Quote:
Originally Posted by ShinJon
Just tell me how this is supposed to be done when typed in hiragana for like saying two words such as "Good Morning"
Ohayou gozaimasu
おひゃおう ございます
Words translated from each symbol
O-hya-o-u go-za-i-ma-su Tell me if this is a correct example of written hiragana like this?
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no that's not quite right but a good try. You have to take it sound by sound from romaji
Ohayou gozaimasu would actually be
おはよう ございます
o-ha-yo-u-go-za-i-ma-su
there is a difference between
はよ/hayo and
ひょ/hyo that is important to know.
はよ/HAYO is counted as 2 syllables and 2 different characters.
ひょ/HYO is counted as only 1 syllable.
there is the regular
や, ゆ, よ which is just
YA, YU, YO and
the small
ゃ, ゅ, ょ that go beside Hiragana characters but can ONLY go beside Hiragana characters that have an
"i" sound to them.
ゃ, ゅ, ょ can only go beside
き, し, ち, に, ひ, み, り, ぎ, じ, ぢ, び, ぴ for example
きゃ becomes
KYA and is 1 syllable.
If you see
きや it is
KI-YA and is 2 syllables
when the small
ゃ, ゅ, ょ go beside
し, ち, じ, or
ぢ it is said like
しゃ is
SHA
ちゅ is
CHU
じょ is
JO
etc. etc. It is NOT said like shiya or chiyu or anything like that. If you wanted to make JI-YU for example it would be じゆ with a big ゆ.
So you have to pay attention to the size of the
や, ゆ, よ.