Showing posts with label kanji. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kanji. Show all posts

August 16, 2011

Learn Japanese Script Part 2--> Kanji (Chinese) characters for Japanese

       The next step to learning Japanese script is to start learning the Kanji characters. Start with the simplest characters some of which are given in the following table. Strokes are generally written from left to right and top to bottom. It is easier to start learning Kanji in groups like numbers, days of the week, verbs, adjectives etc.
       Use a good workbook to learn Kanji as well as the strokes in steps and to maintain a record of your learning's, memory aid software's such as Anki etc. can be useful to maintain and plan your learning's. Also use a notebook with square boxes to write and practice each Kanji several times (remember how you studied the alphabets as a child).
      Class room sessions can also be very effective as the teacher may use different methods like visual aids, flash cards etc. to help you learn the Kanji's in a easier way.



July 23, 2011

How to start learning the Japanese Language-Part1

Let's Learn Hiragana: First Book of Basic Japanese Writing (Kodansha's Children's Classics)How to start learning the Japanese Language?

Well, find out a good school nearby. See that they give equal emphasis on all the 4 aspects of learning any language, reading, writing, speaking and listening.

If you are planning to study on your own then the best way is to start with learning the script. There are 3 scripts in Japanese Hiragana, Katakana called Kana and Kanji which are pictorial representations. When you write Japanese using English alphabets, it is called as Romaji.

Why so many scripts?

Kodansha's Hiragana Workbook: A Step-by-Step Approach to Basic Japanese WritingIt was due to the development of the Japanese language over the years. To keep it simple we can say that Hiragana is used for local Japanese words and is indispensable for particles and inflections of verbs etc. Katakana on the other hand is used for words of foreign origin, such as names of foreigners for example and for emphasis for example in advertisements, Japanese comics etc.

It is easier to start with Hiragana which has 46 syllables and is simple to learn as it has only 1-4 strokes.
The first line is vowels and the remaining is consonants. Romaji is given in brackets.
あ(a) え(e) い(i) お(o) う(u)

My First Hiragana Activity Bookか(ka) け(ke) き(ki) こ(ko) く(ku)

さ(sa) せ(se) し(shi) そ(so) す(su)

た(ta) て(te) ち(chi) と(to) つ(tsu)

な(na) ね(ne) に(ni) の(no) ぬ(nu)

は(ha) へ(he) ひ(hi) ほ(ho) ふ(fu)

ま(ma) め(me) み(mi) も(mo) む(mu)

や(ya) よ(yo) ゆ(yu)

わ(wa) を(wo)

June 22, 2008

japanese language learning and resources

I am posting some resources for learning japanese and kanji.
If you are in Japan then free lessons are conducted by the local office`s like shiakusho`s, Youth associations etc.

There are various paid options run by private organizations etc

1.
http://www.kanjisite.com/index.html
2. http://www.mlcjapanese.co.jp/
3. http://www.kanjiclinic.com/