Just another lazy and unproductive day

So, what did I do today?

Nothing much actually.

Cleaned and typeset manga strips – no I didn’t learn Japanese that fast, someone else had translated them, never mind that the ones I did were in Chinese and not in Japanese – and went to the library.

World-shattering, truly.

Oh but I revised some Hiragana in my head today …. I didn’t get most of course but I am happy that I got five or so right – which is actually not that good but oh well.

I also will try to study a bit more just before going to bed.

Hiragana – as copied from Wikipedia.com

Die folgende Tabelle listet auf der Grundlage der 50-Laute-Tafel alle Hiragana und ihre Transkription nach dem Hepburn-System auf.

Vokale					yōon
あ a	い i	う u	え e	お o	(ya)	(yu)	(yo)
か ka	き ki	く ku	け ke	こ ko	きゃ kya	きゅ kyu	きょ kyo
さ sa	し shi	す su	せ se	そ so	しゃ sha	しゅ shu	しょ sho
た ta	ち chi	つ tsu	て te	と to	ちゃ cha	ちゅ chu	ちょ cho
な na	に ni	ぬ nu	ね ne	の no	にゃ nya	にゅ nyu	にょ nyo
は ha	ひ hi	ふ fu	へ he	ほ ho	ひゃ hya	ひゅ hyu	ひょ hyo
ま ma	み mi	む mu	め me	も mo	みゃ mya	みゅ myu	みょ myo
や ya		ゆ yu		よ yo
ら ra	り ri	る ru	れ re	ろ ro	りゃ rya	りゅ ryu	りょ ryo
わ wa	(ゐ wi)		(ゑ we)	を o/wo
				ん n
が ga	ぎ gi	ぐ gu	げ ge	ご go	ぎゃ gya	ぎゅ gyu	ぎょ gyo
ざ za	じ ji	ず zu	ぜ ze	ぞ zo	じゃ ja	じゅ ju	じょ jo
だ da	ぢ (ji)	づ (zu)	で de	ど do	ぢゃ (ja)	ぢゅ (ju)	ぢょ (jo)
ば ba	び bi	ぶ bu	べ be	ぼ bo	びゃ bya	びゅ byu	びょ byo
ぱ pa	ぴ pi	ぷ pu	ぺ pe	ぽ po	ぴゃ pya	ぴゅ pyu	ぴょ pyo

Die Schreibung てぃ für ti (im Gegensatz zu ち chi) kommt bei der Schreibung von Fremdwörtern in Katakana (ティ) des Öfteren vor, bei Hiragana nur in Ausnahmefällen

 

And this too:

 

Okay , enough self-pity … let’s get cracking and talking a bit more ..

I started this blog on the advice of this article that says that it is possible to learn 3,000 Kanji in 3 months and I want to try it out.

Although I am aware that I should probably start with completely studying and memorizing and whatnot Hiragana and Katakana … I actually did learn Hiragana once but it has been over a year since then and while I recognize the signs – Hiragana – I actually can’t match them with what they mean …. the only one I can always remember is ん – which is “n” in Romanji/Western script.

 

Therefore I probably would be better off doing that instead of tackling Kanji but well …

 

Anyway, back to the article. It doesn’t jump into Memorize this or Memorize that immediately, no, it actually establish a few “ground rules” so to say and helpful tips, like making a language blog to track process and get motivation, I don’t think I will be able to do a few of those things as I have literally no money to spare … however, I heard it from everywhere – internet sites, the article, one of my friends actually studying Japanese and who had already lived in Japan for a while – I will need not only one but probably more preferably good textbook[s].

So … I don’t know. Perhaps today I am going to revise Hiragana, including perhaps posting the Hiragana chart from Wikipedia here later.

 

Also .. perhaps anyone reading this noticed from my numerous grammar mistakes that I am 100% sure are somewhere in this text I am not a native English speaker nor do I live in an English-speaking country but my major in uni is ‘English Studies’ so I am hoping they [the mistakes] are not too noticeable.

Well, that wasn’t so good , ne?

Ne, I didn’t manage to do anything.

Not go to school. Not learn a bit. Not start trying to learn Japanese.

Sometimes I feel like I am doomed to be a failure.

Beginning and Start of a Journey

This may seem a little dramatic … I mean , the title of this post but for me it is.

I am going to use this blog for commenting on my ( hopefully successful) attempt of learning Japanese and especially Kanji.

Please wish me luck.