Hello I have a problem...For a few days now I can't see the Romaji anymore. The… - Feed Post by pusteblume

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  okamikruk

  Hi! Try hiragana/katakana drill. It's really helpful. And revise every day. You will become familiar with kana eventually. And you will really benefit from learning it first :)

  May 12, 2016 at 8:10pm
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  WNSwins

  I am not sure how to fix it. Sorry`` However if you find out how it was changed let me know. I would actually like to turn the romaji off.
  
  That being said you should learn Hiragana right away. Don't make the mistakes I did and wait to learn it. Not knowing it is very limiting and using romaji for everything messes up your pronunciation. Its really not that hard. Once I sat down and put my mind to learning it it only took me two days, and thats between doing all the other stuff I have to.
  
  I used this guide: https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/learn-hiragana/
  And this site for practice: http://realkana.com/hiragana/
  
  I know this may not be the answer you are looking for but, I think you should use this as an opportunity to get away from the crutch that is romaji.
  
  Good luck!

  May 12, 2016 at 8:11pm
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  pusteblume

  Hey, thanks a lot for your tipps!
  I really try to learn Hiragana as fast as possible and I already know the "standard" signs, but I often struggle with the once that constist of two signs ^^
  I wanted to learn Hiragana and Vocabulary at the same time.
  I will have a look on those websites you gave me :)

  May 12, 2016 at 9:15pm
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  mog86uk

  Romaji is only shown to level 1 users. Once you've earned over 4000 EXP, then you level up to level 2 (as you already have) and you no longer get shown any romaji—even no longer shown romaji in the level 1 lessons.
  
  As for the hiragana which "consist of two signs", these seem difficult to remember when you first try to learn them, however it is quite simple.
  
  So you already know all the single kana in the い-row:
  
  き ki, ぎ gi, し shi, じ ji, ち ti, ぢ ji, に ni, ひ hi, び bi, ぴ pi, み mi, り ri
  
  And you already know や ya, ゆ yu, よ yo.
  
  Basically, all you are doing with the hiragana that "consist of two signs" is saying the い-row kana sound followed by the や/ゆ/よ kana sound, saying it as quick as you can to make it sound like a single sound.
  
  き ki + ゃ ya = きゃ kiya (as a single sound it sounds like "kya").
  し shi + ゃ ya = しゃ shiyo (... "sho").
  じ ji + ゃ ya = じゃ jiya (... "ja").
  
  The romaji is what makes it seem a little complicated. If romaji didn't exist, then it would be quite easy to understand the sounds of the combined symbols. ^^

  May 13, 2016 at 3:54am
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  mog86uk

  Oops. Just noticed I wrote "shiyo" and "sho" when I was talking about しゃ.
  
  I meant "shiya" and "sha". I was thinking about using a different example, however I changed it to しゃ but forgot to also change those romaji. Would have been nice if I could just edit the post instead of typing all this and making things more confusing, but I can't just leave it incorrect either... ^^;

  May 13, 2016 at 4:11am
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  pusteblume

  Thanks for the help! You guys are so supporting >.<
  I just give my best and try to learn Hiragana properly in the next few days. I got the "Genki I" book and hope it was a good choice for home study :)

  May 13, 2016 at 5:12am