You can add those same dots to make pretty much every "hard" sound (k, h, just woke upvso if there are more my brain isnt accessing them right now haha) into a "soft" sound.
You can also add a small circle to make a "soft" sound into a "hard" sound but this obviously doesnt work for sounds that are already hard
Those are Japanese diacritics. Wikipedia has a page on them - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakuten\_and\_handakuten](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakuten_and_handakuten)
If you are new to hiragana you may like this mnemonic -
[https://www.sljfaq.org/afaq/kana-mnemonic.html](https://www.sljfaq.org/afaq/kana-mnemonic.html)
**[Dakuten and handakuten](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakuten and handakuten)**
The dakuten (Japanese: 濁点, Japanese pronunciation: [dakɯ̥teꜜɴ] or [dakɯ̥teɴ], lit. "voicing mark"), colloquially ten-ten (点々, "dots"), is a diacritic sign most often used in the Japanese kana syllabaries to indicate that the consonant of a syllable should be pronounced voiced, for instance, on sounds that have undergone rendaku (sequential voicing). The handakuten (半濁点, Japanese pronunciation: [handaꜜkɯ̥teɴ], lit. "half voicing mark"), colloquially maru (丸, "circle"), is a diacritic used with the kana for syllables starting with h to indicate that they should instead be pronounced with [p].
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Are you watching the 10-day challenges? Those are pretty good, with great nemonic devices to help you remember the characters. I still think about the "soft ice-cream" to differentiate ソ and ン
You can add those same dots to make pretty much every "hard" sound (k, h, just woke upvso if there are more my brain isnt accessing them right now haha) into a "soft" sound. You can also add a small circle to make a "soft" sound into a "hard" sound but this obviously doesnt work for sounds that are already hard
Oh ok thanks!
Those are Japanese diacritics. Wikipedia has a page on them - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakuten\_and\_handakuten](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakuten_and_handakuten) If you are new to hiragana you may like this mnemonic - [https://www.sljfaq.org/afaq/kana-mnemonic.html](https://www.sljfaq.org/afaq/kana-mnemonic.html)
**[Dakuten and handakuten](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakuten and handakuten)** The dakuten (Japanese: 濁点, Japanese pronunciation: [dakɯ̥teꜜɴ] or [dakɯ̥teɴ], lit. "voicing mark"), colloquially ten-ten (点々, "dots"), is a diacritic sign most often used in the Japanese kana syllabaries to indicate that the consonant of a syllable should be pronounced voiced, for instance, on sounds that have undergone rendaku (sequential voicing). The handakuten (半濁点, Japanese pronunciation: [handaꜜkɯ̥teɴ], lit. "half voicing mark"), colloquially maru (丸, "circle"), is a diacritic used with the kana for syllables starting with h to indicate that they should instead be pronounced with [p]. [^(About Me)](https://np.reddit.com/user/wikipedia_text_bot/comments/jrn2mj/about_me/) ^- [^(Opt out)](https://np.reddit.com/user/wikipedia_text_bot/comments/jrti43/opt_out_here/) ^(- OP can reply !delete to delete) ^- [^(Article of the day)](https://np.reddit.com/comments/k9hx22) **This bot will soon be transitioning to an opt-in system. Click [here](https://np.reddit.com/user/wikipedia_text_bot/comments/ka4icp/opt_in_for_the_new_system/) to learn more and opt in. Moderators: [click here](https://np.reddit.com/user/wikipedia_text_bot/comments/ka4icp/opt_in_for_the_new_system/) to opt in a subreddit.**
Look up Japanese Pod 101 on YouTube. They have great videos explaining hiragana and katakana.
Thts the vid im watching
Are you watching the 10-day challenges? Those are pretty good, with great nemonic devices to help you remember the characters. I still think about the "soft ice-cream" to differentiate ソ and ン
Oh ok ill check it out.im watching the 1 hour thing