Writing 5.3 Combination Sounds

Writing 5.3 Combination Sounds

Now you know how to read and write sounds that start with G, Z, D, B and P.

But what about those sounds that are in words like in HYAKU (百) and TABEMASHOU?
 

Again! 

Good for you for noticing!

As you can see, the initial consonant sound (k, s, c, n, h, m and r)  combines with the や、ゆ、よ characters. 

Note that the や、ゆ、よ characters are half-size, just like the small つ.

The same can be done with the Hiragana characters with diacritics (g, j, b, p).  

The や、ゆ、よ are still smaller than the regular size characters and that's how you will know that two characters create a combined sound and not two separate sounds.  

Combined (small や):　　きょう

Not combined　(characters all the same size):  きよう