N5
Katakana II: Loanwords and Long Vowels
Build katakana fluency with the long vowel mark ー and common everyday loanwords.
Notice how ー stretches the vowel sound before it.Read familiar katakana words with long vowels more smoothly.Keep longer loanwords in sound-sized chunks instead of letter by letter.
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The long vowel mark ー
The long vowel mark ー stretches the sound before it. A word with ー is not just longer on the page; the sound itself is held a little longer.
スーパー
supermarket
メール
mail / email
コーヒー
coffee
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