Hiragana n row: な に ぬ ね の

The idea

The five basic hiragana are な に ぬ ね の, read na, ni, nu, ne, no in Hepburn romanization. The chart pairs them with katakana for the same sounds. Read いぬ・ねこ as whole words, then find the row’s signs in the example sentences.

Examples

• 犬いぬは小ちいさいです。The dog is small.
• 猫ねこはかわいいです。The cat is cute.
• 魚さかなを食たべます。I eat fish.
• 椅子いすに座すわります。I sit on a chair.
• 庭にわに花はながあります。There are flowers in the garden.
• 水みずを飲のみます。I drink water.

Watch out

ぬ and ね are different signs, and ぬ can also resemble め. The separate character ん represents a nasal sound; it is not one of the five n-row signs.

Try it yourself

1. Write the hiragana counterpart of ニ.

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   に

   ニ and に represent the same sound, ni; に is the hiragana form requested.

2. Write the hiragana counterpart of ネ.

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   ね

   ネ and ね represent the same sound, ne; ね is the hiragana form requested.

3. Complete い＿ (dog) with one hiragana character.

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   ぬ

   いぬ means dog; ぬ completes its spelling.

4. Complete さか＿ (fish) with one hiragana character.

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   な

   さかな means fish; な completes its spelling.

Use it today

Cover the chart. Read two words from the examples aloud, write their readings in kana from memory, then compare them with the furigana and chart.