Honestly... this is going to sound ridiculous, but, I remembered them with:
Shih-tzu (the little dog)
and
N, so! (Like "Ah, so..." but something Japanese people ACTUALLY say)
If you notice, you raise your voice on "Shi" and "N" above, and lower it on "tsu" and "so"... just like the line on each, respectively...
Shi(up)-Tzu(down) -「シ」「ツ」
N (up) - So! (down) - 「ン」「ソ」
And, yes... Katakana, in my experience with learning and helping others, seems to be considerably harder than Hiragana... which, somehow, mystifies all my Japanese friends/Professors (who swear Hiragana is harder)
Posted by Anonymous on Dec 16th, 2010 at 11:21 am.
Honestly... this is going to
Honestly... this is going to sound ridiculous, but, I remembered them with:
Shih-tzu (the little dog)
and
N, so! (Like "Ah, so..." but something Japanese people ACTUALLY say)
If you notice, you raise your voice on "Shi" and "N" above, and lower it on "tsu" and "so"... just like the line on each, respectively...
Shi(up)-Tzu(down) -「シ」「ツ」
N (up) - So! (down) - 「ン」「ソ」
And, yes... Katakana, in my experience with learning and helping others, seems to be considerably harder than Hiragana... which, somehow, mystifies all my Japanese friends/Professors (who swear Hiragana is harder)