授業を始めましょうか？
Let's start lesson 3, shall we? ^^
There's one more thing in Hiragana and Katakana that I haven't covered... yet.
If you had noticed, you would see characters that appear smaller. No, not font size issues, please.
If you had noticed the line of Japanese at the start of this post, 始（はじ）めましょう (Shall we start)In the above word, you would see that ょ is written smaller than the others. This is what we call 拗音（ようおん）.To pronounce this, you can try to read the two characters faster, then "remove" the first consonant of the second character.
Normally, you would pronounce the word しよ like she-yo, as 2 distinct sounds.
To pronounce 拗音, the word しょ would sound like "show" -- notice the missing "y" sound.
To type 拗音 on your computer, just type the consonant parts of the first word together with the the second word.
For instance, to get しょ you type "sho" instead of "shi yo". To get ひょうか（氷菓） you type hyo u ka instead of hi yo u ka. To write Shana's name (シャナ), you type sha na instead of shi ya na
Do note that 拗音 is usable in both Hiragana and Katakana.
For names, you would often find 拗音 used extensively in Katakana Foreign names.
Check out your name! ^^
There is also this special character, つ, that doesn't pronounce the same way when you write it smaller. This simply adds a very brief pause in pronunciation. Examples include ちょっと待て（ちょっとまって）which is pronounced like cho*to ma*te, with * representing a tiny 0.1-second pause.To type this onto the computer, you can simply repeat the consonant, like chotto matte.
Finally, as with always, the picture attached is the bonus to all who've followed me through this lesson!
Happy learning! ^^
