Learning hiragana and katakana : workbook and practice sheets / Tetsuo Takagaki, Kenneth G. Henshall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Takagaki, Tetsuo.

Contributor:

Henshall, Kenneth G.

Series:

Tuttle language library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese language--Writing--Kana.

Japanese language.

Japanese language--Grammar, Classical.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; Rutland, Vermont : Charles E. Tuttle Publishing, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Learning Hiragana and Katakana is a systematic and comprehensive workbook that can be used along with a Japanese language textbook or as a stand-alone resource to learn the Japanese alphabet (kana).Japanese has 3 writing systems, all used together: hiragana, katakana and kanji. Learning Japanese Hiragana & Katakana helps newcomers learn how to use the first two systems' basic 92 characters to read, write and communicate. With expanded writing and preparation space, this revised edition offers ample provisions for practice, review and self-testing at several levels. It also includes a detailed

Contents:

Frontcover; Copyright; CONTENTS; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; AN EXPLANATION OF KANA; I HIRAGANA; VOICED AND HALF-VOICED SOUNDS; REVIEW OF VOICED AND HALF-VOICED SOUNDS; REVIEW OF DOUBLE VOWELS AND CONSONANTS; COMBINED SOUNDS KYA-RYO; VOICED COMBINED SOUNDS GYA-BYO; REVIEW OF COMBINED SOUNDS; REVIEW THROUGH PLACE NAMES AND PERIOD NAMES; GENERAL REVIEW; II KATAKANA; VOICED AND HALF-VOICED SOUNDS; REVIEW OF VOICED AND HALF-VOICED SOUNDS; COMBINED SOUNDS KYA-RYO; VOICED COMBINED SOUNDS GYA-BYO; REVIEW OF COMBINED SOUNDS AND DOUBLE CONSONANTS; REVIEW THROUGH INTERNATIONAL PLACE NAMES; III FINAL REVIEW

ABOUT JAPANFOOD ITEMS QUIZ; FLORA AND FAUNA QUIZ; PERSONAL NAMES QUIZ; KANA WORD SEARCH; QUIZ ANSWERS; DO-IT-YOURSELF KANA CHARTS; THE IROHA VERSE; Backcover

Notes:

Previously published as A guide to learning hiragana & katakana, 2005.

Description based on print version record.

Contains:

Guide to learning hiragana & katakana.

ISBN:

1-4629-0181-6

OCLC:

868924968