WORKSHEET APPENDIX! On the next several pages you will find the following worksheets to help reinforce the concepts we ve studied in the Learn Hiragana 101 Course. If you re on a Kindle and you need to download these worksheets, here s a link: BASIC HIRAGANA CHART VIDEO PRACTICE: BINGO QUIZ HIRAGANA CHART VIDEO PRACTICE: ROMAJI TRANSCRIPTION CHART!"#$%&'&($)*+$,#&-($".-&)&(&$/0/1$'-&2!.2#$'&)#!"#$%&'&($)*+$,#&-($".-&)&(&$/0/1$'-&2!.2#$'&)#!"#$%&%#''(&$%&)'%$*+')&(,&-./0($0'&1$2'& #$./*/+/&('+&($3'%&'/0#4&56(&-7'/%'&6%'& (#'%'&%#''(%&(,&-./0($0'&/+8&9/8&8,6 7$:';<!"#$%&%#''(&$%&)'%$*+')&(,&-./0($0'&1$2'& #$./*/+/&('+&($3'%&'/0#4&56(&-7'/%'&6%'& (#'%'&%#''(%&(,&-./0($0'&8/9&9,6 7$:';< LEARN HIRAGANA 101 PRACTICE PAGE (GRID) LEARN HIRAGANA 101 PRACTICE PAGE ROMAJI TRANSCRIPTION 2 HIRAGANA TRANSCRIPTION HIRAGANA-ROMAJI MATCHING
ROMAJI TRANSCRIPTION WORKSHEET Please use the blanks to write these romaji sentences in their hiragana form. Read each sentence aloud, at least five times each, attempting to improve your speed with each reading. Go at YOUR own pace. 1. Kyou wa atarashii kutsu wo kaimashita. Translation: I bought new shoes today. 2. Shougakko de, mainichi kyoushitsu ni kyuushoku wo tabemasu. Translation: At the elementary school, we eat school lunch in the classroom everyday. 3. Sumimasen, onamae wa nan desu ka? Translation: Excuse me, what s your name? 4. Ashi wo kowarishita! Aaaa! Itai! Translation: My leg is broken! Ahhh! It hurts! 5. Zombie wa otokonohito no kao wo yukkuri tabemashita. Translation: The zombie slowly ate the man s face.
6. Ichiban sukina tabemono wa nan desu ka? Translation: What is your favorite food? 7. PS9 wa ikura desu ka? Ichiman en? Sore dake? Yasui desu ne? Translation: How much is the Playstation 9? 10,000 yen? That s all? It s cheap isn t it? 8. Eiga wa dou deshita ka? Translation: How was the movie? 9. Doko ni kara kimashita? Kyouto kara kimashita. Translation: Where are you from? I m from Kyoto. 10. Konshumatsu wa nani wo shite imasu ka? Translation: What are you doing this weekend?
HIRAGANA TRANSCRIPTION WORKSHEET Please change the following ten hiragana sentences into their romaji form Read each sentence aloud, at least five times each, attempting to improve your speed with each reading. Go at YOUR own pace. 1 1. Translation: Mom! What s for dinner? Please make your own dinner. 2. Translation: The dog ate the man s leg. 3. Translation: Excuse me, where is the bank? 4. Translation: My name is Shinji. It s nice to meet you. 5. 2 Translation: I ate a lot of crayons yesterday. Please go to the hospital! 1. I don t want you to worry about meanings, which is why I added translations. Please just practice transcribing the characters for now. 2 This is the word for crayon in Japanese, which is normally spelled using katakana characters. But for today, we ll use hiragana for the sake of practice.
6. Translation: What kind of car do you have? I don t have a car, I have a bicycle. 7. Translation: Which do you like between sushi, ramen, and shabu shabu? 8. Translation: If I were rich, I d buy a golden toilet. 9. Translation: There is a squirrel in the garden. We re having squirrel stew for dinner. 10. 3 Translation: Mickey and Goofy got into a fight. Goofy died. 3 I highlighted Mickey and Goofy s names in English because you would normally write them in katakana. However, for the sake of practice, let s use hiragana to write them today.
HIRAGANA ROMAJI MATCHING WORKSHEET Match the hiragana word to the corresponding romaji word using a line. 1. KUDAMONO 2. BUDOU 3. ICHIGO 4. SUICA 5. MIKAN 6. MOMO 7. RINGO 8. NASHI 1. Ringo Apple 2. Suica Watermelon 3. Mikan Orange 4. Nashi Pear 5. Kudamono Fruit 6. Momo Peach 7. Ichigo Strawberry 8. Budou Grapes
HIRAGANA TRANSCRIPTION WORKSHEET (ANSWER KEY: Answers are written and underlined in red) 1. Okaasaan! Bangohan wa naani? Jibun de bangohan wo tsukute kudasai Translation: Mom! What s for dinner? Please make your own dinner. 2. Inu wa otoko no hito no ashi wo tabemashita Translation: The dog ate the man s leg. 3. Sumimasen, ginkou wa doko desu ka? Translation: Excuse me, where is the bank? 4. Watashi wa shinji desu. Hajimemashite. Translation: My name is Shinji. It s nice to meet you. 5.! Kinou takusan kureyon wo tabemashita. Byouin ni itte kudasai! Translation: I ate a lot of crayons yesterday. Please go to the hospital! 6. Donna kuruma wo motte imasu ka? Kurma ga arimasen, Jitensha ga arimasu. Translation: What kind of car do you have? I don t have a car, I have a bicycle.
7. Sushi to ramen to shabu shabu no naka de, dore ga suki desu ka. Translation: Which do you like between sushi, ramen, and shabu shabu? 8. Moshi okanemochi ni natara, kin no toire wo kaimasu. Translation: If I were rich, I d buy a golden toilet. 9. Ie no niwa ni risu ga imasu. Yuushoku wa risu nabe desu. Translation: There is a squirrel in the garden. We re having squirrel stew for dinner. 10. 4 Mikki to Guufii wa kenka wo shimashita. Guufii wa shinda. Translation: Mickey and Goofy got into a fight. Goofy died. 4 I highlighted Mickey and Goofy s names in English because you would normally write them in katakana. However, for the sake of practice, let s use hiragana to write them today.
ROMAJI TRANSCRIPTION WORKSHEET (ANSWER KEY: Answers are written and underlined in red) 1. Kyou wa atarashii kutsu wo kaimashita. Translation: I bought new shoes today. 2. Shougakko de, mainichi kyoushitsu ni kyuushoku wo tabemasu. Translation: At the elementary school, we eat school lunch in the classroom everyday. 3. Sumimasen, onamae wa nan desu ka? Translation: Excuse me, what s your name? 4. Ashi wo kowarishita! Aaaa! Itai! Translation: My leg is broken! Ahhh! It hurts! 5. Zombie wa otokonohito no kao wo yukkuri tabemashita. Translation: The zombie slowly ate the man s face. 6. Ichiban sukina tabemono wa nan desu ka? Translation: What is your favorite food?
7. PS9 wa ikura desu ka? Ichiman en? Sore dake? Yasui desu ne? PS Translation: How much is the Playstation 9? 10,000 yen? That s all? It s cheap isn t it? 8. Eiga wa dou deshita ka? Translation: How was the movie? 9. Doko ni kara kimashita? Kyouto kara kimashita. Translation: Where are you from? I m from Kyoto. 10. Konshuumatsu wa nani wo shite imasu ka? Translation: What are you doing this weekend?