Hiragana and Katakana

• ぁ means a
• い means i
• う means u
• え means e
• お means o
• か means ka
• か is a question marking particle.
• き means ki
• が means ga
• ぎ means gi
• く means ku
• ぐ means gu
• け means ke
• げ means ge
• こ means ko
• ご means go
• さ means sa
• ざ means za
• し means shi
• じ means ji
• す means su
• ず means zu
• せ means se
• ぜ means ze
• そ means so
• ぞ means zo
• た means ta
• だ means da
• ち means chi
• ぢ means ji
• つ means tsu
• づ means zu
• small っ means tsu
• What is the small っ used for in a sentence?

  It is used to prolong the consonant that comes after it.
• て means te
• で means de
• と means to
• ど means do
• な means na
• に means ni