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Hiragana question

PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 7:07 am
by Azier the Swordsman
How do you write 'juu' in hiragana?

PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 7:37 am
by shooraijin
This ratty office PC doesn't have Japanese character support, but you would write it like this: ji (shi with voicing marks), a "mini" yu, and then another u.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 8:25 am
by Azier the Swordsman
Okay! Thanks a lot!

PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 8:46 am
by Azier the Swordsman
I need help to make sure I get the hiragana spelling of these numbers correct:

hyaku (100)
byaku (as in san-byaku (300))
roppyaku (600)
happyaku (800)
hassen (8000)

PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 3:02 pm
by shooraijin
Still on this ratty PC (stuck in the office until 5), so I'm going to write this out longhand. Things in (parentheses) are the "little" hiragana. Remember that the little (tsu) doubles the consonant it precedes.

hyaku (100)
hi (ya) ku

byaku (as in san-byaku (300))
bi (ya) ku

roppyaku (600)
ro (tsu) pi (ya) ku

happyaku (800)
ha (tsu) pi (ya) ku

hassen (8000)
ha (tsu) se n

If you want the kanji for these, too, I'll post them tonight when I'm back on my Mac.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 7:37 pm
by Azier the Swordsman
The Kanji will not be neccesary. I'm creating flash cards based on my Japanese studies and I wanted to make sure to get the spelling correct.

A question about the small 'tsu'. How do I know when to use it? Is it when there is a double-letter spelling in the romaji?

PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 7:50 pm
by shooraijin
Correct. It means a doubled consonant.