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Found it . . .
You type the following letter twice.
So for みっつ I type mittsu
Thanks Joel. Slowing down is sound advice. I’m trying to sound just like the recordings and they’re very fast. Thanks.
I’ll check out the link.
Good luck Ashley.
I learnt Hiragana on Tofugu.com and that’s what brought me to Textfugu. It really worked. I’ve jumped ahead of Textfugu and learnt Katakana already from https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/learn-katakana/ It’s covered in Session 3 I think, but as it was so easy to learn Hiragana I figured, why not learn Katakana anyway. I use Real Kana app for 15 minutes a day. I wish Kanji was as easy! I hope you find the methods found here work for you.
I figure there’s no precise rule and listing to dozens of words with リin it varies so much especially when it’s in the middle of a word. I wish my ability to listen was better! My wife who is a classically trained singer can just hear stuff I can’t. It took me a day and half to get close to pronouncing じゃありません correctly and she did it first time.
I’m using the keyboard. I’m getting pretty quick at typing hiragana and learnt a shortcut to switch keyboards which is a massive help. I really struggled with remembering and pronouncing じゃありません until I started typing it repeatedly. It was a huge help with my pronunciation and I don’t think I could have done that writing on paper because I can type as fast as I write.
I’m planning on watching anime with Japanese subtitles as a way of bedding in words and pronunciation. I think wanting to watch with no subtitles in English is a great reason to learn Japanese, in fact o of the best, cause you’ll be combining something you love with learning at the same time.
Thanks Joel – I have to wonder why you’re not a mod. I’m enjoying Textfugu and it’s a great tool. EtoEto looks very promising. I look forward to it’s release.
I think I will learn to write Hiragana and Katakana as it’s useful aid to learning. I’ve been using a keyboard for 99% of the written word for 20+ years and avoid pen and paper wherever possible, mostly because I can’t read my own handwriting!
Thanks Joel, a big help.
I think you’ll find a lot of it is still there, but the brain has put into deep storage. I learnt hiragana six months ago and thought I knew it 100%. I then gave up on Japanese because I hadn’t found a study from home program that worked and joined the 90% who quit. Now I’m back, got myself a better plan. I relearned hiragana in an hour or two but this time round, I carried on. I use Anki and real kana app daily and not forgetting anything. So I think you should run through the program again but this time you’ll be on speed and a lot will return. It will be hard because “I used to know this once yet I don’t anymore so I suck” sort of mentality.
I also got back into running after a 20 year break. I didn’t try and compete with my formed 20 year old even though I knew I used to post way better times. For eight to ten weeks, it was hard, but worth it. I’m now a better runner than I was twenty years ago, because this time round, I learnt to run properly, train without injury and really enjoy running. If you apply the same to Japanese, you’ll learn fast and better.
My last theory about katakana ー = hiragana small つ is probably wrong and now I’m stuck. I discovered this with filter which is フィルター and there’s nothing after the ー. So I’m now guessing it means it’s a long vowel? Should フィルター be ふいるたあ and computer こんぴゅうた
I decided to skip words that were foreign / katakana words for now – they’re still on my list but I don’t have romaji or hiragana for them. In the next section, we are given a katakana lookup sheet, so I did a direct translation and レンズ is れんず. Then I moved onto ソフトウェア -> そふとうえあ . . . all good, until I try Computer コンピュータ which has a ー in it. I’m not sure what this is but from the pronunciation, it sounds like a small つ. So should I write こんぴゅつた?
Thanks Joel. I’m heading back to Nozawaonsen in Nagano and then to Tokyo where I have family. Living on the equator means no seasons, and I need some winter. It’s a great village with many Onsen (spa/baths) fed by hot water springs. The local food includes some pickled greens and an amazing winter salad made from root vegetables but chopped so finely it’s light and fresh. The first bowl of Ramen I ever ate in Japan was in a small roadside cafe in Nozawa. The place didn’t look special and it wasn’t known for it’s Ramen but I still remember it today and that light bulb moment – ‘So that’s what Ramen is supposed to taste like!’. The village has lots of small eating houses where there’s only room for six to ten people and only open for a couple of hours, but they’re the best. They will only have one food on the menu and often run by a retired husband and wife team, but decades of dedication mean the food will be amazing. BTW – we stay at a place run by an Aussie whose been there for twenty years and he’s made it real easy for anyone back home to get there. Just google nozawa holidays . . .
As for my favourites – too many! Currently I crave Onigiri. I sometimes make them but will more often by them in 7-11. Yep, that 7-11 and they’re surprisingly good. We always try and find somewhere making okonomiyaki because it’s almost impossible to make at home. We were recommended it by the guest house owner who described it as an upside down cabbage pancake with mayonnaise. I’ll try anything but the kids weren’t too happy, thinking it was just cabbage and pancake. Once they had it though, they were hooked. Their favourites include: Tonkatsu, Donburi, Yakitori, Tempura, Curry and Gyoza. Here’s a picture of my son and what I thought was the largest shrimp in the world.
Not that Edward Norton – this Edward Norton. Currently working through pictures from my last trip to Japan. My website is a little neglected. Here’s a couple of my favourites.
Snow Monkey
Lone Winter Tree
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