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きって
postage stamp
あおい きって
A blue stamp.
Starter Day 8
ちいさい「っ」と のばす おと Small tsu and long sounds
Learn the small っ and long vowel sounds (like ばあ in おばあさん). This completes hiragana. You will be able to read phrases such as おいしい ぎゅうにゅう (tasty milk).
About 25 minutes · 8 words · grammar · reading · quiz
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Today's words
Today's kana
ちょっと
a little
ちょっと さむい
A little cold.
ゆっくり
slowly
ゆっくり、ゆっくり。
Slowly, slowly.
とけい
clock; watch
たかい とけい
An expensive watch.
ひこうき
airplane
しろい ひこうき
A white airplane.
ぎゅうにゅう
milk
つめたい ぎゅうにゅう
Cold milk.
おいしい
tasty; delicious
おいしい ごはん
A delicious meal.
いいえ
no
「ねこ?」「いいえ、いぬ。」
"A cat?" "No, a dog."
Read
ゆっくり? Take it slow?
あさ。おいしい ぎゅうにゅう。Morning. Delicious milk.
あ、ひこうき! ゆっくり、ゆっくり。Oh, an airplane! Slowly, slowly.
ひこうき? いいえ、とり!An airplane? No, a bird!
あ、とけい! がっこう!Oh, the clock! School!
ゆっくり? いいえ、いいえ!Take it slow? No, no!
Tap a line to see the translation.
Check your understanding
R1「（ ）? いいえ、とり!」
Answer and explanation
Answer: 3 ひこうき
Line 3 says ひこうき? いいえ、とり! (An airplane? No, a bird!) It looked like an airplane, but it was a bird.
R2「あ、とけい! （ ）!」
Answer and explanation
Answer: 1 がっこう
Line 4 says あ、とけい! がっこう! (Oh, the clock! School!) Seeing the clock, the writer realizes it is time for school, so there is no time to be slow.
Quiz
1きって
Answer and explanation
Answer: 2 kitte
A small っ is a short pause before the next sound. In romaji, you double the next letter, so きって is kitte (stamp). きて would be kite.
2ゆっくり
Answer and explanation
Answer: 4 yukkuri
ゆ is yu, then a small っ, then く ku and り ri, so it is yukkuri (slowly). The small っ doubles the k.
3hikōki
Answer and explanation
Answer: 1 ひこうき
こう is a long こ, written ō, so hikōki is ひこうき (airplane). ひこうぎ is hikōgi, ひこき has no long sound, and ひっこうき has an extra small っ.
4ぎゅうにゅう
Answer and explanation
Answer: 2 gyūnyū
ぎゅう is gyū and にゅう is nyū; both are long sounds. So it is gyūnyū (milk).
5chotto
Answer and explanation
Answer: 3 ちょっと
cho is ちょ, then a small っ, then と to, so chotto is ちょっと (a little). ちょと has no small っ, and ちょうと has a long sound (chōto).
6おばあさん
Answer and explanation
Answer: 2 obāsan
ばあ is a long ば, so it is obāsan (grandmother). Without the long sound, おばさん (obasan) means aunt.
7「おいしい?」「（ ）、ちょっと……」
Answer and explanation
Answer: 1 いいえ
Asked おいしい? (Is it tasty?), the person answers ちょっと…… (well, not really), so いいえ (no) fits.
8（ ） ぎゅうにゅう
Answer and explanation
Answer: 4 おいしい
おいしい (delicious) describes the milk: おいしい ぎゅうにゅう means "delicious milk." The other words are nouns or an answer word, so they do not fit.
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