T TokyoT 後輩 Joined 14 Dec 2012 Messages 1 Reaction score 0 14 Dec 2012 #1 I dont know for example, whether I should use 窶堙 or ﾆ男 . Both are meaning "Ni", so "two" When exactly i use Hiragana, when Katakana?
I dont know for example, whether I should use 窶堙 or ﾆ男 . Both are meaning "Ni", so "two" When exactly i use Hiragana, when Katakana?
Z Zlarp 先輩 Joined 21 Oct 2012 Messages 119 Reaction score 5 14 Dec 2012 #2 When do you use quotation marks or italics or bold text or underlined text or exclamation marks? Answer: Whenever you feel like it and it's not wrong. How do you find out if it's wrong? Read a lot.
When do you use quotation marks or italics or bold text or underlined text or exclamation marks? Answer: Whenever you feel like it and it's not wrong. How do you find out if it's wrong? Read a lot.
Mike Cash 骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう Twenty-year veteran Joined 15 Mar 2002 Messages 16,758 Reaction score 2,298 14 Dec 2012 #3 "Ni" doesn't always mean "two".
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 14 Dec 2012 #4 TokyoT said: I dont know for example, whether I should use に or ニ . Both are meaning "Ni", so "two" When exactly i use Hiragana, when Katakana? Click to expand... In the first place,what you wrote/typed/pasted is a kanji 二, not a katakana ニ. See the wiki page linked below. Japanese writing system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
TokyoT said: I dont know for example, whether I should use に or ニ . Both are meaning "Ni", so "two" When exactly i use Hiragana, when Katakana? Click to expand... In the first place,what you wrote/typed/pasted is a kanji 二, not a katakana ニ. See the wiki page linked below. Japanese writing system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
B BrianLewis 先輩 Joined 27 Nov 2012 Messages 317 Reaction score 33 17 Dec 2012 #5 For a beginner, katakana is used for foreign words: アメリカじん for example. Later on, it's used to emphasize a word.
For a beginner, katakana is used for foreign words: アメリカじん for example. Later on, it's used to emphasize a word.
Z Zlarp 先輩 Joined 21 Oct 2012 Messages 119 Reaction score 5 17 Dec 2012 #6 I've also found furigana for foreign words written in kanji that uses katakana. So "船長" had "キャプテン" as its furigana instead of "せんちょう", which I find is rather clever.
I've also found furigana for foreign words written in kanji that uses katakana. So "船長" had "キャプテン" as its furigana instead of "せんちょう", which I find is rather clever.
B BrianLewis 先輩 Joined 27 Nov 2012 Messages 317 Reaction score 33 18 Dec 2012 #7 That's a good point. You know what the person is saying, yet also know the meaning.
dwcarless 先輩 Joined 22 Jul 2009 Messages 67 Reaction score 1 19 Dec 2012 #8 I've noticed that personal pronouns (especially in song lyrics) are sometimes written in Katakana. Is that for emphasis, or is it just stylistic?
I've noticed that personal pronouns (especially in song lyrics) are sometimes written in Katakana. Is that for emphasis, or is it just stylistic?