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Originally Posted by GoodAnime
Hello. I am self-teaching myself some Japanese, but I am having trouble with some things. I first started teaching myself some easy introduction words, months, #s, etc., (but those are all in romaji). Things like that, but now I think I should start studying on the hiragana, katakana, and kanji (One at a time of course). I have concerns:
1) What is the difference between these three? Sush as its common use? Please explain and add examples? . . . I read some definitions of these three, but I am still puzzled. <-- This is my biggest issue. There is so much information I may have to read on these, but many of them use big words and/or explain too much, when I just need a simple explanation. I can't learn the grammar of Japanese unless I understand these, right?
2) Which one should I start on first do you recommend?
Someone please help me.
Thank you!
~GoodAnime
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Katakana is used for foriegn words like Cola {Ko-ra} コ(Ko)ーラ(ra)
Hirigana was devoloped for woman back in the day. Woman in Japan where not allowed to write in kanji. But now Hirigana is use for some adjetives like Oishii{Tasty} お(O)い(I)し(SHI)い(I) And is also used for particles like waは and gaが.
Kanji is used for all Nouns like Ginko{Bank}銀行
I would start with Katakana, it is the easiest. Then Hirigana, and then Kanji. Katakana and Hirigana are easy to learn. Kanji is very hard to learn. The average Japanese person knows about 40,000 charecters, that is how much you need to know to read the news paper in Japan. There are over 150,000 cheracters in the kanji alphebet.
My wife is Japanese and sometimes there are signs in Japan, that she can't even read.