Reading Katakana

Forum on learning Japanese: http://www.thejapanchannel.com/Learning-Japanese/index.html

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Japan
• Japanese
• JapanChannel
• yt:stretch=4:3
• katakana
• reading
• hiragana
• kanji

[FlyingBagels]

Which form of Japanese (Katakana, Hiragana, Kanji) will be the most useful/used in Japan? Like, for say, i was going to Japan, which one would be the most useful.. or does it matter? or is it good to know all three?

[TheJapanChannelDcom]

@FlyingBagels

Katakana is a good one to start on.

As for "knowing all three".. dont expect to learn kanji in less than 30 years :-D

[DELTA38g]

@TheJapanChannelDcom Can you put a Kanji into Katakana or Hiragana?

[TheJapanChannelDcom]

@DELTA38g

Yes, and they often do.

[sebamax96]

Hiragana and Katakana rulez!(specialy Hiragana :D) kanji is sooooooooooo big and the caracters are ugly :D

[jmark00meipia1]

aussie accent.

[KELLERMANisBACK]

being chinese really helps learning kanji XD Like i could write out sentences in full kanji but i couldnt pronounce it in japanese XD

[562honeybunny]

hiragana and katakana are easy but kanji is impossible...

[xxello90xx]

@TheJapanChannelDcom probabaly the best one to statr with, in my opinion, is hirgana because after you knwo that you can jump in to learning basic phrases and kanji. If you want to have a good foundation before you start learning i suggest learn both hiragana and katakana before phrases and kanji.

[xxgazegirlxx]

Wow I actually did REALLY good on that :D !!

Thanks :) !!

[shakugannovizard]

If you ask japanese people to spell a kanji can they do it?I mean,if you write only in katakana the sound of a kanji you don't remember will they know what you are talking about? In the same way Is it possible to ask them to spell a kanji using only in katakana or hiragana? Thank you, I hope you can answer. btw Like your videos, Is there a video that mentions what is the best season to travel to japan?

[imtheonlysane1here]

I'm learning katakana rather easily because I associate each katakana with something. Ni looks like a couple of stairs, and you'll hit your knee if you fall down the stairs. Shi looks like a smiley face, so I remember "she smiles." Sa looks like a table saw (ok I had to stretch my imagination for that one). Anyway, I'll have learned all of the katakana in about a week this way. Can't say I can write them from memory though.

[arbide3]

Japanese does not have any alphabets at all. Japanese has three different syllabaries.

[sk8rguy4life1123]

3rd one on the second column... i see a smiley :)

[blanbproductionshd]

when ever i take out my alphabet in class because i have nothing to do ever single person withing viewing distance has to look. puzzled face, say ammmm.....what the hell, and always always always has to point and say the TSU looks like a happy face.

also now that it has become know that im learning everybody bugs me asking me what this or that is in japanese. it gets annoying especily when its a rude comment or i dont know it and i have to make up jiberish to shut them up