My Plan to Learn Japanese, pt. I
Many of you know that I have been learning Korean over the course of the last several years. Due to some personal life changes and decisions, my emphasis has switched over from Korean to Japanese. Although I will continue to be somewhat interested in Korean, my overall attention has been dramatically switched to Japanese. With that, I have had to make some major linguistic adjustments. So, let me share with you how I have approached this so far, how I feel about it, and my goals for the future. First, I learned hiragana. As you may (or may not) know, Japanese uses three written scripts: hiragana, katakana, and kanji. In brief, hiragana is a phonetic writing system used to write sounds in Japanese. The basics are a, i, u, e, o. Then, ka, ki, ku, ke, ko. Then, sa, shi, su, se, so. Then, ta, chi, tsu, te, to. Then, na, ni, nu, ne, no. Then, ha, hi, hu, he, ho. Then, ma, mi, mu, me, mo. The, ya, yu, yo. Then, ra, ri, ru, re, ro. Then, wa, wo, and n. There's more ...