alaekiefer
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- 14 May 2007
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Hi, I'm Kiefer, and I'm new to the community.
For the record, I can read hiragana and have a grasp of basic kanji. (I'm still working on my katakana.)
The problem is that I don't know how exactly one would 'read' Japanese. For example, in English, words are separated by spaces. But not so in Japanese; which is I'm having problems knowing when a word begins and when it ends in Japanese, and how kanji elements fit into the situation. How do you deal with this?
It's also really confusing when 'ha' is used as 'wa' (the particle).
I would also appreciate some tips as to how I can increase my reading speed? For example, I could read あまてらす (Amaterasu) in one go if it were in English, and devour the whole word as one, but I seem to jerking through entire syllables in Japanese, and I can't grasp it in whole. And, as I've said before, I'm having problem knowing when a word ends.
If anyone could guide me through this initial learning curve I'd really appreciate it
For the record, I can read hiragana and have a grasp of basic kanji. (I'm still working on my katakana.)
The problem is that I don't know how exactly one would 'read' Japanese. For example, in English, words are separated by spaces. But not so in Japanese; which is I'm having problems knowing when a word begins and when it ends in Japanese, and how kanji elements fit into the situation. How do you deal with this?
It's also really confusing when 'ha' is used as 'wa' (the particle).
I would also appreciate some tips as to how I can increase my reading speed? For example, I could read あまてらす (Amaterasu) in one go if it were in English, and devour the whole word as one, but I seem to jerking through entire syllables in Japanese, and I can't grasp it in whole. And, as I've said before, I'm having problem knowing when a word ends.
If anyone could guide me through this initial learning curve I'd really appreciate it