MODIFIED SYLLABLES Reading and Writing
I. Modified syllables (e.g., kya, kyu, kyo) and double consonants are wrilten in kalakana in the same way as in hiragana.
i. # * -< -7   2. * v 7, h    3-     'J •> -v 4. ->    > -< y    5. v -V * b    6. i/ ay 9 8. 3 7 7  9. •> 3    t* > 7'
1. kyabetsu (cabbage) 2. kyasuto (cast) .1 Girisba (Greece) 4. stump* n (champagne) 5. jasuto (just) 6. shokku (shock) T. kilchin (kitchen)   K koppu (cup)   9. shappinfu (shopping)
2. Long sounds are represented by a dash, —,
io. h' — >V II. #—ll> 12. n—t — i3. x + —   i4. f'<— y   is. x— ■/
10 biru (beer)   11. bSru (ball)   12. kSbT (coffee)
13. Juki (ski)   14, depito (department store)   15. supu (soup)
3. Some syllables (sounds), such as English "di," "ti." "fa," do not exist in (he Japanese syllabary and therefore can't be transliterated directly into kalakana. They are represented by such combinations as seen in the following examples.
16. fix? t> \i.T3--7 is. r^xn 19. 7 r i b 20. "7 x > x 21. 7 i — IVY 12.7 it-7 u.Vr
a* ff 4 — f -     25. y x =. %  26. x <y * — r y
27. <- <f — r 4 —    28. -f     — 9 —    29. 7 if — "/
30. 7 + 'J r -f —
16. duetto (duel)   17. dOku (duke)   18 dfsuko (disco) 19. faito (fight)   20. fensu (fence)   21. flrudo (field) 22. f5ku (folk)   23. valorin (violin)
24. Vinasu (Venus)   25, Vi-nisu (Venice)   26. Suedcn (Sweden) 27. jJltl (party)   28. tyOtl (tutor)   29. kuStsu (quartz) 30. kuorltf (quality)
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Reading and Writing
First read the words in katakana. covering the romanization. Then write them, covering the katakana.
1. T / 'J il Amerika
2. 4 %' »; X Igirisu
3 77^X Furansu
4. K Hf V Doitsu
5. ^a-3-7 NyuySku
6. n > K ^ Rondon
7. X £ X Sumisu 8- fal A h Howaito 9. "7" -7 *7 > Buraun
I. America   2. England   3. France 4. Germany   5. New York   6. London 7. Smith   8. White   9. Brown
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2. X U tf
4. /<X
s. # n
8. / n y
9. x'/ s°— b
10. X — /*—
kamera terebi rajio basu kiro guramu biru pan depSto sfipa
I. camera   1. television   3. radio   4. bus 5. kilo   6. gram   7. building   8. bread 9 department store   10. supermarket
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Reading and Writing
The following words are from Ihe illustration on p. 68. 69. First read the words in katakana, covering the romanization. Then write them, covering the kaiakana.
1. t7 r
2. n — V
4- -f—X
5. ><~f--f-
6. f" 3 Z3 U
t. x # - b
9.
sarada kôra pi za chĺzu banana ^ chokorěto sukäto zubon nekutai
io. v jf *r y h jaketto
I, salad   2. cola   i. piiia   4. cheese   5. banana 6. chocolate   7. skirl   8. trousers   9. necktie 10. suit jacket
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