Katakana : Learn with Mnemonics

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  • Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
  • If you have problems memorizing Katakana, this video is for you!
    Let's learn them with mnemonics!
    (Sorry for my bad drawings... I did my best though! )
    Online Lessons↓
    linktr.ee/satou.nihongo
    If you haven't learned hiragana yet, I recommend these videos to watch!
    ▶Hiragana 1 with Mnemonics
    • Hiragana -1- Learn Hir...
    ▶Hiragana 2
    • Hiragana -2- Learn Hir...
    ▶Basic Japanese for Beginners : Lesson 0 (Writing System)
    • Basic Japanese for Beg...
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    - Chapter List -
    00:00 Introduction
    00:48 Characteristics
    02:10 vowels
    04:15 k-line
    05:54 s-line
    07:44 t-line
    09:39 n-line
    11:30 h-line
    13:17 m-line
    15:11 y-line
    16:17 r-line
    18:05 w-line
    18:58 n
    19:32 similar letters, long vowels, combinations
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 113

  • @satous-nihongo-playground
    @satous-nihongo-playground  Рік тому +11

    Thank you for watching this video!
    I know that I couldn’t think of any better mnemonics for some letters.., It was really hard to create ones…
    I still hope this video helps your learning even a little bit 🙏

    • @Jonathan-qz9td
      @Jonathan-qz9td 5 місяців тому

      This is a great video for learning! Thank you for making it! 🙂🙏

  • @pabloignacioscaletta
    @pabloignacioscaletta 2 роки тому +76

    Am I the only one who noticed that the katakana for "ni" is drawn as the kanji for the number 2, which is read as "ni"? That's quite a helpful coincidence.

    • @kome-lm2cv
      @kome-lm2cv Рік тому +20

      No, i think everyone noticed that, expect those who never have heard about kanji

    • @bonniewatt6240
      @bonniewatt6240 Рік тому +7

      @@kome-lm2cv 💀😭

    • @mariostudio7
      @mariostudio7 Рік тому +11

      The same is true for ミand the kanji 三 which can also be read as "mi"

  • @kentin4455
    @kentin4455 Рік тому +9

    Arigato gozaimasu sensei I struggled with remembering katakana after learning hiragana. Your lessons made it easier to remember.

  • @leocurzio5541
    @leocurzio5541 3 роки тому +35

    Oh my god thank God for making this after I learned all hiragana I tried learning katakana but you teach so well so it was easier to learn and every other way that I’m trying to learn didn’t work so thank you so much for putting this out

    • @satous-nihongo-playground
      @satous-nihongo-playground  3 роки тому +8

      Thank you for your comment! I’m really glad to hear that✨ A lot of learners feel it’s hard to memorize Japanese letters when they just started learning Japanese, so I made these videos to help them😊 Hope it helps!

    • @Catholism101
      @Catholism101 Рік тому

      I love your Godly reply brethren, keep praising God 🙏🏾 and I pray he blesses you abundantly 🙇🏽‍♂️🙏🏾

    • @yubrajkunwar3292
      @yubrajkunwar3292 Рік тому

      @@satous-nihongo-playground i’m so greatful to you
      Aarigatto gojaimashu sensei

  • @futanarimouto
    @futanarimouto Місяць тому +1

    I spent a few hours today drilling hiragana today and feel somewhat good. I see everywhere that you should learn the kana in one day if you actually try, or two days if very slow learner or lazy. Seeing as I'm about to go to bed I'm quite solidly in the very slow or lazy category.
    Thank you for this video, it gives me a headstart for tomorrow's katakana. I believe with enough diligence and tenacity I will get the katakana down and still meet criteria for slow or lazy student. Bronze medal for learning in two days. Will likely have to review both each day for a while to refresh or unforget, make sure it's solid. But it's been fun. Idk much Kanji but it's very cool feeling reading furigana after just one day.
    In six days I want to start grinding vocabulary and Kanji. Maybe 1,000 words, then is time for taking off training wheels and straight grind it, making flash cards for every word or grammar I don't understand that is encountered while reading or watching stuff.
    All my time is spent reading or watching stuff anyway, might as well learn it in original form.

  • @Lily4life2006
    @Lily4life2006 5 місяців тому

    I can now read hiragana so well because i used your video a while back and it helped so much im going to subscribe right now!!

  • @alihusnain2896
    @alihusnain2896 2 роки тому +3

    Thanks 🙏 your method of teaching is so useful for beginners, i read Hiragana and memorize by your vedieo, thanks a lots,

  • @kristincruikshank
    @kristincruikshank Рік тому +1

    Beat video I’ve found so far :-) thank you!

