Starting Over
1 month ago
I’ve learned about half of them, again and again, lol. Time to try again and stick to it, now I’m leaving school. Wish me luck!
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How to learn hiragana
It made me
very happy!
 "It feels brilliant. I am now one step closer to learning Japanese."
How I did it: I bought some of the White Rabbit Press Kana Flashcards and studied them every night just before bed. Then when I woke up I would try to write down as many as I could. Eventually the number I could remember got bigger. I also went on an extremely good website called iknow they have a brilliant Hiragana course on there that tracks your progress. Lessons & tips: Study every night just before you sleep. Resources: www.iknow.co.jp |
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Learning the script
2 months ago
So i just taught myself the script in
2days
=== ...just have to keep at it to get them all down and packed in my memory. I found a few great sites that have helped me. So i’ll share them with you.
http://learnthekana.com/the-hiragana-chart/
This site is great because it has the stroke pattern, pronunciation and the Mnemonics (easy way to remember the script)...great for beginners learning Hiragana.
And here are a few practice sites where I practice my hiragana
http://www.realkana.com/hiragana/
http://paul.wad.homepage.dk/japanese/test_hiragana.html
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/hiragana_ex.html#part4
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/hiragana_ex.html#part3
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/hiragana_ex.html#part2
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/hiragana_ex.html#part1
I’ll post some more when i find more :)
mleal is so unbelievably happy :-)
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2 months ago
finally, i have memorized it all, and even though i’m not fluent at reading hiragana, i’m pretty fast!
mleal is so unbelievably happy :-)
Untitled
3 months ago
so i’m doing great! so far i have everything down except the ‘za zi zu za zo’ hiragana, and the ‘kya kyu kyo’ hiragana.
mleal is so unbelievably happy :-)
Untitled
3 months ago
so I was looking up some worksheets for Hiragana, and I found some! It’s perfect, but I need to find a printer so I can actually use them, heh.
But for now I’m just using my journal for Japanese to write them down…
mleal is so unbelievably happy :-)
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3 months ago
i have a good amount already memorized, but i’ve been slackin’ a lot lately. on to learn the rest of it!
i’m hoping to learn it by atleast the end of this month. i have a lot of other things going on lately, so this isn’t a huge HUGE priority.
Ohayou ...
7 months ago
My big goal is to learn Japanese, but “learn Japanese” is a huge and overwhelming goal! So I decided to make it more manageable and split it up. Currently, my goals are to learn 1) hiragana, 2) katakana and 3) kanji. These are the three writing systems used in Japanese. I figure I can learn the first two quicker, since there’s 46 symbols in each and there are over 2,000 common kanji.
Cocurrently, I’m going to begin learning basics of Japanese grammar and vocabulary.
Off to the races! I’ll let you know how I do.
If anyone has tips, lemme know. I also ordered this book as an early holiday present for myself. I need mnemonics!
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15 months ago
and have managed the first line so far!
On to ka, ki, ku, ke, ko!
