Lession 3: Kana Usage

Alright, now that you're hopefully practicing your kana, I'm going to explain how to use them in combinations.

You've probably noticed that many kana have secondary (or even tritanary) soundings when using " (or °). This may seem confusing, but try sounding out ka and ga, or ha, ba and pa. The movements of your mouth are similar for similar kana. I would suggest learning k?+"=g? rather than adding more kana than I care to count to your chart. This also comes into play later in euphonics.
Another thing to notice is the ?i+y*=?y*. There's not much to explain here, it sounds cool. Again, learn the pattern or add another number of kana to your chart.
Next up are extended vowels. When you see any of these paterns, you extend the vowel sound: extended a=?a+a, extended i=?i+i, extended u=?u+u, extended e=?e+i and extended o=?o+u. Ifyou sound them out a few times, you might hear how this works.
And finally, there's the small tsu. If you see a small tsu, the next consonant is much more っPronounced.