How to write Hiragana #1 あいうえお

[BigDandfriends]

i dont understand. i learned to write hiragana like this ひらがな

[kohyin]

@BigDandfriends are you talking about the looks of each letter? The hiragana font you used is the common fonts for prints and for computer use, but hand written hiragana looks more like the one I used in the video.

[BigDandfriends]

@kohyin japanese is so confusing. im a beginner

[kohyin]

@BigDandfriends Japanese is simple and a lot easier than learning English. Hiragana is pronounced phonetically and there is only one sound per letter unlike English. If you know the sound of letters, you can pronounce a new word. After 40 years of speaking and reading English as a second language, I still have trouble figuring out a correct pronunciation of a new English word. It's always hard learning a new thing. Don't get discouraged. It'll get easier. :-)

[BigDandfriends]

@kohyin thats true. english is my mother language so i didnt realize how confusing it was. do u have any suggestions on what order i should learn the language?

[kohyin]

@BigDandfriends it really helps to learn the Katakana, Hiragana, then Kanji. If you want to read and write. If you just want to speak and listen, then learning Japanese using Romanji writing system may be good enough. My personal system of learning a new language is to learn their alphabet and approximate pronunciation of each letter first so that I can start reading with dictionary. The best way to gain vocabulary is reading.

[xXBerethorXx]

@kohyin Is romaji not commonly known in japan though? At least, that is what I have heard :/

[kohyin]

@xXBerethorXx I cannot speak for the past 20 years that I have been away, but we learned alphabet and romanji in my school days. It's just that romanji is very confusing for those who speak English because we tend to try to pronounce them in English way, but in reality, japanese sound is assigned to each vowel as well as a consonant-vowel combination. For an example the Japanese doesn't pronounce "ra" in a way English speakers pronounce the alphabet combination.

[kohyin]

@xXBerethorXx My response continued: There is no such sound as english R in Japanese language. I often dare to spell it as LA instead of RA as L sounds so much closer to the sound we have than R while neither L nor R sound exists in Japanese language. If you studied Chinese Pinyin (standardized alphabetical representation of Chinese words), you will find similar issues of pronouncing the alphabetical representation of some letters such as Chinese D which sounds closer to T. Hence Tao for Dao.

[rafa3lico]

i hope that somebody japanese sees this, and if somebody  does, please pm me!!!!!!!!!

[AsianPrideLosers]

please make more!

i just finished Katakana and

I wanna learn Hiragana. at first

i thought it would be hard, but

since i saw this video it looks easy. :D

i was wondering if the stroke orders

were mandatory?

[kohyin]

I will make another one soon.

The stroke order is an essential part of learning how to write Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji.

[kohyin]

I found a great resource for learning to write Hiragana. Please read "More Info" of the video description.

[jennyizcool]

this is great please make more videos like this, i really want to learn hiragana

[kohyin]

Thank you very much for your encouraging comment. My Adobe flash movie maker is out of order right now, but I will make another one for next 5 characters as soon as I fix my Adobe software.

[kohyin]

Really? Would it be better if I do a single letter per movie?

[macoo23]

too fast, it is impossible for me writing down. useless i have to pause then unpause..