Pronounciation, the first 46 sounds.

Ok so the good thing about Japanese is that there is very few actual sounds that you have to pronounce. So below is a little song to help with the these and follow the Hiragana and Katakana lists that I posted yesterday. The tune is very j-pop but is also annoyingly catchy, it does however help you to learn the correct pronunciation!



Below is the lyrics, written in Hiragana with my bracketed comments. This originally comes from www.studyjapanese.org which is a useful site I stumbled on, its free and well worth a look with some useful tools too!
ごじゅうおん　を　おぼえよう
gojuuon o oboeyou
Let's learn 50 sounds (although there is only 46 now?!)
まずは‥
mazu wa
First of all
あ ぎょう
a gyou
The a-row (Onto the syllabary same as yesterday)
あ・い・う・え・お
a i u e o
か ぎょう
ka gyou
The ka-row
か・き・く・け・こ
ka ki ku ke ko
さ ぎょう
sa gyou
The sa-row
さ・し・す・せ・そ
sa shi su se so
た ぎょう
ta gyou
The ta-row
た・ち・つ・て・と
ta chi tsu te to
な ぎょう
na gyou
The na-row
な・に・ぬ・ね・の
na ni nu ne no
は ぎょう
ha gyou
The ha-row
は・ひ・ふ・へ・ほ
ha hi hu he ho
ま ぎょう
ma gyou
The ma-row
ま・み・む・め・も
ma mi mu me mo
や ぎょう
ya gyou
The ya-row
や・ゆ・よ
ya yu yo
ら ぎょう
ra gyou
The ra-row
ら・り・る・れ・ろ
ra ri ru re ro
さいごに　みっつ
saigo ni mittsu
As for the last, three...
わ・を・ん
wa wo n