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Black Belt Reading and Writing Component

MISSION > You need to be able to READ & WRITE ALL Hiragana including TEN TENS and MARU

 

STEP 5 IS : BLACK BELT                  

 TO GET YOUR BLACK BELT IN JAPANESE, YOU NEED TO COMPLETE READING, WRITING, LISTENING, SPEAKING IN JAPANESE. YOU NEED TO GET A BROWN BELT, BLACK TIP IN ALL 4 OF THESE AREAS.

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TA YU YO WA WO N : Please watch the videos

WHILE YOU ARE WATCHING LEARN TO WRITE THE CORRECT STROKE ORDER BY USING THE PRACTICE WHITEBOARD BELOW OR  PRINT OUT  YA YU YO  SHEET BY CLICKING HERE 

PRINT OUT WA WO N  SHEET BY CLICKING HERE

 YA,YU,YO, WA,WO,N : Please flip and scroll through the flash cards

TEN TENS : Please CLICK IMAGE the Practice Test

TEN TENS/ CHON CHONS AND MARU STEP 1 : Please LOOK at the chart:

 

Quick Explanation: Ten Tens or Chon Chons are little markers that change the sound of an existing Hiragana. You may have seen the word ひらがな (hiragana) The ten tens change the KA to a GA in hiraGAna.

We have a quick way of remembering which lines can be changed:

 

K-G  The K family line changes to G with TEN TENS so we call it KILLER GORILLA

S-Z   S line changes to Z=                                                                  SMELLY ZOO

T-D   T line changes to D=                                                                 TOP DOG

H-B   H line changes to B=                                                                 HAPPY BIRTHDAY

H-P   H line changes to P when used with a circle (maru)             HOT PIE or HARRY POTTER

 

TEN TENS : Please watch the video 

WHILE YOU ARE WATCHING LEARN TO WRITE TEN TENS BY USING THE PRACTICE WHITEBOARD BELOW OR  PRINT OUT  TEN TENS SHEET BY CLICKING HERE

 TEN TENS : Please flip and scroll through the flash cards

TEN TENS : Please CLICK IMAGE the Practice Test

Play some Zondle Games to review TEN TENS. Click the IMAGES for different games

(Not for iPads/Mobiles)

Click on 5 SAMPLE QUESTIONS button

CLICK ON ONE OF THESE SLIDES BELOW TO PLAY A HIRAGANA GAME.

FINAL READING PRACTICE TEST (click icon)

Write the  ALL of the Hiragana and TEN TENS/ MARU  below without looking at any answersswers

*******IF YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOVE, YOU ARE READY TO SEE YOUR TEACHER FOR YOUR READING AND WRITING TEST                                                                              (Make sure you are 100% positive!)

 

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