Day One con: The "Alphabets"

Hey Everyone,
So I chose to make another blog post, I couldn't help myself! So here we go:

Today I learned: The 4 "alphabets" of the Japanese language

The first " Alphabet is Romaji. It's basically the English. So if you can read what I have typed, CONGRATS!! You already know one of the FOUR "alphabets" of the Japanese Language.Fugiee( The Textfugu Textbook) says It's pretty useless for me to continue to studying so that is basically all I can tell on that one.

Second "Alphabet" is Hiragana. Hiragana is the main phonetic "alphabet" and the first thing I will learn.  The book gave many reasons why Hiragana is good to learn first.Some are:  It will help me sound less like a foreigner, help me understand Japanese on deeper level, If I learn it now i will be able to focus other the really important aspects. Hiragana is used in:

•  Difficult kanji-  Fugiee says that when Kanji (You'll learn about later), is too difficult,  that it is alot better and easier to write it in Hiragana
• Words with no kanji- In some cases there are times when a word has no Kanji in them so  you're able to use Hiragana ( or Katakana, it depends)
• Particles- In English, it words that connect other words so in the Japanese language Hiragana is used
• Suffixes- A Lot of times in Japanese words with suffixes. They use honorifics such as -San at the end of a name 
• Verb & Adjective Infections- " Hiragana is also used to give context to verbs and adjectives. The Hiragana attached to a verb is what tells us if a word is past tense, present, negative,and more"

Third "Alphabet" is Katakana. Katakana uses the same exact sounds a Hiragana but it uses different symbols. The Katakana "alphabet" uses more angular sharp symbols unlike Hiragana  Here's the example Fugiee gave me.
 Hiragana: あ, pronounced “ah”
Katakana: ア, pronounced “ah”
Why Katakana is useful: 

•   Foreign Words: So the  Japanese "borrowed" words from other languages (Example from Fugiee : "the word for bread in Japanese is “pan” which was introduced by the Portuguese, who say pão, which probably got converted to the French Pain, therefore it’s written in Katakana")
• Scientific Words: So a lot of Scientific words in The Japanese alphabet are in Katakana
• Onomatopoeia: So the textbook says that The Japanese love using words like that and they used in Japanese daily language.
• Emphasis: So textbook says that it's like when you  italicize words in English, in Japanese, when  you  want to emphasize something you do it Katakana
• Food: Sometime there are food items in Japan  that are written in Katakana. Which the Fugiee says is good when ordering things in a Japanese Restaurant.....in Japan.  

   Alright, The Final Language is........^_^....... Kanji!!

     Kanji is the Chinese letters that are a very large part of the Japanese language. Fugiee says for me to be comfortable I have to learn ..... 2000 characters!! Kanji is made up of Nouns,adjective, and verbs.  @_@  So Kanji was introduced to Japan few hundred years ago and Japan decided to the many pronunciations of Kanji plus Japan's own Kanji pronunciation. This make Kanji very hard for many people So basically, I'm screwed. 

So there you have it, The Four "Alphabets" of The Japanese Language. 
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Prologue: The Textbook

Hey Guys Allie

Alright, Day One. Well I wanted to learn Japanese for a long time. It's just that I've been putting it off. So I'm finally doing it. Hopefully, I won't rage quit and Hopefully I will keep blogging about it. OK so the website textbook I called Textfugu from Textfugu.com  from Tog I am using told me to create a Japanese Learning Blog. Basically if i do it on the web, the more I will do it. Okay so basically My "Sensei" told me to answer some questions :
Question 1: Why are you learning Japanese
  I am learn Japanese Because I want to be able to speak their language and understand what anime and manga are saying. I want to able to travel to Japan one day without worry of Not knowing the language  I also want to learn it because i want to learn the language because I'll be able to communicate with other Japanese people

Question 2 : What excuses are holding you back?
 I am too lazy
 I don't feel like it
I afraid of not understanding the language
I am afraid i will forget the language
I am afraid that i will rage quit
I feel that i will brush it off and don't care about it and forget it.\
I am afraid i don't have enough courage
I feel that i am not smart enough
I am afraid I CAN'T DO IT!!!!!

 So I guess that all I have to say for now. I will post on my other blog about this blog. Support Me!!
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