Uh, hey, I'm doing really bad and I was wondering if anyone has any tips for me? I'm struggling… - Feed Post by Nyariin

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  meeyaw

  I really suggest using Dr Moku's Hiragana and Dr Moku's katakana. I found the suggestion on LearnJapanese subreddit, and it took me two days to learn hiragana and katakana. Unfortunately, together, it costs about $10. But definitely worth the money.

  November 8, 2014 at 11:53am
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  ricardojp

  What I suggest is practice practice practice! hehe

  November 8, 2014 at 1:54pm
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  TherryMonk13

  I had a lot of trouble with them originally too, and honestly it took me a full year before they were really second-nature (but I wasn't studying very hard). Just repeat, repeat, repeat, and take little breaks when you get frustrated. You'll get there eventually!

  November 8, 2014 at 3:42pm
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  AranorX

  The are plenty of smartphone apps to use for training and they are free :)

  November 8, 2014 at 6:12pm
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  Dully

  practice!

  November 8, 2014 at 6:55pm
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  GreenyNeko

  Many Hiragana and Katakana symbols have similarities (e.g. し and ｼ)
  So they're sometimes quite easy to match, the rest is memorization through practice.
  
  Well actually you can look on whether or not you can find other ways to associate the sound with their Hiragana and Katakana symbols.
  
  That's how I've been learning them.

  November 8, 2014 at 9:28pm
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  GreenyNeko

  Oh and another trick:
  
  There are always these small double quotes and circles on some signs.
  You can easily remember these when you just look at the following concept:
  none - the base one
  " - second form
  ° - third form
  
  か ka
  が ga
  (when you add " to a hiragana symbol starting with 'k' you start with 'g')
  
  し shi
  じ ji
  (when you add " to a hiragana symbol starting with 'sh' you start with 'j')
  
  す su
  ず zu
  (when you add " to a hiragana symbol starting with 's' you start with 'z')
  
  つ tsu
  づ zu (du)
  (when you add " to a hiragana symbol starting with 'ts' you start with 'z')
  
  ち chi
  ぢ ji (du)
  (when you add " to a hiragana symbol starting with 'ch' you start with 'j')
  
  ひ hi
  び bi
  ぴ pi
  (when you add " to a hiragana symbol starting with 'h' you start it with 'b' and when you add ° to a hiragana symbol starting with 'h' you start it with 'p')

  November 8, 2014 at 9:38pm
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  GreenyNeko

  That's the same with katakana between.
  
  Eitherway the last tip I have are the longer ones:
  
  きゃ kya
  these basically resemble a mix of 2 symbols:
  き ka
  ゃ ya
  
  So most of the time you just use the first few letters of the first symbol and all the whole sound of the second:
  
  ちゃ cha
  ち chi
  ゃ ya
  
  ぎゅ gyu
  ぎ gi
  ゅ yu
  
  ぴょ pyo
  ぴ pi
  ょyo
  
  
  In these 3 ways I find it a lot easier to remember Hiragana and Katakana. So I hope this helps you too. ^^
  
  If you have any questions ask away. xDD

  November 8, 2014 at 9:42pm