Katakana: The long syllables and the small ッ
We can elongate any vowel in a syllable by using the ー elongating mark.
For example:
マーク:Maaku (Mark)
コーナー:koonaa (corner)
シャワー:shawaa (shower)
テーブル:teeburu (table)
コンピューター:konpyuutaa (computer)
Just like with hiragana, we can elongate a consonant by using the small tsu(ツ), this time written with katakana, before the consonant.
For example:
カップ:kappu (cup)
クノック:kunokku (knock)
チェック : chekku (check)
In the last example チェック、you may have noticed that strange small ェ katakana after チ. Well, with certain syllables, the vowel sound can be changed by adding either a small ァ、ェ.
Take a look at these examples!
ソファー:sofaa (sofa)
チェコ:cheko (Czech)
ウィクトーリア:Vikutooria (Victoria)
ソフィア:Sofia (Sofia)
フィルム:firumu (film)
ビクター:bikutaa (Victor)
I included some names, so you can see how it works when Japanese people try to pronounce your name.
So, to sum it all up:
As for フ、we can add the small ァ or ィ to make it ファ(fa) or フィ(fi) respectively.
Then the other common katakana syllables are the following:
ティ(ti)
ウイ(ui, the French oui)
ヴァ(vi, pronounced like why)
Here are some more examples:
ウイルス
ヴァイオリン
アクティビティ