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Nephie15 · Web Headmistress

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There are 125 Katakana characters, I'll do the math for you and say the extra 42 are non-Japanese sounds that the Japanese use for loan words outside they're regular sound system.

I said it once, I'll say it again:

All the rules that apply to Hiragana apply to Katakana as well.

Katakana list: Basic

ア　イ　ウ　エ　オ
(a) (i) (u) (e) (o)

カ　キ　ク　ケ　コ
(ka) (ki) (ku) (ke) (ko)

サ　シ　　ス　セ　ソ
(sa) (shi) (su) (se) (so)

タ　チ　ツ　テ　　ト
(ta) (chi) (tsu) (te) (to)

ナ　ニ　ヌ　　ネ　ノ
(na) (ni) (nu) (ne) (no)

ハ　ヒ　フ　　ヘ　ホ
(ha) (hi) (fu) (he) (ho)

マ　ミ　　ム　メ　モ
(ma) (mi) (mu) (me) (mo)

ヤ　ユ　ヨ
(ya) (yu) (yo)

ラ　リ　ル　レ　ロ
(ra) (ri) (ru) (re) (ro)

　ワ　　ン
(wa) (n)

Katakana list: sound shift characters

ガギグゲゴ
(ga) (gi) (gu) (ge) (go)

ザジズゼゾ (<---again,　these 'ji' and 'zu' characters are alot more common than the lower ones)
(za) (ji) (zu) (ze) (zo)

ダヂヅデド
(da) (ji) (zu) (de) (do)

バビ　ブベボ
(ba) (bi) (bu) (be) (bo)

パピプペポ
(pa) (pi) (pu) (pe) (po)

Katakana List: Combined characters

キャ　キュ　キョ
(kya) (kyu) (kyo)

シャ　シュ　ショ
(sha) (shu) (sho)

チャ　チュ　チョ
(cha) (chu) (cho)

ニャ　ニュ　ニョ
(nya) (nyu) (nyo)

ヒャ　　ヒュ　ヒョ
(hya) (hyu) (hyo)

ミャ　ミュ　　ミョ
(mya) (myu) (myo)

リャ　リュ　リョ
(rya) (ryu) (ryo)

ギャ　ギュ　ギョ
(gya) (gyu) (gyo)

ジャ　ジュ　ジョ
(ja) (ju) (jo)

ビャ　ビュ　ビョ
(bya) (byu) (byo)

ピャ　ピュ　ピョ
(pya) (pyu) (pyo)

Katakana List: Non-Japanese sounds for Non-Japanese words

ヴァ　ヴィ　ヴ　ヴェ　ヴォ　ヴュ(<---these don't make that much of a difference in speaking. In Japanese, B & V are pronounced the same way because there's no V)
(va) (vi) (vu) (ve) (vo) (vju)

ツァ　ツィ　ツェ　ツォ
(tsa) (tsi) (tse) (tso)

ファ　フィ　フュ　フェ　フォ
(fa) (fi) (fyu) (fe) (fo)

ウィ　ウェ　ウォ
(wi) (we) (wo)

ティ　トュ　テュ
(ti) (tu) (tyu)

ディ　ドュ　デュ
(di) (du) (dyu)

スィ　ズィ
(si) (zi)

クァ　クィ　クェ　クォ
(kwa) (kwi) (kwe) (kwo)

イェ　キェ　ギェ　シェ　ジェ
(ye) (kye) (gye) (she) (je)

チェ　ニェ　ヒェ　ビェ　ピェ
(che) (nye) (hye) (bye) (pye)

ミェ　リェ
(mye) (rye)

Katakana rules: Double vowels and consonants

The rule for double consonants remain the same as in Hiragana.

Double vowels are represented by dashes instead of second characters of the same letter.

Sample words in Katakana spelling:

パーティー

ラブ

クラシック

スカート

スター

Read these until you don't have to think about what the characters stand for.　　See if you can make out the meanings of these words in English.