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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 4 2009, 12:34 AM (851 Views) | |
| JinK | Sep 4 2009, 12:34 AM Post #1 |
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First of all, I'd like to say this is more of a supplement for those learning Japanese. This tutorial is JAM PACKED. It's got the basics so that you can be able to decode single sentence but it won't teach you the language. The Alphabet Japanese isn't all that hard. In my experience in learning languages, Japanese could possibly be an easier language to learn than English (at it's basics). The Japanese language has an alphabet unlike Chinese. 46 characters each make a sound. One may think of Japanese as a simplified form of Chinese. And Korean would probably be the next step and be a simplified form of Japanese. First of all, one should learn all 46 characters of the Japanese language: あa いi うu えe おo かka きki くku けke こko さsa しshi すsu せse そso たta ちchi つtsu てte とto なna にni ぬnu ねne のno はha ひhi ふfu へhe ほho まma みmi むmu めme もmo やya ゆyu よyo らra りri るru れre ろro わwa ゐwi んn ゑwe をwo Now らりるれろ can be two sounds: ra, ri, ru, re, and ro or la, li, lu, le, and lo. Also, all the vowels 'a' make the sound of the a in 'mama'. All the vowels 'i' make the sound of the e in "me". All the vowels 'u' make the sound of the o in "food". All the vowels 'e' make the sound of the e in "met". All the vowels 'o' make the sound of the o in "so". You can't get pronunciation wrong like in English. Sadly, there's more to these characters than what you see here. There is a character called a tenten. A tenten makes a different sound for certain characters. They are attached to the top right of some characters and make: がga ぎgi ぐgu げge ごgo ざza じji ずzu ぜze ぞzo だda ぢdi づdzu でde どdo ばba びbi ぶbu べbe ぼbo ぱpa ぴpi ぷpu ぺpe ぽpo If you have memorized these, GREAT! But there's even more to learn. These characters posted are called "hiragana". These "hiragana" are used for Japanese words. There's another set of characters called "katakana". "Katakana" is used instead of hiragana when a word is a foreign word that didn't originate from the Japanese language. for instance, the word "printer" is an English word and the Japanese didn't have a word for that so they use "purinta" in katakana instead of hiragana. Also note that words aren't always the exact pronunciation or the exact lettering in Japanese as they are in English. So here are the Japanese "katakana": アa イi ウu エe オo ダka ヂki クku ケke コko サsa シshi スsu セse ソso タta チchi ツtsu テte トto ナna ニni ヌnu ネne ノno ハha ヒhi フfu ヘhe ホho マma ミmi ムmu メme モmo ヤya ユyu ヨyo ラra リri ルru レre ロro ワwa ンn ヲwo ガga ギgi グgu ゲge ゴgo ザza ジji ズzu ゼze ゾぞzo ダda ヂdi ヅdzu デde ドdo バba ビbi ブbu ベbe ボbo パpa ピpi プpu ペpe ポpo Edited by JinK, Sep 4 2009, 12:58 AM.
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| JinK | Sep 4 2009, 12:36 AM Post #2 |
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Making sentences When you make sentences. Beginners should follow this pattern. Subject - は- place/time - に/へ - direct object/predicate noun - particle - verb particles go between each part of the sentence. particles in English are like is, at, to, etc. so here is a list of particles you replace the "particle" part in the pattern above. は used after the subject に used after the direct object to indicate a time or place. Similar to "to" or "at" へ used after the direct object to indicate a time or place. Similar to "to" or "at" が used after the predicate noun when the verb is a linking verb. Similar to linking verbs like "is" or "am" を used after a direct object when the verb is a action verb. similar to action verbs like "kick" or "throw" Edited by JinK, Sep 4 2009, 01:00 AM.
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| JinK | Sep 4 2009, 12:53 AM Post #3 |
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Learning the words Now the thing about Japanese is that they use Chinese characters, or "kanji". Kanji is just a complex symbol which replaces a hiragana or set of hiragana and makes a word. There are thousands of Kanji out there and one should take their time in learning all the words. Eventually, once you learn more, you can start making more complex sentences. For starters, look at the following attachment and start at level 1. Once you memorize level 1, go on to the next level. The average person should know at least 2,000 by high school and maybe 4,000 or 5,000 once you learn it all. |
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| ImTakes | Sep 4 2009, 07:27 PM Post #4 |
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Gee whilikers! Just when I was going to think I could learn, here you come and give us wannabes even more homework, JinK-san! Glad for it...I bought myself a "Japanese for Dummies" book. Really funny and amusing and it comes with a DVD so that I can have "pretend" conversations too. Ah well, all as time allows...^^) In the meantime, I will continue to use all the Japanese I have learned from all the anime I have watched. Arigato! |
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| Sabaku | Sep 5 2009, 07:16 AM Post #5 |
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sugoi desu. I found this great kanaflash on a website. Were you guess which hirgana/katakana thats showing up. A good practice after you know the hiragana or katakana abit to test your skills ;> http://www.ichigo.se/kanaflash/kanaflash.html Edited by Sabaku, Sep 8 2009, 05:56 AM.
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