If you want to learn Hiragana and Katakana VERY quickly (within 1 week) you have to be able to put a little effort forward. Here is what I did. I searched the internet for romanji sentences and compiled about 6 pages worth. (about 30 to 40 sentences per page) You can usually find sentences with just romanji on Learn Japanese pages. Using this chart
I used only the Hiragana section on every example sentence. Then I went back and used Katakana on every example sentence. Take note that all i was trying to do was to memorize the symbols and not to actually translate the romanji to hiragana or katakana. I managed to memorize about 95% of the Hiragana in about a day and a half. I then learned the Katakana in about the same time. Just be sure to look over the symbols at least once every day or you will forget the less used ones (like wo, we, etc..) I am currently trying to learn Kanji. With kanji, you just have to study it and try to figure out why the symbols are the way they are (Sometimes you need to go out on a limb, but there is usually a logical answer to why each one is drawn the way it is.) I only know about 75 actual japanese words (watashi, desu, demo, kore, etc...) =) I will start on those after I learn about 100 Kanji. Also, please excuse any spelling errors I have made (I suck at spelling and grammar)
I used only the Hiragana section on every example sentence. Then I went back and used Katakana on every example sentence. Take note that all i was trying to do was to memorize the symbols and not to actually translate the romanji to hiragana or katakana. I managed to memorize about 95% of the Hiragana in about a day and a half. I then learned the Katakana in about the same time. Just be sure to look over the symbols at least once every day or you will forget the less used ones (like wo, we, etc..) I am currently trying to learn Kanji. With kanji, you just have to study it and try to figure out why the symbols are the way they are (Sometimes you need to go out on a limb, but there is usually a logical answer to why each one is drawn the way it is.) I only know about 75 actual japanese words (watashi, desu, demo, kore, etc...) =) I will start on those after I learn about 100 Kanji. Also, please excuse any spelling errors I have made (I suck at spelling and grammar)