Lesson 11: Foreign sounds

Learn katakana with Pokémon · 1003 Pokémon names you can read after this lesson

New katakana

ァa
ィi
ゥu
ェe
ォo
ヴvu
ヮwa

💡 Small ァィゥェォ create sounds that Japanese borrowed from other languages, like フィ “fi” or ティ “ti”.

Pokémon you can now read

These names use only the katakana from lessons 1–11. Try reading them before looking at the romaji!

…and 14 more.

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