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Post by Purple Moss on May 10, 2014 12:28:52 GMT -5
I recently found out about Kanamemo, a tool for learning Hiragana and Katakana (but, personally, I prefer the Java version). Kanamemo shows you a hiragana or katakana character (depending on what you wish to practice) and you must input its pronunciation using rōmaji. It uses a hidden scoring system to keep track of your progress, and once you reach a certain score, you proceed to the next level. I think there are 29 levels in total. It's very effective to learn how to recognize Japanese syllabaries, but, as you can see, there is no writing involved, so don't forget to practice that. I also recommend you read the characters aloud so that you focus on their pronunciation and not on the rōmaji.
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Post by Purple Moss on Apr 1, 2017 11:01:44 GMT -5
Almost 3 years later -- how is everyone doing so far? Me, I had suspended Japanese because I began to learn German; it will soon be almost two years since then. However, in December I decided to give Korean one last chance, and so I plan to start learning Japanese sersiouly in 2018. There's no hurry, though (yet (: ). I also think Korean will be very helpful when I begin learning Japanese. I have heard they have a similar grammar. At first glance I can tell they have a similar particle system -- 은/는 is は, 을/를 is を, 에 is like に (I think)... This time I am also learning Hanja (korean kanji, pretty much). I now realize learning hanja is super important and it gives me a whole new perspective on the language and its vocabulary. As you can expect, many characters are shared between Japanese and Korean (though hanja never went through a simplification process) so that shall carry over, I hope. Something I really like about hanja (and I think hanzi is like that too, barring dialects) is that they only have one, two readings tops. That lets me focus on writing and recognizing the character, and remembering its meaning(s), without having to worry about its 5 different kunyomi in Japanese. A few even sound the same, e.g. 部分 is pretty much the same in both languages (부분, ぶぶん), and others have ~similar pronunciation (and of course there are many that are completely different). I kind of wish everyday Korean was still written with hanja (I know they have their own cultural and historical reasons), but there's always Japanese media if I want to see them in use. As mentioned before in the thread it's also important to see these characters as made up of radicals, not individual strokes, even if you're not learning them in any particular (stroke #) order. Read the KANJIDAMAGE link in the first post! I use Anki, which you have probably heard about. I made my own template and my own deck. The best one is your own, but sometimes you won't be learning everyday simply because you haven't added new cards -- you have to consider that as well. -- When I wrote that last post I was still learning kana. Shortly after that I remember I began to use an Android app called Kana Draw instead. It was very useful. It seems it received a major update, so I don't know how it might work now. JED is a great, simple offline version of the Jisho dictionary. Kasui is a word-matching game, though you should be familiar with the kanji beforehand. It also has some obscure vocabulary. This app lets you browse Nicovideo, the Japanese Youtube (you still need an account, of course). Youtube lets you search for videos with captions. Just write something in Japanese and do as the link says (it doesn't let you, however, limit the search to a particular language). If you're using Windows, this is how you install Japanese input.
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