Hiragana Lesson 1

There are 46 hiragana characters for 46 different sounds. Hiragana are used for expressing "grammatical" elements such as particles, and endings of adjectives and verbs which show tenses, and etc. Kanji are used for expressing "meaningful" elements such as nouns and terms of adjectives and verbs.

It is possible to write entire Japanese sentences in hiragana. If an adult forgets certain kanji which are rarely used, they may substitute hiragana for them. Since the basic 46 hiragana symbols and some modifications of the suffice for all Japanese sounds, Japanese children start to read and write Japanese all in hiragana before making an attempt to learn some of the two thousand kanji currently used.

From here, you will be get to learn about basic hiragana day by day. If I show you the whole hiragana chart, I believe you will write down and put a side without learn it properly. Ok, let's start with 5 hiragana characters and how to write them.

あ = a
This is pronounced similarly to the 'a' in 'awful'.
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い = i
This is pronounced similarly to the 'ee' in 'feet'.
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う = u
This is pronounced similarly to the 'oo' in 'mood'.
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え = e
This is pronounced similarly to the 'e' in 'met'.
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お = o
This is pronounced similarly to the 'o' in 'cold' .
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--== Try to remember the character and the pronounciation. ==--
** Keep practice on a paper until you can write out it easily. **