SA - さ Pronunciation; Sah
SHI - し Pronunciation; She
SU - す Pronunciation; Sue
SE - せ Pronunciation; Se-/ Say
SO - そ Pronunciation; Soh

TA - た Pronunciation; Tah
CHI - ち Pronunciation; Chee
TSU - つ Pronunciation; Tsue [really hard to write out the sound]
TE - て Pronunciation; Tey
TO - と Pronunciation; Toh

Well, lesson two!
Today we learn the next five - the K’s Pronunciation is the same as the other ones.

KA - か Pronunciation: Kah
KI - き Pronunciation: Kee
KU - く Pronunciation:Kue
KE - け Pronunciation: Kay
KO - こ Pronunciation: Koh

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I know many people already can read hiragana, but many don’t. Practice never hurt anyone, so I expect all students to participate/ study.
Now this isn’t as up-beat, and I apologize. The rest will be. :]
IF YOUR COMPUTER DOESN’T READ JAPANESE: Email me with my gmail account and I will start posting image versions of the characters so you won’t miss out.

Now we will go over the first five “letters”. That is A, I, U, E, O.
REMEMBER Read the pronunciations out loud: it helps build speaking and listening skills.
So, here we go!

A: Hiragana: あ - Pronunciation: “ah”

I: Hiragana: い - Pronunciation: “ee”

U: Hiragana: う - Pronunciation: “oo”

E: Hiragana: え - Pronunciation: “ei” “a”

O: Hiragana: お - Pronunciation: “oh”

^__^ I know it is not a lot, but I want you to go an practice these like crazy! I am giving you a couple days to study these, then you will get the next set. If you think I am going too slow, I will give you two sets at a time.
We learn these before anything else because if you learn from romaji, it is harder to get into the language.
And I can’t stress this enough: Questions? Email me at kudamono.x[at]gmail.com: you will get a faster response because it is my email on my phone.
Well, I will go work on some later lessons. :3
Happy studying.