Ebook Hiragana & Katakana - Kenneth G. Henshall with Tetsuo Takagaki of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan Risuningu, supīkingu, rīdingu no kaizen o shien suru nihongo gakushū no dokyumentarīsābisudesu | A GUIDE TO LEARNING HIRAGANA AND K A TAKANA Kenneth G. Henshall with Tetsuo Takagaki CHARLES E. TUTTLE COMPANY Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan A GUIDE TO LEARNING HIRAGANA AND K A TAKANA Kenneth G. Henshall with Tetsuo Takagaki CHARLES E. TUTTLE COMPANY Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan PART rn: FINAL REVIEW About Japan Food Items Quiz Flora and Fauna Quiz Personal Names Quiz Kana Word Search Quiz Answers Do-It-Yourself Kana Charts The Iroha Verse H O W T O U S E T H I S BOOK The main aim of this book is to help students achieve competence in reading and writing kana, the phonetic symbols that are fundamental to written Japanese. The book starts with a section entitled An Explanation of Kana, which contains everything the student will need to know about the two kana systems of hiraganu and kotakuna. Part I of the workbook section then systematically introduces each hiragana symbol, voiced form, and combination, and provides ample practice and review. Pan I1 does the same for katakana, while Part III provides an overall review. The Explanation of Kana outlines the function and origin of kana, the difference between the two kana systems, the various sounds, the combinations, and the conventions of usage. It attempts to be detailed and thorough so that it can be used for reference at any stage. Though all the information about kana is grouped together in this one section for ease of reference, it is not expected that the student will read it all before starting on the practice pages. In fact, to do so might give the impression that kana are perhaps rather formidable, which is not really the case at all. (Just ask any Japanese child!) We recommend that the student start work on the hiragana practice pages after reading the first three subsections on the function, origin, and basic sounds of kana. After finishing practice of the forty-six basic hiragana symbols the student should go back to the Explanation and read the subsection on additional sounds, then work
