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Help with memorization of hiragana and katakana
Does anyone have advice for memorizing hiragana and katakana? I’m having a hard time and it seems like most teachers expect you to get that far by yourself.
May 26, 2020 3:04 AM
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Hi, I used this website a lot when I started learning japanese : https://realkana.com/
It was really efficient for me but it depends on the ppl.
I was learning "line by line", for example first line : A, I, U, E, O
Step 1, I select the line and study it on the website and write every kana that pop (You can find the stroke order here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiragana#/media/File:Table_hiragana.svg)
Step 2, when I feel like I can remember quickly enough how to read I try to only write it. So, I write A I U E O on a paper and try to remember how to write the kana, I will repeat until I remember.
Step 3, I add a second line : ka, ki, ku, ke, ko + a, i, u, e, o. It's important to keep the one you already learned so you're making sure you will not forget them.
etc......
I learned kana in 1 week with this technic ! It's important to find which way to learn is better for you because after kana, you will have to learn kanji aswell so it's good to know how to start.
Hope my answer is clear enough and helpful.
May 27, 2020
Hiragana:
table 1===========
a i u e o
あいうえお
na ni nu ne no
なにぬねの
ma mi mu me mo
まみむめも
ra ri ru re ro
らりるれろ
ya yu yo
やゆよ
wa wo
わを
n
わを
table 2===========
ka ki ku ke ko
かきくけお
ga gi gu ge go
がぎぐげご
sa si su se so
さしすせそ
za zi zu ze zo
ざじずぜぞ
ta chi tsu te to
たちつてと
da dzi dzu de do
だぢづでど
ha hi fu he ho
はひふへほ
ba bi bu be bo
ばびぶべぼ
pa pi pu pe po
ぱぴぷぺぽ
table 3===========
nya nyu nyo
にゃ にゅ にょ
mya myu myo
みゃ みゅ みょ
rya ryu ryo
りゃ りゅ りょ
hya hyu hyo
ひゃ ひゅ ひょ
bya byu byo
びゃ びゅ びょ
pya pyu pyo
ぴゃ ぴゅ ぴょ
kya kyu kyo
きゃ きゅ きょ
gya gyu gyo
ぎゃ ぎゅ ぎょ
sya syu syo
しゃ しゅ しょ
zya zyu zyo
じゃ じゅ じょ
tya tyu tyo
ちゃ ちゅ ちょ
:)
May 26, 2020
You could download a table of hiragana and katakana (五十音图),learning one row one day,after a week , one row one day .( Or you could download an app named ‘五十音图‘ to learn. (It’s a Chinese application for learning hiragana and katakana) I just spend one week to learn it , but completely remember them.)
May 26, 2020
When I was learning in a classroom environment, my teacher would give us five kana per day to memorize and then quiz us the next class. I studied by writing each kana over and over again and testing myself on quizlet. If you're looking to challenge yourself and increase your phonetic understanding of the language, another really good exercise is to sound out the Japanese pronunciation of English words and then write them in katakana.
May 26, 2020
多学,多背,多用。刻苦努力就一定有收获
May 26, 2020
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Atlas Sellman
Language Skills
English, Japanese
Learning Language
Japanese
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