Katakana

Prepared by: Ms. Macalalad Donita Rose M.

 Pre-Assessment
Direction: Read and understand the following
questions and give the correct answer.

1. What is the use of Hiragana Characters in

writing aspect?
2. What is the Use of Small Hiragana Tsu?
3. What are the three (3) Hiragana characters
that may be combined with characters in the “ i”
– row except for the vowel itself?
 KATAKANA
• Katakana
means “fragmentary kana”- is characterized
by short, straight strokes and angular
corners.
- used when writing down names of people,
and things that are not of Japanese
origin, if your name is not a Japanese
name, use Katakana.
 KATAKANA

The Long Vowel Sound

simple dash ( ー ) – use to produce long
vowel sounds

Example:
•メール (me-ru) - email
•ケーキ (ke-ki) - cake
 KATAKANA
Basic Katakana and Additional Katakana Sounds
 KATAKANA
Writing / Drawing Katakana Characters
a-i-u-e-o/ ka-ki-ku-ke-ko/ ga-gi-gu-ge-go/ sa-shi-su-se-so/ za-ji-zu-ze-zo/ ta-chi-
tsu-te-to/ da-di-du-de-do/ na-ni-nu-ne-no/ ha-hi-fu-he-ho/ ba-bi-bu-be-bo/ pa-pi-
pu-pe-po/ ma-mi-mu-me-mo/ ya-yu-yo/ ra-ri-ru-re-ro/ ra-ri-ru-re-ro/ wa-o/ n
KATAKANA
Contracted Katakana Sounds
 KATAKANA
Additional Letters

These additional letters are invented in modern era to describe the sound of foreign
languages.

Examples

ファ[fa] ティ[ti] ドゥ[du] ウェ[we] フォ[fo]

ァ, ィ, ゥ, ェ and ォ(small ア[a] イ[i] ウ[u] エ[e] オ[o]) are attached after particular
letters.

Examples

ヴァ[va] ヴィ[vi] ヴ[vu] ヴェ[ve] ヴォ[vo]

ヴ is used for [v] sound. We add ァ, ィ, ゥ, ェ

ONE PIECE O
ITS FINEST! 
 Directions: Choose one Character that you
love in One piece then give the right answer to
the question behind the chosen character.

1 2 3 4
What is the use of Katakana
characters in writing aspect?
Answer:
It is used when writing down names
of people, and things that are not of
Japanese origin, if your name is
not a Japanese name, use
Katakana.
What is the use of the
simple dash (-) ?
Answer:
simple dash ( ー ) – use
to produce long vowel
sounds
Give a word that uses a simple
dash, a Japanese word and it’s
equivalent word in English
Example:
•メール (me-ru) - email
•ケーキ (ke-ki) - cake
Give the additional letters that
invented in modern era to describe
the sound of foreign languages.
 DOUMO
ARIGATOU
GOZAIMASU! 