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[JKTrix]

Kana Quiz

http://www.dragonmedia.us/programs/kana.swf

It's pretty excellent. You can choose particular gyo or entire groups, hiragana or katakana (or both) and all kinds of stuff. Pretty useful once you think you've learned the kana, particularly useful for learning those tricky few that look incredibly similar.

[Momiji]

Originally Posted by JKTrix ^

Kana Quiz

http://www.dragonmedia.us/programs/kana.swf

It's pretty excellent. You can choose particular gyo or entire groups, hiragana or katakana (or both) and all kinds of stuff. Pretty useful once you think you've learned the kana, particularly useful for learning those tricky few that look incredibly similar.

Hey, thanks! ^^

Admittedly, while I know all hiragana without a problem, a lot of katakana mess me up because some look so similar.

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

Originally Posted by Momiji ^

かなはしりますだけど、かんじはしりません。
"Kana wa shirimasu dakedo, kanji wa shirimasen."

I got that much out of it, what does 'shirimasu dakedo' and 'shirimasen' mean?

Originally Posted by Marshall banana ^

"I know kana, but I don't know kanji."

I thought to express knowledge that you have, you are supposed to use the "ている" form of 知る: in this case it would express a resultant state. 知る on its own such as in "shirimasu" means more "come to know"/"get information about something" than "to know", or at least that is how my sensei explained it to the class. So to express something we know she told us to use "知っている" (知っています) and　"知らない" (知りません) as the negative.

Katakana suck. It still messes with me. x-x; I need to practise them more as well.

[Marshall banana]

Originally Posted by The Summoner of Leviathan ^

I thought to express knowledge that you have, you are supposed to use the "ている" form of 知る: in this case it would express a resultant state. 知る on its own such as in "shirimasu" means more "come to know"/"get information about something" than "to know", or at least that is how my sensei explained it to the class. So to express something we know she told us to use "知っている" (知っています) and　"知らない" (知りません) as the negative.

I was wondering that! Thanks! =O

[Muhyo]

Originally Posted by The Summoner of Leviathan ^

Originally Posted by Momiji ^

かなはしりますだけど、かんじはしりません。
"Kana wa shirimasu dakedo, kanji wa shirimasen."

I got that much out of it, what does 'shirimasu dakedo' and 'shirimasen' mean?

Originally Posted by Marshall banana ^

"I know kana, but I don't know kanji."

I thought to express knowledge that you have, you are supposed to use the "ている" form of 知る: in this case it would express a resultant state. 知る on its own such as in "shirimasu" means more "come to know"/"get information about something" than "to know", or at least that is how my sensei explained it to the class. So to express something we know she told us to use "知っている" (知っています) and　"知らない" (知りません) as the negative.

Katakana suck. It still messes with me. x-x; I need to practise them more as well.

So in the end, it's either:

「カナは知って（い）ますが、漢字は知りません」
「カナは知って（い）ますけど、漢字は知りません」
「カナは知って（い）ます、だけど漢字は知りません」

[Momiji]

Ah, I get it, kind of.　It's 'chirimasen', not 'shirimasen' then, right?

(Also, how do you type the quote open/close things?)

[Muhyo]

Nah, nah it's 「shi tte(i)masu」.

（When in japanese mode, press on the "[" and "]" buttons )

[Momiji]

Ah, I see. But if it's 'shitte(i)masu', why did you use 「知」 instead of 「視」?

Isn't　「知」 the kanji for ち, and 「視」 the kanji for し?

Just wondering, because I'm relatively new and kanji's so confusing!