  • @kyxnn161
    @kyxnn161 2 роки тому +1

    omg your english is soo good 👍 ❤️ this video is super helpful too

  • @evalo6307
    @evalo6307 2 місяці тому +1

    It's a challenge to memorize Katakana. This video really helps a lot. Thank you so much!

  • @wejdanali1111
    @wejdanali1111 Рік тому +3

    This is really helpful thank you so much sensei ❤

  • @s-92creation16
    @s-92creation16 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much you made it very easy for us 🙏🏻❤️

  • @amandasteven1400
    @amandasteven1400 Рік тому

    it seems (to me) that most katakana lessons emphasize visual recognition of the kana rather than how it is written (stroke order) the focus on how to properly write characters in this vid' was VERY helpful... thanks and Kudo's to Satou's Nihongo Playground !

  • @shadowpastathetf2kidwithau706
    @shadowpastathetf2kidwithau706 Рік тому +7

    Hiragana: EASY!!!
    katakana: ok a little hard
    Kanji: 🇳🇴JEG GJØR IKKE DETTE!🇳🇴

    • @AmbiCahira
      @AmbiCahira Місяць тому

      Jaså, gillar du inte en utmaning? ^^

  • @lamtuvi
    @lamtuvi Рік тому

    Thank you so much for your very useful sharing !

  • @tylerwilliams8019
    @tylerwilliams8019 Рік тому +6

    こんにちは さとうーさん ! I just wanted to say that your mnemonics videos has helped me so much to memorize hiragana and katakana! ありがとうございます!

    • @nickfox5421
      @nickfox5421 3 місяці тому

      I just learned hiragana and I read your comment and understood the Japanese! Thank you Satou!

  • @Johnny-cu4zi
    @Johnny-cu4zi 3 роки тому

    Thank you for the lessons my beautiful 先生 ❤️💜❤️

  • @kevinabernathy3669
    @kevinabernathy3669 5 місяців тому

    Very helpful. I love mnemonics!

  • @whatever3860
    @whatever3860 11 місяців тому

    The tips help me a lot thanks you❤

  • @quintanya9541
    @quintanya9541 19 днів тому

    Your Hiragana and Katakana videos are excellent and have taught me the hiragana and katakana. Thank you very much. ^^
    Seen at 23:58 "ヴ" is (vu).
    ブ (bu) is another way of approximating the same foreign sound.

    • @satous-nihongo-playground
      @satous-nihongo-playground  18 днів тому

      Thank you for your comment! I’m really glad to hear that my video helped your learning☺️ありがとうございます!
      Please note that ヴ cannot be replaced with ブ when it’s combined with small letters such as ァ、ィ、ェ、ォ. (Contracted sounds explained in the video)
      For example;
      Vampire
      ヴァンパイア or バンパイア
      Not ブァンパイア
      Vegan
      ヴィーガン or ビーガン
      Not ブィーガン
      Since we don’t have actual “v” sound in Japanese, even though it’s written with ヴ, the pronunciation is still “b” in バビブベボ.
      We can see some people’s efforts by seeing both ヴィーガン and ビーガン😅
      Some people are like “It’s not Began, it’s Vegan!! Use different letter for V!!!”
      Then we have both now😂

  • @dissclout47
    @dissclout47 Рік тому

    this helps a lot thank youu 💕💕

  • @icebill2
    @icebill2 Рік тому +1

    Omg after you went through the katakana, i pause and started differentiating between ン and ソ. Then you immediately review after I unpaused. Thank you for making katakana easier for me!!! ❤

  • @PaithanNL
    @PaithanNL 3 роки тому

    Thank you! 🌷

  • @Skystrikerpilot
    @Skystrikerpilot 2 роки тому +1

    Ohayō gozaimasu Sato sensei.
    I have been following your videos for a few weeks now and I have been having a really enjoyable and productive experience, thank you so much for not only the hard work you put in, but for your enthusiasm as well.
    I have a few questions I have for you, in all your videos, you always recommend that we should always try to read and write more Japanese in order to improve, and so I’ve been going through all your practice activities, doing them on my own and making sure I master the material, I was wondering if there’s something more I could do to improve my Japanese? Perhaps you could recommend a book or a website where I could read beginner Japanese material in order to further develop my Japanese and gain a bit more of a deeper understanding.
    Another question I have is on how you’re able to type in hiragana and katakana characters into your mobile device, would it be possible for you to give a few suggestions on how I could go about doing this? Or if I should stick to romanji instead when practicing or typing?
    I’m terribly sorry for the extremely long message, I want to thank you again for everything you’ve taught me, I hope to keep learning more from you and gain more insight into the language and culture
    Arigato Gozaimashita

