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pollen

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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:28 am Post subject:

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ik2r-myr/kanji/kanji1a.htm

johnnythao

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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:09 am Post subject: How do you writw Kanji

In the process of writng Kanji, do you place certain symobl's from Hiragana into a certain position into one symbol, or is it a diffrent way.

alfarez

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Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:44 am Post subject:

TrigunX89 wrote:

Hiragana and Katakana are the two most basic forms of written Japanese language. This is a useful page for more info and descriptions.

In the link said that "These syllables are not used in modern Japanese" if you realize. Does it mean modern Japanese (present day) dont use it anymore? I dont understand that. Are modern Japanese using different writing than hiragana and katakana?

gaijinmark

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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:59 pm Post subject:

This is the only katakana thread I could find and I just have to vent: I spent the last 10 minutes trying to figure this out: ユーモア. I was going nuts!!! What the hell is "yumoa" ??? Then I read a little further and he said 笑い and the light went on and I realized it's "humor" Boy, katakana can drive you nuts sometimes!!!

pearl jam

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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:14 am Post subject:

alfarez wrote:

If you look again, you will notice a few hiragana and katakana are marked with a *. Only these hiragana and katakana are no longer used, because those sounds are not used in modern Japanese. Mr Green

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pearl jam

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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:15 am Post subject:

pollen wrote:

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ik2r-myr/kanji/kanji1a.htm

Wow. I like this site. Thanks for the link! w00t!

EDIT: Has anyone taken any of the Japanese kanji level tests? What is the format?
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Anime Dad

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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:21 am Post subject:

pearl jam wrote:

If you look again, you will notice a few hiragana and katakana are marked with a *. Only these hiragana and katakana are no longer used, because those sounds are not used in modern Japanese. Mr Green

That was posted over a year ago... I bet he's forgotten about that question Bleah

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pearl jam

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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:21 pm Post subject:

Anime Dad wrote:

That was posted over a year ago... I bet he's forgotten about that question Bleah

LOL. I guess you're probably right! Doh!

I didn't look at the dates. Beaten

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tabana

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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:24 am Post subject:

pearl jam wrote:

Wow. I like this site. Thanks for the link! w00t!

EDIT: Has anyone taken any of the Japanese kanji level tests? What is the format?

Check http://www.mlcjapanese.co.jp in the "free material" section. They have old tests and answer. Big Grin

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pearl jam

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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 9:34 am Post subject:

Thanks. I'll check it out. _________________

gaijinmark

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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:42 am Post subject:

Time to do a little katakana venting again. It took me forever to figure out this one: ボランテア, = "volunteer"

Keps

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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:55 am Post subject:

gaijinmark wrote:

Time to do a little katakana venting again. It took me forever to figure out this one: ボランテア, = "volunteer" Bonk

Heh. I don't think I would have got that one.

I'm still having a bit of trouble with so + n/m in katakana. They still look really alike to me. bleh

tabana

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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:52 am Post subject:

Well, so and n are like tsu and shi, but with only 1 eye. ソツ -　ンシ _________________

Keps

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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:53 am Post subject:

tabana wrote:

Well, so and n are like tsu and shi, but with only 1 eye.
ソツ -　ンシ

I know. I am ok with tsu and shi, as to me they look less alike than so and n. Big Grin

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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:54 am Post subject:

I've ground to a halt with katakana. I can read hiragana no problem, but for some reason katakana doesn't compute for me _________________

tabana

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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:06 am Post subject:

Yeah... they're harder to learn and easy to forget. You almost have to practice daily to remember them. Even if you know them, reading the damn word is almost close to impossible sometimes, unless spoken aloud. _________________

Keps

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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:14 am Post subject:

I found katakana much harder to learn than hiragana. But, I read a lot of manga, which almost exclusively uses katakana for sound effects, so that helps.

gaijinmark

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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:25 am Post subject:

Sometimes when I'm reading katakana I get so frustrated I yell at the author "Speak f**king Japanese!!!"

tabana

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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:33 am Post subject:

Yeah... Even if it's an english word, sometimes it's hard to guess than if it was written in kanji. _________________

ryanloveyukie

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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:47 pm Post subject:

what is the total # of letters in hiragana and katakana? _________________

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