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Basics:

Vowels and Consonants

Basic vowels are

あ　い　う　え　お
A I U E O

Then there are the Stretched out vowels which are:

あー　いー　うー　えー　おー
AA II UU EE OU (Sounds like "Oooh" wink

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When Speaking Japanese Make sure you sound out Every sylable [Spl?]
So Dare Would be [Dah reh]

Anywhoo~
Moving On

In Japanese there are many particles.

Here is a list of almost all of them;
De
E
Ga
Ka
Kare
Made
Mo
Ni
No
To
Wa

These make up words like The, A, On, At, ect.

Ga
O
Wa

Are VERY easy,

ga = Subject [Used after the subject of a sentence]
O = Object [Used after the Object of the sentence]
Wa = Topic [Used after the topic of the sentence]

In most cases, You use Wa instead of Ga [They basically mean the same thing]
Examples;

Atashi wa Piza O taberu.

As for Me, I eat pizza.

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Here is the definitions of each of the other particles;

De = Specification On how the Action takes place.
Example:
De = By, With, On, at, Behind, ect.

Sentence Examples;
Bosuton de Benkyoushita.
[I studied in Boston]

Takushi de itta.
[I went there By taxi]

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E = The direction of an Action
Example:
E = To, Towards

Toukyo e itta.
[I Went To Tokyo]

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Ka = Or, and marker of a Question

Examples;

Sushi ka sashimi O taberu.
[I will eat Sashimi or Sushi]

itte mo ii desu ka?
[May I go out?]

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Kare = Specifies starting point

Example:

Kare = From

Examples;

Ku-ji kara benkyoushita
[I studied from 9 O'clock]

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Made = Ending point

Example:

Made = Until [Can also mean heading, Like Im 'heading' somewhere]

Examples;

San-ji Made benkyoushita
[I studied until 3 O'clock]

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Mo = Added items

Example:

Mo = Also

Watashi mo
[Me too]

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