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Looking at katakana with post-RTK eyes - tnall - 2011-11-09
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I know this might sound kind of silly, but I'm still amazed that even 3 years ago I used to think of katakana as just random blobs of strokes. Isn't it amazing how just a little bit of time and perspective can completely change how you look at something?
Looking at katakana with post-RTK eyes - ta12121 - 2011-11-09
i Have to agree with you. I used to think the same exact way but it really changes once you've been learning for a few years.
Looking at katakana with post-RTK eyes - Tzadeck - 2011-11-09
I actually still think of katakana and hiragana primarily as random strokes. I don't really associate them with the kanji they came from, with the exception of の's relationship to 乃--and that's mostly because a lot of place names use the kanji 乃 with the same meaning as the possessive particle の. The only other minor exception might be チ, because it looks so close to the original 千.
I intellectually am aware of the roots of them, and if you asked me off the top of my head to produce the original kanji I could probably do it for about half of them... but it just doesn't transfer over into an everyday mental association.
Looking at katakana with post-RTK eyes - yudantaiteki - 2011-11-09
Unless you're reading older manuscripts that use hentai-gana and alternate cursive forms of the standard kana, I don't know if it's incredibly useful as far as modern Japanese goes.
Looking at katakana with post-RTK eyes - tnall - 2011-11-10
yudantaiteki Wrote:Unless you're reading older manuscripts that use hentai-gana and alternate cursive forms of the standard kana, I don't know if it's incredibly useful as far as modern Japanese goes.Don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing that this list should be anything for anyone to study vigorously. I just think it's crazy seeing how katakana were derived from kanji, especially the obscure ones :p
Looking at katakana with post-RTK eyes - amillerchip - 2011-11-10
Why just Katakana? :-)
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