Hiragana is one of two Japanese alphabets – it consists of 46 charters and it is used for the phonetic transcription of Japanese writing. In simple terms, it works as our Latin script – the characters do NOT carry any meaning, but only a visual form of a particular sound. The same works for katakana Přečíst si víc oHiragana[…]
How to describe something as complicated as Japanese system of writing in simple words? Let us start with this – Japanese does not have ONE but TWO alphabets – hiragana and katakana. And mastering these should be considered as a gentle wam-up before the life-term marathon called kanji. Why the hell someone needs two alphabets Přečíst si víc oWritten Japanese[…]