こんいちは。 I am relatively new to this site, and I think this only teaches kanji, but hey, that is… - Feed Post by brookespiker
こんいちは。 I am relatively new to this site, and I think this only teaches kanji, but hey, that is exciting and I am ready to learn some kanji! BRING IT ON!! I was a little nervous when I first saw this site (more accurately, I was overwhelmed), but now I am starting to get used to its functionality. This is a great site so far, and I hope I can meet new friends along the way who want to help with our studies as time goes on. よろしくお願いします。
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Welcome and have fun! It's also こんにちは!
I must have miss typed that character by mistake. ごめんあさい
*ごめんなさい*
Welcome to the site. ^^
@Kenji, I think brooke was making a joke that second time (or at least, now I've said that, I hope that's what happened)... :D
Brooke, if you are using Japanese IME on Windows, actually double n will be converted to an ん. So you type gomennnasai for ごめんなさい. Although I'm sure you will realize that soon! (or already).- Or just switch from romaji input to kana input and learn which keys are for typing which kana. Death to romaji! ^_^
I don't seriously recommend doing that though. Romaji input mode is by far the more commonly used way, even in Japan. However it's just how I type and I like it. On my UK English keyboard, using kana input mode, I just press the Ｙ key to write the ん kana.
To write the five kana symbols, こんにちは:
・with kana layout = five keys: ＢＹＩＡＦ
・with romaji layout = ten keys: ＫＯＮＮＮＩＴＩＨＡ. Although many people probably press eleven keys: ＫＯＮＮＮＩＣＨＩＨＡ - I'm using kana input too. With hand-written sticker haha. And typing slower than a kid. That damn ろ always missing xD
- Ah, that's cool. I never used stickers to learn it. The main way I got better at using it was through playing Slime Forest Adventure, which has a separate game mode for teaching kana input layout.
I've been using kana layout for a couple of years now and can type Japanese just as fast as romaji layout.
Is your ろ key to the left of the number 1 key (below the Escape key)? That's where it is on UK keyboards and it is annoying. On Japanese keyboards it is between the /? key and the right Shift key. Luckily ろ is not used too often anyway. :) 
ようこそ! I'm kinda new myself, but found this site not only teaches Kanji, but helps push me into using new vocabulary as well as reinforces language too :3 よろしくお願いします!!