    • @satous-nihongo-playground
      @satous-nihongo-playground  2 роки тому +3

      Thank you so much for your comment😊
      I’m glad that you have enjoyed my lesson videos! I’ve been busy and feeling sorry for uploading less videos recently…
      I introduced some Japanese learning apps in other video and you can practice beginner grammar and vocabulary from those apps.
      There’s an app (also website) called ‘Easy Japanese’. You can read Japanese news articles and if there’s any words you don’t know, just tap it to check its meaning. You need to know basic grammar to read through those articles, so I recommend that you start with textbooks or apps to learn basics and then move on to reading news articles or Japanese stories to improve more👍🏻
      In order to type Japanese on your mobile phone, you need to change the keyboard setting or install keyboard app like ‘simeji’. Once the setting is done, you will be able to switch the keyboard to English and Japanese easily.
      Basically, we firstly type hiragana only, and then choose kanji or katakana from predictions appear on top of the keyboard.
      It’s really hard to explain😂 I’m sorry for my bad explanation…
      I’m gonna upload a video about typing Japanese soon✨

    • @Skystrikerpilot
      @Skystrikerpilot 2 роки тому +1

      @@satous-nihongo-playground thank you so much for taking the time to read and reply to my message Satou sensei, your explanations were absolutely perfect!
      I really appreciate your feedback, I’ll definitely look through the website and get some more practice.
      I can’t wait to have you making more videos again, be sure to take time for yourself and get some much deserved rest.
      arigato gozaimashita

  • @bienlang8712
    @bienlang8712 2 роки тому

    Thank you very much !

  • @Lily4life2006
    @Lily4life2006 5 місяців тому

    😊あ理がとうございます!!

  • @praveenyadav-gc6qn
    @praveenyadav-gc6qn 3 роки тому

    佐藤さんの教え方がとてもいいです。

  • @user-bb3hp3mf2v
    @user-bb3hp3mf2v 2 роки тому +3

    おりがとうござますせんせい❤❤

  • @nobinive1921
    @nobinive1921 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks for sharing 😁😁 sensei☺

  • @RuwaniThumbowila
    @RuwaniThumbowila 3 місяці тому

    ありがとうございます せんせ!❤

  • @seemasuyal4873
    @seemasuyal4873 2 дні тому

    Thanks sensei

  • @Miyu.Mp4
    @Miyu.Mp4 4 місяці тому

    3:56 If you can't remember "Odd way to walk" You can just imagine your favourite character in the Titanic with a t-pose style

  • @sheltonwijethunga4867
    @sheltonwijethunga4867 Рік тому

    thanks for this video ....

  • @karthikayuvaraj3031
    @karthikayuvaraj3031 2 роки тому

    Thank you so much sense

  • @mohejurrahman8741
    @mohejurrahman8741 10 місяців тому

    God job.......its helpful

  • @user-cf3og1nj6z
    @user-cf3og1nj6z 3 місяці тому

    Domo arigato, Satou

  • @benaliabdelkarim7003
    @benaliabdelkarim7003 3 роки тому

    Thank you🌼🌼🌼

  • @effortlessjapanese123
    @effortlessjapanese123 Рік тому +1

    I love mnemonics!

  • @user-nq2cc8nd6x
    @user-nq2cc8nd6x 2 місяці тому

    God bless you...arigato❤

  • @MansanInJapan
    @MansanInJapan Рік тому

    Sensei is so pretty💜🤗iloveyou

  • @SoulOctavius
    @SoulOctavius 2 роки тому +2

    あるがと 😄 This helps me to learn Katakana easier with pictures!

    • @azeemmansoori3347
      @azeemmansoori3347 2 роки тому +4

      You wrote "arugato" it's ありがと (arigato)

    • @SoulOctavius
      @SoulOctavius 2 роки тому +2

      @@azeemmansoori3347 はい ありがと

    • @a.n.j.5101
      @a.n.j.5101 2 роки тому +7

      @@SoulOctavius not to be an asshole, but it's ありがとう there is a little う at the end :))

    • @SoulOctavius
      @SoulOctavius 2 роки тому +1

      @@a.n.j.5101 はいそです❗️ありがとうございます❗😎👍

  • @Jiren13
    @Jiren13 3 роки тому +1

    Love u so much..

