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Re:Learning Japanese 12 Years, 10 Months ago Karma: 0  
Which differences among kanji,hiragana n katakana? Which one is used popular most? Sr,I've only a few things about japanese.
 
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Would some one possibly be willing to explain how to properly form a sentence? I know a lot of words and I know how to properly pronounce them. But I have no idea how to make a sentence. -.-'
 
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Which differences among kanji,hiragana n katakana? Which one is used popular most? Sr,I've only a few things about japanese.

Kanji is basically an import of Chinese characters into the Japanese writing system. Whenever possible, you write in Kanji.

Hiragana are Japanese characters that are used phonetically. Anything that can't be written in Kanji is written in Hiragana. And finally, if you come across a foreign word (Ex: Words that are not of east asian origin), it is written in Katakana. Don't worry about which is more popular or not, you will need to know all 3 if you want to be able to read in Japanese.

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Would some one possibly be willing to explain how to properly form a sentence? I know a lot of words and I know how to properly pronounce them. But I have no idea how to make a sentence. -.-'

It really depends on what you're trying to say. And like with any language, you need a minimum of a noun and verb to make a sentence
 
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Would some one possibly be willing to explain how to properly form a sentence? I know a lot of words and I know how to properly pronounce them. But I have no idea how to make a sentence. -.-'


This is a tough one, Sebastianwolf. What you're asking about is grammar. Making sentences by knowing words but no grammar would be like making a pie by dumping a lot of ingredients into a pie pan.

Every language has its own peculiarities of grammar and Japanese is no exception. There's no single way to form a Japanese sentence any more than there is in English or Spanish, though there are general rules.

Two particular issues you're going to have are (1) the conjugation and use of verbs and (2) the use of particles. A simple grammar book or two should help you with these.

It's illegal for me to post a link here, but Amazon can sell you a book called "A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar," which I've never seen but which appears to get good reviews.

Good luck.
 
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Re:Learning Japanese 12 Years, 8 Months ago Karma: 0  
Hi my name is Richard and im from England im 16 almost 17 i was wondering whats the best way to learn Japanese

PS im dyslexic so im sorry about my spelling
i had to look up how to spell dyslexic
 
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