Learn Romaji Before You Start Japanese! Full Lesson

Learn Romaji Before You Start Japanese!

Welcome to the Modern Japanese Romaji Course! We’re excited to help you kickstart your journey into the beautiful world of the Japanese language.
This lesson is beneficial for beginners learning Japanese to familiarize themselves with Romaji, the Romanized form of Japanese writing, before diving into learning the Japanese script or other aspects of the language.

Romaji can serve as a useful stepping stone for beginners to understand pronunciation and gain initial familiarity with the language.

0:50: Lesson Plan

1:23: Introduction: Exploring the connection between Romaji and the Japanese writing systems.
1:41: About Hiragana
2:20: About Katakana
3:01: About Kanji
3:43: About Romaji

4:20: Lesson 1: Mastering the fundamentals of Romaji pronunciation and rules
4:24: Primary Hiragana Structure
5:09: Short Vowels - a, i, u, e, o
5:29: Long Vowels - ā, ī, ū, ē, ō
5:48: Consonant K - ka, ki, ku, ke, ko
6:04: Consonant S - sa, shi, su, se, so
6:23: Consonant T - ta, chi, tsu, te, to
6:39: Consonant N - na, ni, nu, ne, no
6:48: Consonant H - ha, hi, fu, he, ho
7:03: Consonant M - ma, mi, mu, me, mo
7:12: Consonant Y - ya, yu, yo
7:19: Consonant R - ra, ri, ru, re, ro
8:00: Consonant W - wa, wo
8:10: N without consonants
8:26: Consonant G - ga, gi, gu, ge, go
8:36: Consonant Z - za, ji, zu, ze, zo
8:51: Consonant D - da, ji, zu, de, do
9:09: Consonant B - ba, bi, bu, be, bo
9:20: Consonant P - pa, pi, pu, pe, po
9:30: Consonant KY - kya, kyu, kyo
9:38: Consonant SH - sha, shu, sho
9:46: Consonant CH - cha, chu, cho
9:54: Consonant NY - nya, nyu, nyo
10:01: Consonant HY - hya, hyu, hyo
10:09: Consonant MY - mya, myu, myo
10:15: Consonant RY - rya, ryu, ryo
10:23: Consonant GY - gya, gyu, gyo
10:31: Consonant J - ja, ju, jo
10:37: Consonant BY - bya, byu, byo
10:45: Consonant PY - pya, pyu, pyo
10:52: Consonant TH - thi, thu
10:58: Consonant DH - dhi, dhu
11:04: Consonant V - va, vi, vu, ve, vo
11:18: Consonant WH - wha, whi, whe, who

11:45: Rule 1: Double Consonants
12:39: Rule 2: Long Vowels
13:04: Rule 3: Exceptions and Special Sounds
14:09: Rule 4: Intonation

15:44: Lesson 2: Romaji Practice
Reading Practice

20:23: Lesson 3: Romaji Quiz
20:26: Q1: Why is learning Romaji before starting Japanese beneficial?
20:48: Q2 : Which writing system is primarily used for borrowed words from foreign languages?
21:05: Q3: What is the role of the double consonants in Romaji?
21:35: Q4: How are long vowels represented in Romaji?
21:57: Q5: How should the 'fu' sound be pronounced in Romaji?
22:18: Q6: How is the 'R' sound approximated in Romaji?
22:50: Q7 Listening Quiz
23:11: Q8 Listening Quiz
23:28: Q9: Listening Quiz
23:48: Q10: Listening Quiz
24:07: Q11: Listening Quiz
24:26: Q12: Listening Quiz
24:43: Q13: Listening Quiz
25:02: Q14: Listening Quiz
25:20: Q15: Listening Quiz

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Romaji Course Lesson Plan - Short Videos for this course:
Introduction: Japanese writing systems:    • Understand Japanese Writing Systems i...  
Lesson 1.1: Pronouncing the basic sound of Japanese:    • Pronounce it Right! Japanese in 5 min...  
Lesson 1.2: Pronouncing 71 variation sounds:    • Pronounce Correct Japanese 71 Variati...  
Lesson 1.3: Fundamental rules of Romaji:    • Fundamental Rules of Romaji: Romaji C...  
Lesson 2: Romaji practice:    • Romaji Practice: Romaji Course Lesson 2  
Lesson 3: Romaji quiz:    • Romaji Quiz Test your skill: Romaji C...  

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