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Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Hiragana: Lesson 45 - ‘を’ [wo]

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Pronunciation:
‘を’ is romanized ‘wo’, pronounced ‘wo’ as in ‘won’.

It is transliterated variably as <o> or <wo>, with the former being faithful to standard pronunciation but the latter avoiding confusion with お and オ.

Friday, 7 January 2011

Hiragana: Lesson 29 - ‘へ’ [he], ‘べ’ [be] & ‘ぺ’ [pe]

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Pronunciation:
‘へ’ is romanized (pronounced) ‘he’ as in 'hen'. But it can al

Words with ‘へ’:
‘へ’ at the beginning:
  • 蛇 / び (hebi -> snake)
  • 部屋 / や(heya -> room)
  • 変な / んな (hen na -> weird; strange)
  • 平和 / いわ (heiwa -> peacefulness)