Hiragana 9

Ah, laziness. You make my world go round. And by round I mean in circles that get you nowhere.

Today we have RA. RA is one of those special cases in Japanese that will confuse the bejeebus out of English speakers. Why? Because RA is pronounced something like "la". It is supposedly more complicated than that, but I haven't exactly figured it out yet. Just keep in mind that RA sounds more like LA and try to sound smart. This applies to all of these R- Hiragana.

Actually the full lesson link has some more info on pronunciation, I encourage much practice on this one. I'll be practicing as well.

Full lesson:
http://japanese-lesson.com/characters/hiragana/hiragana_drill/hiragana09.html

ら (ra)

り (ri)

る (ru)

れ (re)

ろ (ro)

Remember always to practice writing them on paper. They are fun to write, so enjoy it. Practice recognition as usual at http://www.realkana.com/.