I know hiragana now should I learn katakana or focus on general japanese conversation and phrases ? - Feed Post by AH_Jonesy
I know hiragana now should I learn katakana or focus on general japanese conversation and phrases ?
posted by AH_Jonesy
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In order to learn Kanji, you have to know katakana as well..Did you mean you want to focus on grammer? if so then I can't help you there, but I think learning kanji should be your focus after Hiragana and Katakana, grammer can come later..just my opinion..
I think it's all up to you. In my experience, being able to read katakana is rewarding if you are planning to go to Japan because it allows you to read and understand a lot of words that you don't need to learn beforehand. Because katakana are used for loanwords and because most loanwords are from English, just being able to read katakana allows you to understand a ton of written language.
If you want, you could start with basic conversation and grammar though. I don't think the order matters much.
Go to youtube and search "LETS LEARN BASIC JAPANESE''
thank you everyone, i think i will learn katakana first as it didn't take me long to learn and remember hiragana and then i will focus on kanji and conversation skills like pronunciation :)
Out of my own experience I can guarantee you that learning both the Hiragana and Katakana syllabaries makes your life much, much easier when it comes to learning Japanese.
Point is that if you can recognise what's written whenever you see a Japanese sentence (not talking about kanji), it feels really great and motivates you to keep on learning!
Not only that: many Japanese grammar courses I followed are assuming you already know Hiragana and Katakana, and if not, they will learn you in the first few chapters.
You can leave Kanji for later tho. I can safely say that Kanji is the most difficult and frustrating part of learning Japanese.
After the Hiragana and Katakana lessons, it's the best to start learning grammar and building a basic vocabulary.
I hope it helped!
Cheers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sspUdoV9Il0&index=7&list=PLSOR9_iNzVflvJ0JQIUMPzyYCx-XNU8UX
Great video on learning Kanji.- thank you both i will check out the video later and ive taken you advise, i will begin my katakana tomorrow :)
- the Abroad in japan youtube channel is really good to watch for general japanese life
Step 1.) ひらがなとカタカナ
Step 2.) 漢字と動詞と名詞 (every day, something new, something old)
Step 3. w/ Step 2.) Grammar (same with Step 2)
I don't quite see the point in learning everything about kanji, but not being able to use it because you haven't learned your grammar.
Start with everything simultaneously- nouns, verbs, adj, verb conjugation, etc- but gradually step up the difficulty when you feel you know things by heart. Read, write, listen, and speak the language when the opportunity presents itself (consider finding a "pen pal" to exchange languages with).
After a while, more and more pieces of information should become familiar.
P.S. Do not study. Learn. I also cannot stress enough how helpful having a native speaker can be when you need to bounce off questions, receive criticism, or to just make it less like school and more like a small chat when practicing Japanese. They will give you a more well-rounded picture of the daily use of Japanese, dialects, what is and isn't acceptable with regards to how you speak, than anybody else.
毎日、日本語を話せ。止めらないで。
- 止めないで＊
- thank you very much this has helped me alot :)
