How long did it take for all of y'all to learn Hiragana? 0.0 I'm having a bit of trouble with it.. - Feed Post by Artaleboo
How long did it take for all of y'all to learn Hiragana? 0.0 I'm having a bit of trouble with it..
posted by Artaleboo
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Took me a month......about 4 days for katakana. If you need help, look at japanesepod101 youtube. I learned most of my Hiragana from them. Though, don't take my time to heart, I was extremely lazy when I first started. Maybe learning 2 or so a week.
I used http://old.realkana.com/
1-2 Days per Kana there are some pretty helpful sites e.g. kana-quizzes that'll ask you to identify different kana.
I mostly used this one: http://www.hiraganaquiz.com/
You can switch between hiragana and katakana on the left hand side.
Hope it helps :)
A few days to learn Hiragana
1 week. But i had much bigger problems with Katakana.
Anyway, now with mobile apps and online resources i'd say that you should easily learn both in a month leisurely.
about 3 days
I recommend to work on drawing hiragana. Google: hiragana practice sheets If you can write them, you can read them. Then come back here and quiz... http://japaneseclass.jp/lessons/kana Good luck!!
All of the above online resources can help and are good suggestions.
If you are having issues retaining the information from the online resources, I'd recommend the book "Remembering the Kana" (ISBN 0824831640). It uses mental visualization tricks to help you remember. Example: ろ (ro) looks like the number 3, and you row row row your boat (3 times).
Amazon has the 'look inside' feature, so you can check out some of the other examples. It is written in the alphabetic order of the kana, but you progress through the book similar to a 'choose your adventure' book, jumping back and forth according to the directions at the bottom of the page. It works this way because some of the visualizations build upon other visualizations, so they tend to group those together. It includes hiragana and katakana.
To help solidify the learning, I then wrote the kana out while verbally stating the sound (Google seach: Hiragana Writing Practice Sheet). I started with the practice sheets, then moved into a grid paper notebook.
I may have gone a little further than some, but it would take a brick to the head to make me forget kana now. :-)
