GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
HIRAGANA GRAMMAR
Is what one could the
Japanese alphabet.There
are 46 basic forms in
modern Japanese with
which you can transcribe
any Japanese sound.
KATAKANA
Is very similar to
Hiragana,since it’s a kind THE THREE
of Japanese alphabet
JAPANESE
too.For each Hiragana
character,a katakana SYSTEM
character exists.
KANJI
Is the Japanese writing
system.Literally,Kanji means
“Chinese Character.”If you
compare Japanese and a
Chinese text,you’ll compare
that the charac ters look much
the same
Basic Japanese grammar is
relatively simple.Complicating
factors such as gender articles
and distinctions between plural
and singular are missing almost
completely.
THE PRONUNCIATION
In comparison with other
IMPORTANCE languages,Japanese knows
relatively few sounds,and
OF THE pronunciation poses little
CULTURE problems to most learners.
WRITING
The Japanese writing system
consists of the three different
character sets:Kanji (several
thousands of Chinese
Characters)and Hiragana and
Katakana (two syllabaries of 46
Characters each;together called
kana).