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myOtaku.com: watashi no yuutsu


Tuesday, May 3, 2005


I’ve decided to educate you all on all that I know so far of Japanese ^^ after each past, I will put all the lessons and info into a scrolling box in my profile in case you may want to look at it in the future. I’ll start with the basic information and importance of Hiragana and Katakana (Japanese writing systems) I’m also going to leave you with a Japanese vocabulary word ^^

I would also like to let you guys know if you want to see how your name is written in Hiragana or Katakana, I can show you with a picture on my site, just contact me about it, okay?



Hiragana Lesson
There are 46 hiragana characters for 46 different sounds. Hiragana are used for expressing "grammatical" elements such as particles, and endings of adjectives and verbs which show tenses, etc. Kanji are used for expressing "meaningful" elements such as nouns and stems of adjectives and verbs.
It is possible to write entire Japanese sentences in hiragana. If an adult forgets certain kanji which are rarely used, he/she may substitute hiragana for them. Since the basic 46 hiragana symbols and some modifications of them suffice for all Japanese sounds, Japanese children start to read and write Japanese all in hiragana before making an attempt to learn some of the two thousand kanji currently used.
Katakana Lesson
Katakana is used when writing down foreign names, places, and words of foreign origin (If you are not from Japan, your name can be written in katakana). Without knowing katakana, one might find it almost impossible to order fast food in Japan, or read billboards on the street. This is because Japan uses so many words borrowed from other languages. The structure of katakana is similar to hiragana (if you know one the other is easy to learn). The main difference between the two is katakana is composed of straight lines, where hiragana uses curved lines.

Japanese vocabulary: kon'nichi wa
Translation: Hello, Good Afternoon
Part of speech: Interjection
Example: N/A
Writings:


Oyasuminasai

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