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Question to Teacher: Why do you write IRUKA (dolphin) and INKO (parrot) in katanaka?
Course 2 Lesson 9: Speaking Informally (New Words)
Question to Teacher: Why do you write IRUKA (dolphin) and INKO (parrot) in katanaka?
Course 2 Lesson 9: Speaking Informally (New Words)
| Jackleit | Post Date: 2006-02-14 09:05:37 |  save to notebook | saved questions | ||
 member since 2005 Dec 18 Questions: 16 Comments: 18 | Why are dolphin（イルカ）and parrot （インコ） written in katakana? Are they derived from another language? | ||||
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| JFZ Teacher (Kanako) | Post Date: 2006-02-14 09:07:43 | ||
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いるか （iruka/海豚） and いんこ (inko/鸚哥） are Japanese words, however, it is very common to write them in katakana. There is a related question which has been answered in the Q&A database. Please take a look! Why is TOYOTA written in KATAKANA? Isn't it a Japanese word? Ganbatte kudasai! Kanako @ YesJapan Teacher | ||
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| pinkboi | Post Date: 2006-02-15 03:25:37 | ||
 member since 2003 Aug 01 Questions: 19 Comments: 55 |
動物！ 動物はよくカタカナで書かれています。 Animals are often written in katakana | ||
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