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 Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:51 pm
What's a good way to learn kanji? And I'm not talking about the way it looks or how you draw it. I'm talking about the different meanings. For example day or sun (sorry I don't know how to write japanese on the computer, so I can't show you) is hi, ni, bi , nichi and ni with the little tsu. How do you know which ones is for which?
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Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:11 pm
Clayra What's a good way to learn kanji? And I'm not talking about the way it looks or how you draw it. I'm talking about the different meanings. For example day or sun (sorry I don't know how to write japanese on the computer, so I can't show you) is hi, ni, bi , nichi and ni with the little tsu. How do you know which ones is for which? your asking a question that is impossible to answer. you are still following the principle of X=Y. there is no good way. the teachers teach us by constantly making us practice. there are easier less pianful, and more brain manipulating ways to learn. it is simply to see the kanji used in context and memorize, and try to see it used again. and a series of tests (cant figure out kanji, no reward, figure out reward) by the creative method, but be warned, its not going to make you feel like you learned more, though you have.
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Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:12 pm
che_hyun Just out of curiosity, how do you say 'The door is made of soup!' in Japanese? rofl There's actually a decent reason behind this. このドア、スープで作られてるよ！
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Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:46 pm
Aiko_589 Clayra What's a good way to learn kanji? And I'm not talking about the way it looks or how you draw it. I'm talking about the different meanings. For example day or sun (sorry I don't know how to write japanese on the computer, so I can't show you) is hi, ni, bi , nichi and ni with the little tsu. How do you know which ones is for which? your asking a question that is impossible to answer. you are still following the principle of X=Y. there is no good way. the teachers teach us by constantly making us practice. there are easier less pianful, and more brain manipulating ways to learn. it is simply to see the kanji used in context and memorize, and try to see it used again. and a series of tests (cant figure out kanji, no reward, figure out reward) by the creative method, but be warned, its not going to make you feel like you learned more, though you have. So mainly you're saying that I have to look at a word like Nihon and memorize which kanji is used? I guess I could do that. Arigatou!!!
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Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:23 pm
Aiko_589 che_hyun Just out of curiosity, how do you say 'The door is made of soup!' in Japanese? rofl There's actually a decent reason behind this. このドア、スープで作られてるよ！ Yay thanks! And apparently, you said that with a straight face! You get a high five. O_o Is there no word for 'soup' in Japanese? How would you pronounce that Kanji? I looked it up and there were like a billion yomi.
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Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:35 pm
che_hyun Aiko_589 che_hyun Just out of curiosity, how do you say 'The door is made of soup!' in Japanese? rofl There's actually a decent reason behind this. このドア、スープで作られてるよ！ Yay thanks! And apparently, you said that with a straight face! You get a high five. O_o Is there no word for 'soup' in Japanese? How would you pronounce that Kanji? I looked it up and there were like a billion yomi. there is a word for soup 汁 but its only for japanese soup. and the KANJI says tsuku (and only so: tskurareteru yo!)
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:12 pm
Aiko_589 che_hyun Aiko_589 che_hyun Just out of curiosity, how do you say 'The door is made of soup!' in Japanese? rofl There's actually a decent reason behind this. このドア、スープで作られてるよ！ Yay thanks! And apparently, you said that with a straight face! You get a high five. O_o Is there no word for 'soup' in Japanese? How would you pronounce that Kanji? I looked it up and there were like a billion yomi. there is a word for soup 汁 but its only for japanese soup. and the KANJI says tsuku (and only so: tskurareteru yo!) Ahh! Thank you! I will put this to good use 3nodding ninja
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Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:42 am
Moon Light Ninja I hear many times "gomen" and "gomenasai". I know it means "sorry" but is there a specific moment you can use one of them? i know that "gomennasai" is formal and "gomen" is informal but i don't know if theres a specific moment where you have to use one of them?
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Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:06 am
meru hoshi Moon Light Ninja I hear many times "gomen" and "gomenasai". I know it means "sorry" but is there a specific moment you can use one of them? i know that "gomennasai" is formal and "gomen" is informal but i don't know if theres a specific moment where you have to use one of them? gomennasai is not formal. it is some where in between. here are all the ways to say sorry in japanese: ごめん ごめんなさい すまん すまない すいません すみません 申し訳ない 恐縮です 恐れ入ります
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:11 pm
Okay I don't know if i'm posting in the right place but just a question or two.
Can you use just use hiragana to write sentences or do you HAVE to use katakana and kanji <<--same? sweatdrop ?
I'm starting to learn Hiragana and Katakana, and was told those are the basics needed to read and write simple sentences.
So do I need to know kanji to be able to read japanese, or is hiragana and katakana enough?
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:41 pm
laptopfroze Okay I don't know if i'm posting in the right place but just a question or two. Can you use just use hiragana to write sentences or do you HAVE to use katakana and kanji <<--same? sweatdrop ? I'm starting to learn Hiragana and Katakana, and was told those are the basics needed to read and write simple sentences. So do I need to know kanji to be able to read japanese, or is hiragana and katakana enough? you need all three. katakana and hiragana will get you nowhere. especially if you only know hiragana. try looking for some japanese sites and you ll see.
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:57 pm
Aiko_589 laptopfroze Okay I don't know if i'm posting in the right place but just a question or two. Can you use just use hiragana to write sentences or do you HAVE to use katakana and kanji <<--same? sweatdrop ? I'm starting to learn Hiragana and Katakana, and was told those are the basics needed to read and write simple sentences. So do I need to know kanji to be able to read japanese, or is hiragana and katakana enough? you need all three. katakana and hiragana will get you nowhere. especially if you only know hiragana. try looking for some japanese sites and you ll see. I see what you mean, thanks. It's just that kanji is kinda hard, also in some japanese writing i see a little character on top of a bigger one, what is that for?
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:29 pm
laptopfroze Aiko_589 laptopfroze Okay I don't know if i'm posting in the right place but just a question or two. Can you use just use hiragana to write sentences or do you HAVE to use katakana and kanji <<--same? sweatdrop ? I'm starting to learn Hiragana and Katakana, and was told those are the basics needed to read and write simple sentences. So do I need to know kanji to be able to read japanese, or is hiragana and katakana enough? you need all three. katakana and hiragana will get you nowhere. especially if you only know hiragana. try looking for some japanese sites and you ll see. I see what you mean, thanks. It's just that kanji is kinda hard, also in some japanese writing i see a little character on top of a bigger one, what is that for? oh boy. you re going to have to study that your self. that is not something i am going to answer for the follwoing reason alot: ~its a simple concept, but a lot to type and a lot to explain
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:56 pm
Okay I see, any sites you know of that can help explain this?
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:15 am
If I'm thinking of what you're thinking, those little characters on top of the kanji are furigana. They say what the kanji is in hiragana.
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