Hiragana or katakana

InSaNe KeYbLaDeR · Post by **InSaNe KeYbLaDeR** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:55 pm

There are two alphebets in Japanese and I don't know which to memorize. Which one is more commonly used? Or are they both commonly used?

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:00 pm

InSaNe KeYbLaDeR wrote:There are two alphebets in Japanese and I don't know which to memorize. Which one is more commonly used? Or are they both commonly used?

Just learn Kanji. It's easier

Tab. · Post by **Tab.** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:00 pm

They're both just Kana, or alphabetical japanese (compared to kanji, symbolical japanese). Hiragana is used for common words and stuff like lower case english. Katakana is used for adopted foreign words, proper nouns (names and stuff). You need to know both, but since they're structurally exactly the same system (just different glyphs), that souldn't be too hard. The hard part of language is syntax, once you know how to properly express what you want to express, it's all just different kinds of scribbles.

I learned this from a pokemon website when I was 13.

KungPaoChicken · Post by **KungPaoChicken** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:01 pm

hiragana, katakana, kanji, you need them all to know Japanese. They are all used frequently.

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:05 pm

KungPaoChicken wrote:hiragana, katakana, kanji, you need them all to know Japanese. They are all used frequently.

You guys aren't helping me spread my misinformation...

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:15 pm

You know, they're ALL optional.

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Tab. · Post by **Tab.** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:32 pm

EAT TETRAGRAMMATON BITCH

InSaNe KeYbLaDeR · Post by **InSaNe KeYbLaDeR** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 3:59 pm

MAHOUT!!!!! -glomps dwchang-

Savia · Post by **Savia** » Sat Aug 30, 2003 8:39 am

InSaNe KeYbLaDeR wrote:MAHOUT!!!!! -glomps dwchang-

The inevitable outcome of any thread which you two share: The Glomp.

OtakuForLife · Post by **OtakuForLife** » Sat Aug 30, 2003 8:48 am

:::looks a dwchang who's just been jumped from behide::

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