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darklord700 · 07-02-2015, 10:41 AM

I don't think there's much difference between both.

You can learn say:
1. Love=ai=あい
2. Love=あい

I learned it the first way (1) because romanji translates so well and easy to hiragana. The problem is I still memorize mostly romanji instead of hiragana. Granted I only learned the Pimsuleur Japanese so I am not that good if at all in Japanese.

Depending on your ambition, if you read and write often enough hiragana, you can go from 1 to 2 easily. I only wanted to be somewhat literate when I go to Japan so I'm still stuck in 1.

07-02-2015, 10:41 AM	#2
darklord700 First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2009 Exp:	I don't think there's much difference between both. You can learn say: 1. Love=ai=あい 2. Love=あい I learned it the first way (1) because romanji translates so well and easy to hiragana. The problem is I still memorize mostly romanji instead of hiragana. Granted I only learned the Pimsuleur Japanese so I am not that good if at all in Japanese. Depending on your ambition, if you read and write often enough hiragana, you can go from 1 to 2 easily. I only wanted to be somewhat literate when I go to Japan so I'm still stuck in 1.