Want to learn to Japanese but you do not have it in your school? I am not fluent in Japanese but I can teach you what I know to help you get started.
This is also the sister world to Nightbeck's world Nihon no Koto Please visit her world sometime for her many adventures in Japan.
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Life: 11/20/08 | Posted By: Japan86 | 0 comments |
Now that we have Japanese text support on our computers, we are onto the next step in learning the Japanese language online.
The Japanese use three different writing systems to express their language in written form. Hiragana, katakana, and kanji. Hiragana is used for Japanese words, katakana is used for foreign words, and kanji is a complex adopted writing system from China. Japanese use a mix of these three and you can see this if you go to any Japanese web site.
First though...
HIRAGANA AND KATAKANA
Like when you learned your ABC's, you need to learn how to properly write. Same case for Japanese. You NEED to make sure that you have the appropiate stroke order. So that when you try to write, you write in the right way. I found a collection of websites to help you learn katakana and hiragana. The first website is
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ssatoru/other/kana/index.html
This gives you a list of all the hiragana and katakana and how to write them in the proper order. However you need quicktime to play the videos.
This second website will help with the memorization part. Choose the sets you wish to practice and you will have to give the Romanji equivelent. (Romanji means pronounciation of the character but with the English alphabet.)
Before I forget, the Japanese read from Right to left, top to bottom. If you read manga that follow the Japanese manga meaning the cover is on the right side of the graphic novel, you already have a head start. Good luck!
Guide: 09/07/08 | Posted By: Japan86 | 0 comments | Personal |
Before you can start to learn Japanese on the computer, you need to make sure you can read and write the Japanese symbols on your computer. You could learn just the romanji, but I strongly advise against that. If you learn and use the romanji instead of the characters, you will just be making Japanese harder to learn in the long run. So once you get this sorted out, you have passed one big hurdle in the learning process of the language. Here is a test to even see if you need to through this process.
はじめまして。げんきですか？
If you see Japanese characters, congrats! No need to go to this link. However if you see a bunch of squares or symbols like %^&^& then you will need to follow this link. They can explain a lot easier than I can.
Installing East Asian Language Support
Any questions or comments, please feel free to leave something in the comments section. Next lesson I will teach you the basics: Hiragana and Katakana.
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