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Hello again! season 1- i’m on the lesson where i have to look up 20 words concerning my passion and then learn them in hiragana, but a lot of the words can’t be written in hiragana! for example, i looked up ‘amplifier’, and it came up ‘ampu’. i know pu, but not am. – Help! I’m ready to learn me some nouns and stuff.
Generally if you’re reading romaji and you see an M followed by a consonant (especially if said consonant is an M, B or P) then it’s actually an N that’s being pronounced as M. And N on its own is ん. That is to say, it’s not AM+PU, but A+M+PU, which is A+N+PU. Which is あんぷ.
That said, this particular word is an English loanword (i.e. from “amp”) so it should be written in katakana. アンプ.
What are you looking them up in? Any decent Japanese dictionary should be giving you the word in kana anyway, even if it’s giving romaji as well.
I notice you never made an intro post, so there’s a small chance you may have missed my otherwise ubiquitous links to these various threads:
Guide for using Anki 2 with TextFugu:
http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/guide-to-using-anki-2-with-textfugu/
Track your progress and share your ideas/concerns when you finish a season (gain a level ^_^):
http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/textfugu-season-completions-for-great-motivation-of-heart
List of additional Japanese resources you may find helpful:
http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/japanese-learning-resources/
List of Common Errors in TextFugu:
http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/common-errors-in-textfugu/
The list of additional Japanese resources may come in handy particularly in this instance.
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