Learn to Read and Write Japanese – Kantan Kana lesson 5
Posted on 26. Apr, 2010 by Learn Language Free in General Learning Language Articles
www.japanesepod101.com Welcome to JapanesePod101.com’s Kantan Kana. In this series, you will learn the Japanese writing systems known as Kana. Japanese has three writing systems: Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. This series, we will learn both Hiragana and Katakana, collectively known as Kana. Over 25 lessons we will teach you Kana using simple steps, showing stroke order, tricks for memorization, and usage in common Japanese words. If you want to get started reading and writing Japanese, this is THE place to start. So join us for Kantan Kana from JapanesePod101.com. In our Fifth lesson, we move on to the next group of hiragana characters, ????????and ? and we’ll teach you a few words you can write with these characters. Are you ready to learn more Japanese characters? Ifyou learned a lot with this video, stop by our Japanese language learning website and get other language learning content including other great videos like this one, audio podcasts, review materials, blogs, iPhone applications, and more. ?www.japanesepod101.com
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Thank you Chihiro!your lessons helped me alot! ^_^
Thanks when is the next part coming out? ^^
@quakemaster789 Great work!!
Iv memorized all characters from part 1 to 5 woo go me lol
same i got the hang of all the lessons except part 6
when is part 6 coming out??
These are incredibly helpful ^.^
I’m actually memorizing them. I hope the next lesson is coming soon (:
suuuuugoooiii .
arigatou godzaimasu !! ^^
Great Lesson!
Thanks for your hard work..
(I had to review the last lesson
)
@TonicBlade Nah – I was thinking of ‘nu’, honest~. I think I’ve been using a Hiragana chart that uses a sort of calligraphic font or something. O_o; So these videos are quite helpful for correcting my failure. XD
thank was great ^.^ arigato!
when is the next lesson? ^_^ <3
@cabbage521
‘nu’ is similar to ‘me’ but it has an extra loop at the end. Were you thinking of ‘me’ instead?
I know them all but there is always something more to learn.
@Lolanimationcrew lol no prop mate, we all get confused at some japanese words :p
@Y181 They could’ve made it clearer =P Unless she did but I was just being stupid? =P
@Lolanimationcrew Niku means “meat”, Au means “meet”… does that make sense?
I thought ‘Au’ was ‘to meet’
-_-
@AsajjVentress Not always. For example, I see writings use both ??? and ???I/myself). The idea is kanji is favored since it saves space, is easier to read, and is more specific than kana. Keep in mind Japanese don’t use spaces in sentences, so kanji can act as a subtle pause between words, improving sentence legibility.
In general, you should use the kanji form. Plus it makes you look better educated =).
@purplegirl02 You’ll also find katakana used a lot in onomatopoeia’s (written sounds) in manga or to add emphasis to certain words.
@purplegirl02 Hiragana are used for native japanese words and katakana is used for english/foreign words.
If there is a kanji for a word, do people usually write that instead of using kana?
If there is a kanji for a word, do people usually write that instead of using kana?
@purplegirl02 Hiragana is used for native language words that have no kanji. Katakana is normally for foreign or loan words.
Now I know more than half of the Hiragana <3
what’s the difference between hiragana and katakana?…and where are they used?