I'm just looking for some methods to help me remember Hiragana. Also, a good chart. I started a class last night, about 3 and a 1/2 hours of getting information crammed down our throats. I have a textbook and I'm pretty much done with my homework. (All I had to do was cross-check the Hiragana.) But there's always something to help you remember a language's tricks. I'm looking for that "something."
Remembering Hiragana (Japanese)?
Trust me, once you get them in your head and start to use them, they will be borderline impossible to forget. がんばって!
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do you guys took classes during free time or doing it for highschool/college?
I memorized hiragana by using it and reading it mostly. Also, SRS is very helpful. SRS is basically flashcards, but to the point where it helps you evaluate what you need to go over and study. I practice all my writing on a portable whiteboard, so I don't go wasting paper. Good stuff.
Here's an SRS that I use. If you don't like making your own cards, try using this list on smart.fm. If you feel like going a step further, they also have a katakana list and PLENTY of kanji lists available as well. Enjoy.
My strategy is to remember it like the abcs; it will eventually flow through your brain like a rhythm. Ganbette!
I started a japanese course too. I'm 2 lessons in, and starting to remember the odd hiragana here and there. Bizarrely I already know Katakana without the need of the course, but that's not helping me very much, apart from the similar shapes like Ka and Ri. I changed the wallpaper on my desktop to have certain japanese words in places I know I look regularly. Hajimeru for example and Gomibako. I may even switch to the japanese langauge on my computer when I get more confident. I didn't use flash cards for Katakana, but I did when I tried to learn Hiragana on my own. It didn't work though. Having said that I may go find them as I reckon I'd know what's on them now better than I did then.
if you don't have enough resources already, This is how I learnt.
I've been trying out a different reader where there are pre-made decks, and lo and behold, there's a premade deck for kana. You can do it either in browser or download the SRS, but you can only access shared decks through the download. Once you download the SRS, you go to File > Download Shared Deck, and then in the search bar, enter Japanese Kana and download it. Not sure if you're aware or not, but kana also involves katakana. It's the only premade deck with hiragana in it, so it's the best to go with. Also, I completely forgot that when I was learning hiragana, I did a lot of research and found sites with memorization techniques. I didn't really use them, but they may help you.
Just remember: do more studying than researching ways to study. Even if you only get one character down a day, it's better than not getting any characters down any days.
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