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09-12-2010, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz View Post
Hiragana should come first. Then katakana. Then kanji.

I think a simple way of explaining kanji to someone who speaks English is this: treat kanji like you would Greek and Latin roots in English. You don't have to know what "anti~" and "un~" mean to speak English, but knowing them makes your language abilities much better. Indeed, without knowing them, you'll probably come off as uneducated or speak with very few words.
Oh! Okay, thanks for clearing things up. Time to learn!
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