Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Introduction to Hiragana alphabet of Japanese language


Last time we told you about the three alphabets of Japanese language. So it doesn’t like the English and Sinhala. Isn’t it? Because of three alphabets, they have their own characteristics.



Okay, now let’s look at the hiragana alphabet a little and learn its own characteristics.


We use hiragana alphabet to write the native Japanese words (Their own words). Names of Japanese people, places are written in hiragana letters. Okay, my dear friends, let’s look at few examples.

     In Japanese language book is known as ‘Hon’   
     School is known as ‘Gakko’   がっこ
     Child is known as ‘Kodomo’  こど
     Umbrella is known as ‘Kasaa’ 
     Chair is known as ‘Isu’   

Because all these words are their own words, they are written in hiragana letters.
Now let’s look at some of their names.

Michiko ( みちこ ) , Hayashi  ( はやし ) , Kimura ( きむら ) , Makino ( まきの )  

Like above, names of Japanese people are written in hiragana letters.

So this is only an introduction to hiragana alphabet. Later we can learn about the letters of hiragana alphabet and how to use them to write words correctly. For now I think this is enough as an introduction to hiragana.

From next article, we are supposed to tell you about the katakana alphabet.

Monday, April 6, 2015

Introduction to Japanese language

Hello guys, how are you? Don't you like to learn the language and the culture of an attractive and an aesthetic country in our world which consists of a marvelous set of small islands? In this page, we are supposed to look at their culture as well as especially their language.
If we consider the Japanese people, they have their own culture and their own language. They always give the priority to their language and they love their language, their culture very much. 
There is one alphabet for English, one for Sinhala, but for Japanese there are three alphabets. So it looks bit difficult to learn Japanese. But don't worry. Join with us to start your journey of the Japanese language and step into their amazing world. Sometimes you may know nothing about Japanese. But it is not a problem. Because we are starting from the letters and the basics, you can learn it easily.
Okay, my dear friends, let's start. Now we are going to enter their language and learn few basics. First, let's look at their alphabets. As I said earlier, Japanese is consists of three alphabets. They are,
·         Hiragana
·         Katakana
·         Kanji
Among them, hiragana & katakana are relatively easy to learn when compared  to kanji. It's not only a problem for us. It is the same for Japanese people too. So don't worry. Let's learn them slowly. From  this blog we are supposed to discuss letters, words, how to use them and another so many things about the Japanese language in simple English.