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                                      Katakana Part 1

 

Welcome, Katakana is a script used for all borrowed words in Japanese (words that aren't Japanese). For example, it your name is not a Japanese one, your name will be written in Katakana. Our country, Australia, is written in Katakana オーストラリア. The Japanese don't have their own word for Hamburger so they have adapted the word to suit their pronunciation and say "Hanbaagaa”,

ハンバーガー。

Here is a link to a lot of names. Perhaps you can discover the Katakana for your name on this link: 

WRITE YOUR NAME IN ENGLISH AND GET IT IN KATAKANA ON THIS SITE (CLICK)

 

Katakana Song  (you may already know the tune!)

Try  to hear if you can recognise the sounds in some of these words in Katakana.

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