = マクドナルド  Ski = スキー  America = アメリカ cake = ケーキ party = パーティー all sounds are flat in Japanese. uses the long line to express long sounds or extend sounds you may not recognize the words when it pronounced in Japanese but you'll surprised to know a lot of English words are used in Japanese. how to write / type Katakana is basically the same as how to write Hiragana. Let's practice writing / typing words. First, change the setting to Japanese typing mode, to type Japanese, ...

Writing / Typing Japanese: Dotted letters and so on

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I'll tell you how to type beyond usual Hiragana chart. Japanese Hiragana and Katakana, if you add two dots  after those letters for example かきくけこ Ka Ki Ku Ke Ko add " at the right above those letters, they becomes がぎぐげご it pronounces Ga Gi Gu Ge Go Same for さしすせそ becomes ざじずぜぞ Za Zi Zu Ze Zo だぢづでど Da Di Du De Do ばびぶべぼ Ba Bi Bu Be Bo Then, if you put small circle at the right side above, they becomes ぱぴぷぺぽ Pa Pi Pu Pe Po Next, if you put little や、ゆ、よ after certain letters, you will pronounce for example, きゃ = kya きゅ = kyu きょ = kyo Like when you type kyouto (Kyoto) きょうと =京都 in Kanji you will see よ is little smaller. Sha Shu Sho しゃしゅしょ Tya Tyu Tyo ちゃちゅちょ Nya Nyu Nyo にゃにゅにょ Hya Hyu Hyo ひゃひゅひょ Mya Myu Myo みゃみゅみょ Rya Ryu Ryo りゃりゅりょ Gya Gyu Gyo ぎゃきゅぎょ Ja Ju Jo じゃじゅじょ Bya Byu Byo びゃびゅびょ Pya Pyu Pyo ぴゃぴゅぴょ Japanese Alphabet (Hiragana) Poster by falkdesigns

Writing / Type in Japanese on your computer

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Hi, I'll show you how to type (write) Japanese on your computer. Japanese Alphabet (Hiragana) Poster by falkdesigns There are ways to type in using the alphabet. before you start, you need to set up input enabled in Japanese, If you are using a mac, go to System Preferences from the Apple menu, click on the blue flag icon labeled Language & Region. Click on the button marked with a plus sign in the lower left to add a new language, then select Japanese from the menu and click the Add button. You also need to add the setting for the keyboard. go to the keyboard, input source, add Japanese.   I think it's similar for Windows users, please google "how to type Japanese on windows" and find out. Lately, Japanese people use this type of keyboard on the smartphone. You tap the letter until you get the one you want on the row of, for example, if you want to input "う" you press "あ" three-time sinceうlocates at the third letter of a row...