DarrenS97
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Hello,
I'm new to the learning process so please go easy on me
I joined this forum because I believe that everyone here could be of great help to me in the coming days in which I will be learning Japanese.
I started only 4 days ago.
All through my highschool years I was very impatient, I had absolutely no drive to learn anything and I slept through all my classes or skipped in my final year. Eventually I quit half way through.
However Japanese is something i've been interested in since early childhood. Since i'm currently not undergoing any learning I thought i'd finally try and learn the Japanese language, although I know it won't be an easy task.
My memory isn't something I take pride in but it's not terrible either. In these 4 days i've been learning I believe i've done around 1-2 hours per day. Which would total to around 8 hours.
In these 8 hours, so far I have learned up to や row on Gojuon. I will soon be starting on ら.
This includes Yoon and the Dakuon/Han-Dakuon up to that row.
Of course I am trying to go at my own pace to make sure I learn everything adequately.
I have heard that people memorize Hiragana within a few hours, but also that others learn within a week.
This made me curious as to if these 4 days / (8 hours) ish. Is a large amount of time for what i've learned?
Have i learned quickly? Average? Slow?
How long did it take you to learn Hiragana? And using what method?
Note that, even though I've learned most of the Hiragana characters, it's not easy for me to read. Some characters I am able to recognise with a glance, however I am sometimes forgetful with other characters.
I tested myself with some words comprised of Hiragana, simple words containing vowel characters I was able to read with no problem, but other words containing Dakuon and characters further down Gojuon took me longer to recognise. Worste case scenario it took me around 20 seconds to read the word.
I'm new to the learning process so please go easy on me
I joined this forum because I believe that everyone here could be of great help to me in the coming days in which I will be learning Japanese.
I started only 4 days ago.
All through my highschool years I was very impatient, I had absolutely no drive to learn anything and I slept through all my classes or skipped in my final year. Eventually I quit half way through.
However Japanese is something i've been interested in since early childhood. Since i'm currently not undergoing any learning I thought i'd finally try and learn the Japanese language, although I know it won't be an easy task.
My memory isn't something I take pride in but it's not terrible either. In these 4 days i've been learning I believe i've done around 1-2 hours per day. Which would total to around 8 hours.
In these 8 hours, so far I have learned up to や row on Gojuon. I will soon be starting on ら.
This includes Yoon and the Dakuon/Han-Dakuon up to that row.
Of course I am trying to go at my own pace to make sure I learn everything adequately.
I have heard that people memorize Hiragana within a few hours, but also that others learn within a week.
This made me curious as to if these 4 days / (8 hours) ish. Is a large amount of time for what i've learned?
Have i learned quickly? Average? Slow?
How long did it take you to learn Hiragana? And using what method?
Note that, even though I've learned most of the Hiragana characters, it's not easy for me to read. Some characters I am able to recognise with a glance, however I am sometimes forgetful with other characters.
I tested myself with some words comprised of Hiragana, simple words containing vowel characters I was able to read with no problem, but other words containing Dakuon and characters further down Gojuon took me longer to recognise. Worste case scenario it took me around 20 seconds to read the word.
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