こんにちわ
So, today marks the day that I have fully learnt hiragana, the 46 basic ones as well as dakuten and combination hiragana, which if I'm not mistaken adds up to a total of 119 sounds! Of course I still need a lot more practise, I'm still pretty slow at reading them and on the rare occasion I might need to reference my hiragana chart (but I probably won't!) but, I do know them! Let me tell you this now, if you are learning them, do not, I repeat, do not give up! The buzz and sheer thrill you get off this accomplishment is amazing, you will feel really good about yourself, believe me!

So It's time to share with you the full list of learning resources I used to learn hiragana! Enjoy! (Note that just because this worked for me doesn't mean it will work for you, but I'd give it  a shot! I found it to be an amazing method!)

The List:

  1. A pen and a notepad/paper (I found a notepad better because you can easily keep all your practise sheets together and see your progress)
  2. Tofugu's Hiragana stroke order chart (as you should learn to write them in the correct stroke order!) - http://www.tofugu.com/downloads/hiragana-stroke-order.pdf
  3. Tofugu's Hiragana chart (complete with dakuten and combination hiragana) - http://www.tofugu.com/downloads/hiragana-chart.pdf
  4. RealKana - Great for learning to recognize hiragana fast (I will be using this a lot over the next few weeks) - http://www.realkana.com 
  5. The Ipad app Study Japanese for iPad - http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/study-japanese-for-ipad/id378266594?mt=8&ls=1
  6. Hard work and strong will (probably the most important tool, with no determination and no hard work you will get no where!)
Well, there you go every single recourse that i actually used to learn Hiragana, I hope they will be as much use to you as they were to me!

さようなら!

Comments (4)

On 26 July 2011 at 19:13 , Anonymous said...

as online dictionary i use Denshi Jisho
http://jisho.org/
it is really good

steven

 
On 27 July 2011 at 20:41 , Anonymous said...

Yeh I've used that it's great! Thanks for the heads up!

- Jamal

 
On 20 August 2011 at 19:56 , Anonymous said...

now for exercising in hiragana and the first kanji, i am using the japanese childs fairy tales i found here: http://thejapanesepage.com/ebooks/issunboushi/
it is a great exercise!!! you can also listen it in japanese language.
first i write down the hiragana in romaji and then i read the translation on the right of the tale. thats cool!

Steven

 
On 21 August 2011 at 14:03 , Anonymous said...

Wow thanks, i was actually looking for something like this!