Combination sounds Some syllables are created by combining an ‘i’ sounding character and a small-sized For example, when the ‘i’ sounding character from the K line, is combined with 「よ」. 「き」, a half-sized then it is written as is pronounced “kya”. 「や」, 「きゃ」and P B J G R M H N C S K Ya ぴゃ びゃ じゃ ぎゃ りゃ みゃ ひゃ にゃ ちゃ しゃ きゃ Yu ぴゅ びゅ じゅ ぎゅ りゅ みゅ ひゅ にゅ ちゅ しゅ きゅ Yo ぴょ びょ じょ ぎょ りょ みょ ひょ にょ ちょ しょ きょ Activity Circle the appropriate letter for the following words written in Romaji. DENSHA (Train) A)てんしゅ B)でんしょ C)てんしゃ D)でんしゃ SHASHIN (Photograph) A)しょせん B)しょしん C)しゃしん D)しぇすん KYOU (Today) A)きよう B)きぇう C)きゅう D)きょう KISHA (Steam train) A)かしゃ B)きしゃ C)きしゅ D)けしゃ RYOURI (Cooking) A)りゃうり B)りょえり C)りゅうり D)りょうり Write appropriate Hiragana characters TANJOUBI (Birthday) __________________________ KYOURYUU (Dinosaur) __________________________ JINJA (Temple) __________________________ SHOUJI (Japanese sliding paper door) __________________________ CHOUCHIN (Japanese paper lantern) __________________________ Complete the table Birthday Photograph りょうり Today じんじゃ Steam train Japanese sliding paper door ちょうちん きょうりゅう Train
Combination sounds Some syllables are created by combining an ‘i’ sounding character and a small-sized 「よ」. For example, when 「き」, the ‘i’ sounding character from the K line, is combined with a half-sized 「や」, then it is written as 「きゃ」and is pronounced “kya”. P B J G R M H N C S K ぴゃ びゃ じゃ ぎゃ りゃ みゃ ひゃ にゃ ちゃ しゃ きゃ Ya ぴゅ びゅ じゅ ぎゅ りゅ みゅ ひゅ にゅ ちゅ しゅ きゅ Yu ぴょ びょ じょ ぎょ りょ みょ ひょ にょ ちょ しょ きょ Yo Activity Circle the appropriate letter for the following words written in Romaji. DENSHA (Train) A)てんしゅ B)でんしょ C)てんしゃ D)でんしゃ SHASHIN (Photograph) A)しょせん B)しょしん C)しゃしん D)しぇすん KYOU (Today) A)きよう B)きぇう C)きゅう D)きょう KISHA (Steam train) A)かしゃ B)きしゃ C)きしゅ D)けしゃ RYOURI (Cooking) A)りゃうり B)りょえり C)りゅうり D)りょうり Write appropriate Hiragana characters TANJOUBI (Birthday) __________________________ KYOURYUU (Dinosaur) __________________________ JINJA (Temple) __________________________ SHOUJI (Japanese sliding paper door) __________________________ CHOUCHIN (Japanese paper lantern) __________________________ Complete the table Birthday Photograph りょうり Today じんじゃ Steam train Japanese sliding paper door ちょうちん きょうりゅう Train
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