--- title: "japanese" tags: - language --- # My plan # Misc Notes - [[japanese-words]] - [[nope-threshold]] - [[stages of learning]] - [[hiragani]] # Grammar ![](https://i.imgur.com/uB2CLf6.png) sort of SOV e.g., I sushi eat. (english is SVO i eat sushi) in english the order of words tells us who did what in japanese sentences are made up of _particles_. each one indicates how the word before it relates to other words in the sentence, usually to the verb — which is usually last. the order of the words can vary because the particles tell us who did what not the word order # Sound system 24 consonant sounds, 5 vowel sounds (english: 24 and 14) language formed using either consonant vowel pair (except the "n" sound). has pitch accent: distinguish similar spelled words. pitches follow rules: - first and second mora have different pitches, - cant return from low to high # Writing system intriduced from china in the 4th or 5th century. evolved into its own system. three types or writing - **hiragana** (46 chars + 2 diacritical marks) - used to denote sounds, and for functional words and inflectional ending (also some content words) - each one symbolises with a vowel or a consonant combinied with a vowel. - **katakana** a syllabary used or loan or onomaopoeic words and scientific words - **kanji** (from china), used for meaning and sound traditionally ![|300](https://i.imgur.com/xtWqFBK.png) # Resources - http://plus.ajatt.com/nutshell/ - http://guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar - https://app.memrise.com/course/29267/genki-i/ - https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/4vhe30/6_months_later_how_i_learned_to_learn_japanese/ - https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/wiki/index/startersguide/ - https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/wiki/index/resources - https://github.com/EngJpDiscordExchange/Awesome-Japanese/blob/master/readme.md - https://realkana.com - https://docs.google.com/document/d/10bRzVblKVOsQJjTc2PIi1Gbj_LrsJCkMkh0SutXCZdI/edit# - http://japanese-lesson.com/resources/pdf/characters/hiragana_chart.pdf - http://japanese-lesson.com/resources/pdf/characters/hiragana_writing_practice_sheets.pdf - http://japanese-lesson.com/resources/pdf/characters/katakana_chart.pdf - http://japanese-lesson.com/resources/pdf/characters/katakana_writing_practice_sheets.pdf - https://pomax.github.io/nrGrammar/ - https://github.com/EngJpDiscordExchange/Awesome-Japanese/blob/master/readme.md - https://luckytoilet.wordpress.com/2017/07/12/the-power-law-distribution-and-the-harsh-reality-of-language-learning/ - https://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearning/comments/fc8sot/the_nope_threshold_some_thoughts_on_what_words_to/ - https://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2016/08/25/what-80-comprehension-feels-like - https://www.kanshudo.com/howto/pitch - https://www.kanshudo.com/grammar/pronunciation - https://files.tofugu.com/articles/japanese/2016-04-05-hiragana-chart/hiragana-mnemonics-chart.jpg - https://cotoacademy.com/learning-hiragana-hiragana-chart-practice-sheets-apps-online-quiz/ - https://8020japanese.com/japanese-sentence-structure/ - https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/278530045