2024.06 Learning Japanese - Hiragana and Katakana

It's been a month. And I've learned a lot!

Oh, you thought I meant Japanese 🇯🇵?

No 🤣, but I appreciate your faith in me.

I mean I have learned a lot about how challenging and slow this process will be.

✔️ things that are working....

1. Spaced Repetition flash cards
2. Duolingo Kana Practice sessions
3. Practicing writing Kana

❌ things that are not working....

Time. Especially as work has kicked back into full gear, my time and motivation to learn has plummeted.

But that's ok.

🔍 observations

1. I usually can only dedicate time to learning new material on the weekends
2. During the week, I generally only have time/motivation for flashcard review and some writing practice

This will inevitably slow things down in my learning journey. Good news is, there is no rush, and I'm still enjoying learning for the sake of learning.

So far I've learned 50 kana.

goals for this week

• Review Learned Kana
• Learn "N" column

resources used

• Tofugu - Learn Hiragana: The Ultimate Guide
• Tofugu - Learn Katakana: The Ultimate Guide
• Genki 1
  • Japanese Writing Systems - pages 20 & 24
  • Reading and Writing - Lesson 1 - pages 296 & 300
• Duolingo - Hiragana and Katakana practice tab
• Also see created resources at the end

created resources

obsidian spaced repetition flashcards

な::na - hiragana - nacho nun praying for nachos 🙏
に::ni - hiragana - needle pulling thread 🪡
ぬ::nu - hiragana - a tangle of noodles with a chopstick on the left 🍝
ね::ne - hiragana - nelly the necromancy cat - "neko" is cat in JP 🐈
の::no - hiragana -pigs nose - no smoking sign 🚫🐽
ナ::na - katakana - narwhal 🦄
ニ::ni - katakana - two needles laying on their sides 🪡
ヌ::nu - katakana - chopstick scooping some noodles from a bowl 🍝
ネ::ne - katakana - horse (neigh) jumping a barrier
ノ::no - katakana - looooong lying nose 👃