My First Japanese Lesson Revisited

Learning Japanese

Learning Japanese. Nihongo wo benkyou shimasu.
日本語　を　勉強します。
Let's begin. Hajimemashou.
始めましょう。

Step 1.

Build a strong foundation in your Japanese reading and writing skills.
* First Memorise the Hiragana Chart.
* After you can recite all the phonetic characters,
Learn to write them stroke by stroke.

Refer to Hiragana Chart, and memorize the phonetic character set.
Best Link for Exercise : Click Here for Japanese Audio e-Book, published by Coscom Japanese Language School, Tokyo, Japan.

Do Your Best! Gambatte ne !
がんばって　ね。

Notes:

An overview of the Japanese Writing Systems

There are four different character sets used in Japanese Writing.
They are Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji and Romaji.

Romaji uses the English alphabet A, B, C…. and this was developed to help foreigners pick up the language quickly. Beginners can use Romaji as a transition to learn Japanese conversation. After mastering Hiragana and Katakana, Romaji is seldom used except for keying input on computer.

Hiragana is the phonetic character set that is written and spoken.
Katakana is the corresponding phonetic character set used in most cases for foreign words or borrowed words.
Kanji is the Japanese-Chinese character set of words. Each word expresses an idea or meaning. Don’t be surprised that most of these words have at least 2 readings.

Schedule :
The best approach is to learn from a native Japanese speaker, a good teacher who can make learning Japanese most interesting. But if you are lost on the way, try to move in this direction, although not necessarily in this order.
The first steps for a complete beginner:

Step 1. Start with the Hiragana Chart.
Step 2. Learn simple conversation and basic sentence structure.
Step 3. Learn Katakana Chart.
Step 4. Add some Katakana words into sentence.
Step 5. Practice, practice and more practice makes perfect.


HIRAGANA KATAKANA CHART
ひらがな カタカナ びょう