  • @harshmishra6138
    @harshmishra6138 Рік тому

    Best video

  • @jaharlalbasak4234
    @jaharlalbasak4234 Рік тому

    Best 👍

  • @elmars123
    @elmars123 11 місяців тому

    Nice video

  • @chhetriajaye5141
    @chhetriajaye5141 6 місяців тому

    Good 👍

  • @spokingjapan8273
    @spokingjapan8273 Рік тому +1

    Tnq

  • @sheltonwijethunga4867
    @sheltonwijethunga4867 Рік тому

    arigatou sato sensei

  • @MD-re6ez
    @MD-re6ez 3 роки тому

    Best vedio ever I see

  • @GHINSING
    @GHINSING Рік тому

    Wowowowowo nice ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @owendavies8227
    @owendavies8227 2 роки тому +1

    The way I remember "ニ" is that it's the number 2 and has 2 lines.

  • @manjitkumarsharma4430
    @manjitkumarsharma4430 3 місяці тому

    maam can you please share your katakana mnemonics chart, yours are the simplest one, it will help a lot.

  • @harshaweerasinghe.8580
    @harshaweerasinghe.8580 2 роки тому

    はじめまして.... 先生. 👩‍🏫🙏
    わたし は スリランカ です.🇱🇰
    わたし は らいねん 日本 に きます。
    来週 は JLPT N5 を 書きます. 🌸
    I Love Japan Ever and Ever. 🌸🤍🇯🇵

  • @pradnyadev4562
    @pradnyadev4562 6 місяців тому

    Ilysm marry me. You are so much help!!! ILYYY

  • @NightBl4ck
    @NightBl4ck Рік тому +1

    thank you alot, but i can't be the only one who thought like ''bruh she has the most outrageous ways of memorizing certain katakanas'' 😂💀

    • @satous-nihongo-playground
      @satous-nihongo-playground  Рік тому +3

      Thank you for your comment! I’m really sorry that I couldn’t think of any better mnemonics for some katakana… Most of them are commonly used by many Japanese teachers and shared in our community but we don’t have any mnemonics for some letters because no one could find any useful ones😭I will update if I come up with any better ideas!! ありがとうございます😊

    • @NightBl4ck
      @NightBl4ck Рік тому

      No no don't worry it's really funny and it might be a way of memorizing it like that

  • @kotaro797
    @kotaro797 Рік тому

    🤔I am seeing your video and for each katakana showed the same time do you write what is the hiragana to type, this is always one should know it that letter in both from syllabary to write it, right!!??

    • @satous-nihongo-playground
      @satous-nihongo-playground  Рік тому

      Thank you for your comment! I’m really sorry to tell you this but I couldn’t understand what you were trying to ask😭 すみません🙇🏻‍♀️
      If you meant each hiragana, which shows up together with katakana letter in this video, correspond each other or not, the answer is yes. Each pair of them has same reading.
      I’m sorry if it’s not what you wanted to ask🙏🏻

  • @manojfernando1028
    @manojfernando1028 3 місяці тому

    doumo arigatou gozaimasu

  • @Fluffy-White-Dog-Gaming
    @Fluffy-White-Dog-Gaming 5 місяців тому

    thank you very helpful

  • @thispersondoesntexist5616
    @thispersondoesntexist5616 Рік тому

    The a in katakana looks like the Persian a which is آ

  • @thayalan6688
    @thayalan6688 Рік тому

    I'm. (Tamilnadu) but I like Japanese language 🤗🤗❤️❤️

  • @AlexandrFeskoff
    @AlexandrFeskoff Рік тому

    Thank you for showing a way to remember this. However, I find this analogies tortured. Like for タ I have to remember the tired cook, how he looks, how he wears his hat and how these lines go on his hat. For anyone, struggling with this, I suggest just taking a bunch of words and starting writing them in katakana. It's ok to look at the chart. Some you'll remember easier, for some you'll need more practice.

    • @satous-nihongo-playground
      @satous-nihongo-playground  Рік тому

      Thank you for your comment, Alexandr-san!
      I’m sorry that I couldn’t think of any better mnemonics…especially for タ… It was not easy to creat mnemonics for almost 100 hiragana and katakana😭
      You’re totally right and ‘taking a bunch of words and writing them in katakana’ is what we (Japanese teachers) suggest and writing them again and again is also what you have to do to learn kanji as well.
      I saw many students who were shocked or depressed when they first saw 46 hiragana and 46 katakana chart. There are only 26 letters in the alphabet, so many of them often find it annoying and difficult to learn these letters.
      I made these mnemonics in hopes that it makes it a little more fun and easier when people just start Japanese learning. I want them to make a good start😊(even with my poor drawings)
      Thank you for watching my video and I really appreciate your opinion🙏🏻
      I’ll do my best to make more helpful and useful videos for Japanese learners😊

