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How to write Hiragana - Part 4: - Each week new characters will be added.Previous Lessons
Weekly Lesson 1
This link leads to the weekly lessons created by your guide, Namiko. This lesson gives the basics of Japanese pronunciation.Weekly Lesson 2
Basic characteristics of Japanese grammar. We will look at nouns and verbs, and how the pertain to gender and numbers. I think you will find the basic idea very easy to follow.Weekly Lesson 3
The first lesson in a series regarding the three Japanese writing systems. You will be introduced to hiragana, katakana, and kanji. The following three lessons will focus on kanji as it is the mother of the other Japanese writing systems.Weekly Lesson 4
This is the first part of three lessons focusing on the expansive and fascinating, kanji. A full understanding of this gigantic systems is not a must, but a basic comprehension is essential.Weekly lesson 5
This is the second lesson in our look at kanji. The first lesson foucused on a bit of kanji's history. In this lesson we will examine the two readings of kanji characters, and their noun, verb, and adjective relationship.Weekly Lesson 6
This is our final initial look at Kanji. I introduce some new information about Hiragana, Kanji's little brother. You will get some basic information about why it is used instead of Kanji, and how many sounds is in its range of characters.Weekly Lesson 7
Exercises and tips for you to improve your Japanese. Each week one will be eased through a basic, easy to understand, lesson. This week's lesson focuses on the Japanese education system. After reading the weekly feature (Gimukyoiku) please refer to this lessonWeekly Lesson 8
This is the last basic lesson regarding Japanese writing systems. Besides the three forms of writing already mentioned (kanji, hiragana, katakana), Japanese is sometimes written in romaji.Weekly Lesson 9
This is the last basic lesson regarding Japanese writing systems. Besides the three forms of writing already mentioned (kanji, hiragana, katakana), Japanese is sometimes written in romaji. Romaji is primarily used for the conveinience of foreigners. With romaji, one can read Japanese without knowing any Japanese writing system. Although there are several systems of romaji, the most widely used is a modified Hepburn system.Weekly lesson 10
Do you still think Japanese is a difficult language to learn? I would say "No!" Of course, it is a little hard to master all of the Japanese writing , systems, but speaking it is not as hard as you think. Follow the link for more information.Weekly lesson 11
English is a subject - verb - object - language (so are French, German, and Spanish etc.). Japanese is a subject - object - verb language (so are Korean, Turkish, etc.). This lesson will focus on word order in Japanese sentences.Weekly lesson 12
Greetings, and Daily Expressions. This week we are going to take a little break from grammatical matters. As the title suggests, I will show you greetings and useful daily expressions.Weekly lesson 13
This week we will look at some simple, but very useful expressions.Weekly lesson 14
This lesson will look at the basics of first introductions. We will learn how to address others when first meeting them.Weekly Lesson 15
This is part two to lesson #14Weekly lesson 16
This lesson will teach you how to read and ask the time.Weekly lesson 17
This week focuses on countries and nationalities. You will
learn how to express your own nationality, or to asksomeone else's.Weekly lesson 18
This lesson will teach you how to shop in Japan.Weekly Lesson 19
How to write Japnese: - This week I give a little background and introduce the hiragana characters.Weekly Lesson 20
How to write Hiragana - Part 1 : - Each week new characters will be added.Weekly Lesson 21
How to write Hiragana - Part 2: - Each week new characters will be added.Weekly Lesson 22
How to write Hiragana - Part 3: - Each week new characters will be added.Weekly Lesson 23
How to write Hiragana - Part 4: - Each week new characters will be added.