Problem
I thought Japanese would be easy to learn. Its symbols are the same as Chinese, although the words are different. I am trying to learn the traditional Chinese symbolic writing you see on signs.
Now I discover that there not one, not two, but there are three kinds of Japanese writing. I was in Tinycards, from Duolingo, when I read the warning that a set of cards were in Katakana script. I thought, ok, what's that, and what is the alternative?
The three kinds of writing are
katakana (a kind of simplified symbolism for sounds)
romanji - writing in the familiar roman alphabet I am using now - like Times New Roman font, which is the easiest for English speakers like me
Useful websites:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_writing_system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Japanese
Author
Angela Lansbury
I thought Japanese would be easy to learn. Its symbols are the same as Chinese, although the words are different. I am trying to learn the traditional Chinese symbolic writing you see on signs.
Now I discover that there not one, not two, but there are three kinds of Japanese writing. I was in Tinycards, from Duolingo, when I read the warning that a set of cards were in Katakana script. I thought, ok, what's that, and what is the alternative?
The three kinds of writing are
katakana (a kind of simplified symbolism for sounds)
romanji - writing in the familiar roman alphabet I am using now - like Times New Roman font, which is the easiest for English speakers like me
Useful websites:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_writing_system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Japanese
Author
Angela Lansbury