    • @AlexandrFeskoff
      @AlexandrFeskoff Рік тому

      @@satous-nihongo-playground Thank you for your reply, Satou-sensei. I definitely agree that katakana with its "angly" look is a way more challenging for making mnemonics. So thank you for doing this! I was able to find some kana that were easy to remember.
      Also, I watched your other videos, for example about verbs and markers. They are pure gold, I really enjoy the flow of your lessons. They are not too fast and not too slow and extremely helpful!
      Thank you! You found yourself a new subscriber.

    • @satous-nihongo-playground
      @satous-nihongo-playground  Рік тому

      ありがとうございます😭✨
      Thank you so much for your kind words! You made my day!!

  • @user-nq2cc8nd6x
    @user-nq2cc8nd6x 2 місяці тому

    Domo arigatho ozaimasu sensee

  • @user-gn5xg4jc8m
    @user-gn5xg4jc8m 9 місяців тому

    helo. chronicchiwa terima kasih mama ummi

  • @shryseaire
    @shryseaire 2 роки тому

    テンクヨ!

  • @minimalimakata
    @minimalimakata 2 роки тому

    THANK YOUUUUU

  • @f0xt3r11
    @f0xt3r11 Рік тому

    ありがと ございます!

  • @user-bb3hp3mf2v
    @user-bb3hp3mf2v 2 роки тому +1

    どう思いますか

  • @JapanPrakash
    @JapanPrakash 11 днів тому

    2024

  • @mariostudio7
    @mariostudio7 Рік тому

    What is the difference between ヲ and ワォ?

    • @satous-nihongo-playground
      @satous-nihongo-playground  Рік тому

      Thank you for your comment! We don’t actually use ‘ワォ’ in any Japanese words. Only situation we use it is when we say ‘Wow.’ The pronunciation is almost same as English. So ヲ and ワォ are different in their usage and pronunciation. Hope it helps!

  • @user-df4dd5nf4b
    @user-df4dd5nf4b 9 місяців тому

    Hi mam i am bob from phillipines can you help me to learn hiragana beacuase i am applying to japan

    • @satous-nihongo-playground
      @satous-nihongo-playground  9 місяців тому

      Thank you for your comment! There’s a hiragana version as well👍🏻
      Hiragana -1- Learn Hiragana with Mnemonics
      ua-cam.com/video/sDOQpnOa810/v-deo.html
      Hope it helps 😊🙏

  • @thayalan6688
    @thayalan6688 Рік тому

    Hai dear 😊😊😊😊 one'doubt

  • @user-bb3hp3mf2v
    @user-bb3hp3mf2v 2 роки тому +1

    サシスセソ

  • @user-bb3hp3mf2v
    @user-bb3hp3mf2v 2 роки тому

    カキクケコ

  • @melo14712
    @melo14712 7 місяців тому

    ありがとうございます ^_^

  • @rupakc281
    @rupakc281 2 місяці тому

    Hello Japanese ma’am could you help us please 🙏

    • @satous-nihongo-playground
      @satous-nihongo-playground  2 місяці тому

      Thank you for your comment. What kind of help do you need?? If it’s about Japanese lessons, please check the description🙏Or send me inquiries😊

    • @rupakc281
      @rupakc281 2 місяці тому

      Thank you for your reply and I appreciate it. Ma’am I’m from Nepal 🇳🇵 and I want to learn how to learn don’t know how can do ma’am i want to go to Japan 🇯🇵 that’s way I wan to learn language 😢

    • @satous-nihongo-playground
      @satous-nihongo-playground  2 місяці тому

      @rupakc281
      If you are a total beginner, I recommend that you start learning with a textbook like GENKI and also with some supplementary materials such as UA-cam videos and podcasts. If you feel like you need more support, I’d happy to help you. Please book my lessons if you’re interested in it😊

  • @akhiljayaprakashakki2929
    @akhiljayaprakashakki2929 Рік тому

    So many of them does not match with picture... Helpful but not so much

    • @satous-nihongo-playground
      @satous-nihongo-playground  Рік тому +1

      Thank you for your comment! It was really hard to make mnemonics and I couldn’t come up with any better ideas for some letters🙇🏻‍♀️I am really sorry…but I hope some of them still help🙏🏻

  • @rosumella
    @rosumella 9 місяців тому

    ni and tsu are very similar...