About Japanese Letters

Inuyasha-the-kid

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JAPANESE FORUM:JAPANEese WORD: ENGLISH WORD:


わたし :WATASHI : I,me

わたし:Haragana everyword is haragana except for names countrys

those are called katahana romanji is watashi in normal forum which you could read

things such as イヌヤシャ are turned into 犬夜叉 which is the mixed of katakana and hiragana they call the mix kanji

alphabets hiragana__________________________________________ ____________



A:あ
E:え
I:い
o:お
U:う
N:ん

MORE ALPHBETS_________________________________________ ______________________

here are hiragana and katakana

this site teaches you a lot

LEARN JAPANESE.

 

Keiichi

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I don't think you're learning it correctly.

Keiichi

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Inuyasha-the-kid

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Whats wrong with the way I am learning it?

 

TwistedMac

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well...

1) you're making no sense...
2) it's "romaji"
3) it's "hiragana"
4) it's "katakana"
and 5) it's "kanji"...

and all sorts of things i won't even try to deal with because I suck as much/worse than you at it...

also.. it's not "letters" and the あ group is not called "the vowels"

 

kirei_na_me

Where I'm Supposed to Be

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TwistedMac said:

well...

1) you're making no sense...
2) it's "romaji"
3) it's "hiragana"
4) it's "katakana"
and 5) it's "kanji"...

and all sorts of things i won't even try to deal with cuz i suck as much/worse than you at it...

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Yeah, that's what I was going to say, but was too scared because of my poor Japanese language skills.

 

Inuyasha-the-kid

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AHHH....Il fix it

 

Keiichi

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The site that was provided is an okay site for a beginner, but one thing it missed out was explaining what hiragana, katakana, and kanji are, which, Inuyasha-the-kid, you have a problem understanding. Sorry I don't have a site off the bat to help explain them, but I can try to explain it simple on my own:

romaji - Japanese written with roman alphabet (the abc's).
hiragana - Japanese characters used for Japanese words.
katakana - Japanese characters used for non-Japanese words, or sometimes to emphasize certain words (this is a different set from hiragana, but with a corresponding in pronunciation [ka, ki, ku, ke, ko, etc.]).
kanji - Chinese characters to represent Japanese words, often a combination with hiragana.

Keiichi

 

Inuyasha-the-kid

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有我と Thanks!!!!!!!!

 

Keiichi

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It's 有難う. Though often is just spelt out with hiragana, ありがとう.

Keiichi

 

Inuyasha-the-kid

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Arg...................................you are making Me Feel Like I Am A Bad Teacher

 

RockLee

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You're not the best teacher there is actually...but ganbatte and learn!!!!

 

bentenmusume

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Inuyasha-the-kid said:

Arg...................................your Making Me Feel Like I Am A Bad Teacher

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Just a hunch, but maybe you should concentrate on learning the language for yourself before you start trying to "teach" it.

 

Inuyasha-the-kid

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OK

 

TwistedMac

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jt_ said:

Just a hunch, but maybe you should concentrate on learning the language for yourself before you start trying to "teach" it.

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it's ok, it's just inu.. you don't need to be so gentle about it...

 

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okaeri_man

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• 25 Oct 2004

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no no no, it's 蟻蛾塔

 

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XhackERO

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#this is gonna sound stupid..

I'm trying to learn how to type japanese on my comp, but I'm not sure i can do it with my keyboard, can anyone tell me if i need a program or something?

 

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PaulTB

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XhackERO said:

Im trying to learn how to type japanese on my comp, but im not sure i can do it with my key board, can anyone tell me if i need a program or somthing?

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If you're a typical Windows user then Google declan + IME for instructions.