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Apr 24th 2010 07:42

So here's me all excited, got 44 hiragana characters mastered, thinking I've got this down, couple more to go...and then I discover Diacritics. Just double the workload. On the bright side I know the characters, so I just have to memorise what the (han)dakuten do to the pronunciation, so that makes it a lot easier.
Joining Japanesepod101 tomorrow, bring on the learning :)

Apr 24th 2010 07:50 sako

Japanese
English

You can do it!!! My daughter has also been working on "Hiragana". It seems that the littkle "tsu" is difficult for her. She doesn't understand the concept the little"tsu（っ）".

Apr 24th 2010 08:50 mkyb242

English
Japanese

Thanks Sako, I'll get there eventually, I just need a lot of patience and perserverance :)

Apr 24th 2010 11:41 chili

Japanese
English , German

You study a lot for Japanese. You'll master all hiragana soon.
I look forward to your Japanese entry.

Apr 24th 2010 11:41 chili

Japanese
English , German

You study a lot for Japanese. You'll master all hiragana soon.
I look forward to your Japanese entry.

Apr 24th 2010 15:53 tomokko

Japanese
English

I'm glad to see you got many hiragana characters mastered:)
Diacritics? Don't worry, they are not so difficult.

Handakuten is used only with "ha hi hu he ho", and pronounced as "pa pi pu pe po".

Dakuten is used with "ka ki ku ke ko", "sa shi su se so", "ta chi tsu te to", and "ha hi hu he ho" .
They are pronounced as "ga gi gu ge go", "za zi( ji ) zu ze zo", "da di( ji ) du( zu ) de do", and "ba bi bu be bo", respectively.

Keep up learning and you can brush up your Japanese until you come to Japan:)

Apr 24th 2010 16:05 Late Bloomer

Japanese
English , Japanese

Hello.

I was surprised to find that you are a quick learner. I envy you. Japanese for you might corresponds to Arabic for me. I'm sure I can't memorize so many characters in such a short time like you. Good job!

Apr 25th 2010 02:12 Cincle