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Originally Posted by Caerula
In contrast I have difficulties, to clip the vowels (like u and i) and to find the right accent-bearing letter on speaking Japanese. It also makes it difficult to understand spoken words and sentences. One mistake and the word gets an different meaning.
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I see.
Japanese language doesn’t have its standard, but only common version.
It means that many people speak local directs without getting embarrassed. When you listen to Japanese on Japanese TV, you would be able to hear many versions of Japanese. Most of them speak strangely. I think they are from the country.
I understand that to catch their Japanese is difficult to you.
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Oh yes, the Kanjis are more than a bit difficult. They´re one entirely different subject. I only know a very small number of Kanjis and I have to confess, that I really haven´t any clue of how to learn those complex and multitudinous characters ever.
For now, I´m endeavouring to first understand and second speak Japanese.
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Yes, sorry! Learning kanji is more than a bit difficult.
However, learning English and German words is more than kanji to me.
You can use less than 30 letters only, and using then, you write meaningless combinations. (English and German words seem to be like that to me.)
Since kanji have its each means, so reading kanji is easier than alphabets to me.
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Is it right, that children in Japan at first learn reading in Hiragana- and Katakana-Charakters? I heard, that there are even children´s books written in these two writings.
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At the beginning, they learn hiragana, and then katakana.
Their first books are like these;
よろしく (^O^) LETS LEARN JAPANESE: Japanese Childrenbooks - Practice reading Hiragana !