Please forgive me, but I must disagree...
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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Using a syllabary is easier than using an alphabet, since misspellings are impossible.
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Why did I get so many low scores on my spelling tests?!?
Perhaps if there were only
one syllabary this might be true, but when I have two of them available I have the ability to create an entirely new language (according to my teachers!) Katakana and hiragana were quite easy to learn. Using them correctly was another story. In 'theory' it should be quite easy to keep them separate. In my reality, it just ain't so!
Frankly, I find it easier to deal with kanji. Perhaps I'm just more visually oriented, but pictures seem to make more sense to me.
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And finally, you are missing my main point. Japanese is not difficult if you just want to learn to communicate, it is difficult to achieve perfection.
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Send for the Pronoun Police!! We need to switch your '
you ' for an '
I. '
I find Japanese extremely difficult, and I've lived here for many years, have Japanese family, etc. Most difficult language I've ever tried to learn (and I speak several.) I take my hat off to any foreigner who is able to hold a real conversation in Japanese. Not just ask or answer questions but actually converse.
Stitchawl