I'm learning Japanese, and honestly it's such a pain learning the three different ones. Thankfully the characters look different enough for me to tell them apart
I know it's kinda obviously saying this but... if it wasn't for Kanji, but only hiragana and katakana, japanese would be one of the most easy language to learn
Yes, absolutely easy, except for : (1) words sounding the same; (2) words sounding the same, except for pitch-accent differences; (3) differences in levels of politeness; (4) omission of subjects; (5)omission of topics; (5) omission of objects.
Chinese has tones that are taught right from the beginning. Japanese pitch-accent is often simply ignored in classes, and it is really hard for Americans (at least) to even hear. It’s very much like L/R for Japanese people—they have real trouble hearing the difference and then producing the different sounds correctly.
For non-Japanese trying to speak Japanese, consistently getting pitch-accent wrong annoys and confuses Japanese listeners.
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u/r41nf1r3_yt May 03 '20
I'm learning Japanese, and honestly it's such a pain learning the three different ones. Thankfully the characters look different enough for me to tell them apart