Katanaka or Hiragana?
Katanaka or Hiragana?
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Edit: Ah screw it. It really doesn't matter the order that much. Heck, learn both. I'd still recommend Hiragana first.
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animefreak_usa
Child of Samael
if you learn by a class they teach both at the same time. by book same thing. if you read japanese, hiragana is use more offen then katanaka just because kata is use for foreign words
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mangaka350 wrote...
first of all what is katanaka and hiragana?please explain -_____-
They're the Japanese alphabets. Like the ABCs of the English language; Japan on the other hand, has two sets of Alphabets: Katanaka and Hiragana. I'm asking which to learn first...
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Hiragana.
You're not going to see/use katakana as much as you will hiragana in elementary Japanese.
You're not going to see/use katakana as much as you will hiragana in elementary Japanese.
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You typed "Hiranana" in the poll box, by the way.
Hiragana and katakana are not alphabets. They are what called syllabaries.
In other words, instead of having symbols that have a certain singular sound to them "A, B, C, D, E" they have indexes of symbols that represent syllables "Ka, Ki, Ku, Ke, Ko".
There is also a third script which is required, which is called kanji. Kanji are modified (or not) Chinese characters that the Japanese use for written context, since the small amount of combinations for words syllabaries have become more clear in text.
For instance, "ã¯ã—" (hashi) can be either "chopsticks" or "bridge", so the following sentence:
ã¯ã—ãŒãŠã‚ŒãŸã€‚(Hashi ga oreta)
could mean either "The chopsticks broke" or "The bridge broke". With kanji, these are clearer.
æ©‹ãŒãŠã‚ŒãŸã€‚(Hashi ga oreta.) The bridge broke.
箸ãŒãŠã‚ŒãŸã€‚(Hashi ga oreta.) The chopsticks broke.
There are over 10,000 kanji that are used by the Japanese, and about 8-9,000 are required to be learned for daily reading.
Anyway, you should learn both equally, though Hiragana is more useful, I guess.
Katakana not only encompasses foreign loan words, but also is used for younger audiences and also to emphasize things. For instance,
ãã‚Œã¯ã“ã‚ã„。 (That's scary)
ãã‚Œã¯ã‚³ãƒ¯ã‚¤ã€‚ (That's SCARY)
Uh.
Hi.
Hiragana and katakana are not alphabets. They are what called syllabaries.
In other words, instead of having symbols that have a certain singular sound to them "A, B, C, D, E" they have indexes of symbols that represent syllables "Ka, Ki, Ku, Ke, Ko".
There is also a third script which is required, which is called kanji. Kanji are modified (or not) Chinese characters that the Japanese use for written context, since the small amount of combinations for words syllabaries have become more clear in text.
For instance, "ã¯ã—" (hashi) can be either "chopsticks" or "bridge", so the following sentence:
ã¯ã—ãŒãŠã‚ŒãŸã€‚(Hashi ga oreta)
could mean either "The chopsticks broke" or "The bridge broke". With kanji, these are clearer.
æ©‹ãŒãŠã‚ŒãŸã€‚(Hashi ga oreta.) The bridge broke.
箸ãŒãŠã‚ŒãŸã€‚(Hashi ga oreta.) The chopsticks broke.
There are over 10,000 kanji that are used by the Japanese, and about 8-9,000 are required to be learned for daily reading.
Anyway, you should learn both equally, though Hiragana is more useful, I guess.
Katakana not only encompasses foreign loan words, but also is used for younger audiences and also to emphasize things. For instance,
ãã‚Œã¯ã“ã‚ã„。 (That's scary)
ãã‚Œã¯ã‚³ãƒ¯ã‚¤ã€‚ (That's SCARY)
Uh.
Hi.
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animefreak_usa
Child of Samael
Preoccupied wrote...
You typed "Hiranana" in the poll box, by the way.Hiragana and katakana are not alphabets. They are what called syllabaries.
In other words, instead of having symbols that have a certain singular sound to them "A, B, C, D, E" they have indexes of symbols that represent syllables "Ka, Ki, Ku, Ke, Ko".
There is also a third script which is required, which is called kanji. Kanji are modified (or not) Chinese characters that the Japanese use for written context, since the small amount of combinations for words syllabaries have become more clear in text.
For instance, "ã¯ã—" (hashi) can be either "chopsticks" or "bridge", so the following sentence:
ã¯ã—ãŒãŠã‚ŒãŸã€‚(Hashi ga oreta)
could mean either "The chopsticks broke" or "The bridge broke". With kanji, these are clearer.
æ©‹ãŒãŠã‚ŒãŸã€‚(Hashi ga oreta.) The bridge broke.
箸ãŒãŠã‚ŒãŸã€‚(Hashi ga oreta.) The chopsticks broke.
There are over 10,000 kanji that are used by the Japanese, and about 8-9,000 are required to be learned for daily reading.
Anyway, you should learn both equally, though Hiragana is more useful, I guess.
Katakana not only encompasses foreign loan words, but also is used for younger audiences and also to emphasize things. For instance,
ãã‚Œã¯ã“ã‚ã„。 (That's scary)
ãã‚Œã¯ã‚³ãƒ¯ã‚¤ã€‚ (That's SCARY)
Uh.
Hi.
the newfag got a point
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Preoccupied wrote...
Stuff I read and already knew.Uh.
Hi.
Awesome first post.
Hiragana, you fucking weeb.
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You should learn Hiragana frist, it's used more often and it'll serve as a good base for learning Katakana and latter Kanji.
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well, i recommend learning KATAKANA, then hiragana and then the nonexistant Katakana.
;D just pulling your leg. learn katakana first and the hiragana. then kanjis.
xoxox
;D just pulling your leg. learn katakana first and the hiragana. then kanjis.
xoxox
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Preoccupied wrote...
Anyway, you should learn both equally, though Hiragana is more useful, I guess.Katakana not only encompasses foreign loan words, but also is used for younger audiences and also to emphasize things.
I'd +rep you if I could at the same time...
Just as he said, learn both. That's how I learned them...
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I also think Hiragana. I mean, it's still useless at certain point because they don't write with it, but with a lot of kanjis, so you'll just know a small amount of whatever is said. Still, if you INTEND to learn all the thing, go ahead.
And Kona-chan... please tell me where did you got that awesome-looking Nayuki avatar!?
And Kona-chan... please tell me where did you got that awesome-looking Nayuki avatar!?
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I say hiragana first if anything. It's used more than katakana and will help you read kanji if it has those little letters above (or to the right) of it (I forgot what they were called :x)
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As the above posters said, Hiragana first as it's the base alphabet of the language. Once you learn that, Katakana shouldn't be too bad as some of them are pretty similar.
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As everyone have said ... you better start with Hiragana.
After that, Katakana.
and the last, Kanji.
After that, Katakana.
and the last, Kanji.
