So la, le, lo, etc.. does not exist in Hiragana/Katakana?

[blueluis]

Newbie here, I've noticed you dont say la, le, or anything with L on japanese pronunciation? It's true?
Is there a 'Lu' Hiragana/Katakana?

 

[nekojita]

There is no separate set of kana. These sounds are generally represented by the "ra" row when transliterating from English (e.g. Lucy : ルーシー )

You should take note that the Japanese "r" sound is different from English "r"
It is sometimes described as between "l" and "r" in English (but depends on what sort of English)

 

[Grandpa Frank]

Some Japanese don't do well with the "L" sound. My Japanese girlfriend always used to say "I rub you" To which I would reply "Yeh , the wrong way". I was also called Flank instead of Frank most of the time.

 

[eeky]

I mention this just as a curiosity, but according to Hepburn romanization - Wikipedia , the following katakana were proposed, presumably for transliterating foreign words:

ラ゜la
リ゜ li
ル゜ lu
レ゜ le
ロ゜ lo

I have never seen these used, nor, I think, even mentioned anywhere else.

 

[Toritoribe]

Yeah, I have never seen those letters, either. Another page in Wikipedia says that those letters used to use among some people in Meiji period .

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/半濁点#.E9.81.8E.E5.8E.BB.E3.81.AB.E4.B8.80.E9.83.A8.E3.81.A7.E7.94.A8.E3.81.84.E3.82.89.E3.82.8C.E3.81.9F.E3.81.93.E3.81.A8.E3.81.AE.E3.81.82.E3.82.8B.E3.82.82.E3.81.AE
(all in Japanese)

 

[blueluis]

There is no separate set of kana. These sounds are generally represented by the "ra" row when transliterating from English (e.g. Lucy : ルーシー )

You should take note that the Japanese "r" sound is different from English "r"
It is sometimes described as between "l" and "r" in English (but depends on what sort of English)

That makes sense thanks!

 

[blueluis]

Some Japanese don't do well with the "L" sound. My Japanese girlfriend always used to say "I rub you" To which I would reply "Yeh , the wrong way". I was also called Flank instead of Frank most of the time.

Lol

 

[blueluis]

I mention this just as a curiosity, but according to Hepburn romanization - Wikipedia , the following katakana were proposed, presumably for transliterating foreign words:

ラ゜la
リ゜ li
ル゜ lu
レ゜ le
ロ゜ lo

I have never seen these used, nor, I think, even mentioned anywhere else.

That's what I thought existed! but it's not used and I've never seen it before in written japanese, thanks for that though