Japanese writing japanese...

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  1. Bloodberry

    Bloodberry Bloody Berry
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    weeeeeeeeeeee just got the psoters in the mail today...what they are, are 3 posters conveying all the characters(hiragana, katakana, and kanji) that you need to know through i think it was elementry school...that they post in schools in japan...lol
    found the itme linked through this site that helps with the writing aspect alot. http://www.joyo96.org/
     
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    Bloodberry, Jul 25, 2002
  2. Cherry Blossom

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    Thanks I always wanted something like that ;)
     
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  3. Bloodberry

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    well...we got an extra one...sooo need to sell it off? pretty much same price plus whatever it is to ship to you...sigh...the site has no email addy to send a return question to...and we never recieved the promised confirmation email...soo...$24 american plus shipping...anyone?*^-^*
     
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    Bloodberry, Jul 31, 2002
  4. Naru

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    I don't know how the Japenese writting works

    Do any of you know how to understand any Japenese writting? I'm a bit confused...I've seen it it looks neat but how can u understand it?:confused:
     
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  5. Bloodberry

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    with alot of practice and determination...some understanding of the spoken lang is very helpful too...but just knowing words helps too.
     
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  6. UrashimaKeitaro

    UrashimaKeitaro Sesquipedalian Mod

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    So I insert myself here and try to explain...

    Japanese written language is actually divided into 4 character sets, unlike the one we use (the alphabet) They are, Katakana, Hiragana, Kanji, and Romaji. the Katakana and Romaji are used for representing foreign words (except for chinese words) they are also used for Emphasis like we use italics (I've seen this done on billboards 'n such). Hiragana is for japanese words and grammer, and Kanji is for Chinese words and to express the ideas behind japanese words in writing. Kanji are used in compounds to create thoughts, then there will be a character or two of hiragana added to the total to take care of the grammer. Kanji represent anywhere from 1 to 3 syllables (maybe more, I'm not sure) or Mora in the japanese language.
    Now, onto the next part, how do you read them? Katakana and Hiragana are all representative of either a vowel, a consonant and a vowel, or the letter 'n'. You read them by learning what sound they stand for, actually, a lot easier than our alphabet. I might suggest kanjistep.com for an excellent place to learn katakana, hiragana and even 100 of the kanji!
    Romaji (translation: roman characters) are just our standard alphabet.

    Now that I've confused the lot of you... questions?

    -UK
     
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    UrashimaKeitaro, Jul 31, 2002
  7. Naru

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    whoa......

    LOL im very lost...well a little, um well that is pretty neat, I just wanna learn this stuff. Because well I wanna go to Japan and China when Im out of College sometime!
     
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