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PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:55 am
Alright guys, the only way to be able to read hiragana is to... well, is to practice reading it. Below are some sentences written in hiragana. See if you can read and translate them!

わたしはゆきこです。だいがくせいです。だいがくにねんせいです。わたしのかぞくはごにんです。かぞくはちちとははとあにといもうととわたしです。

わたしはいぬがすきです。でも、ねこがきらいです。

いま、わたしはほんをよんでいます。きのうはともだちときっさてんにのみにいきました。

きっさてん = Coffee Shop

I'll start you off with these few sentences... once I see a few responses, I'll post more for individuals, based on their skill level.

Let me know how you do with these! Try hard!  
PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:57 pm
second part i understood the first part i had hard time understanding
is i am like a dog than mostly like a cat.  

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:03 pm
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second part i understood the first part i had hard time understanding
is i am like a dog than mostly like a cat.


That sentence actually read "I like dogs, but I hate cats."  
PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:03 pm
わたしはすきないぬです。でも、ねこがきらいです.

The grammar on the first sentence seems really strange to me...any other examples? I'm curious biggrin  

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:01 pm
okay thanks Sensei i had a hard time reading it in English said it differently thanks. So it said I like dogs, but i hate cats. okay understand it. thanks. still it hard to read hiragana. thanks.  
PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 3:23 pm
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わたしはすきないぬです。でも、ねこがきらいです.

The grammar on the first sentence seems really strange to me...any other examples? I'm curious biggrin


Yeah, it's sort of a weird way to phrase it, now that I look at it again. The whole thing should really be phrased "わたしはいすがすきですが、ねこはすきじゃありません。”, but I haven't taught that grammar yet.  

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:18 pm
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わたしはすきないぬです。でも、ねこがきらいです.

The grammar on the first sentence seems really strange to me...any other examples? I'm curious biggrin


Yeah, it's sort of a weird way to phrase it, now that I look at it again. The whole thing should really be phrased "わたしはいすがすきですが、ねこはすきじゃありません。”, but I haven't taught that grammar yet.


Or another slight variation could be using すきだ、 but that's just semantics and is more grammar they haven't learned yet.  
PostPosted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:54 pm
can we have a lesson on it? please kudasai arigatou gozaimasu.  

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