When I type Japanese...

[Fedgrub]

Do they use spaces between the words? I am trying to say "I am Matt" in Japanese for example, so would it appear like

わたし　は　Matt です。

OR

わたしはMattです。

I am confused. If I have written these wrong as well, it would be great if you could let me know! I cant write my name in Japanese yet, sorry.

Thanks!

[jkeyz15]

Japanese doesn't use spaces.

So how do you seperate words?
The answer: Experience, kanji, and grammar particles


As for you're name in Japanese. It is matto. Since foreign names are generally written with katakana, type matto and press F7 to convert the active text from hiragana to katakana.

[Fedgrub]

Thank you so much! I didnt think I saw any spaces when reading other peoples stuff. You guys are geniouses around here. Did I type the rest correctly?

[jkeyz15]

yup all correct.

[seanolan]

When writing solely in kana (hiragana, katakana), especially for children, most Japanese do put spaces between words, but usually after the particle, treating the particle as part of the word

Mattさんは　この　たとえが　わかりますか。

Which can get REALLY confusing with the more complex particles and such...but you'll see that eventually.

Sean

[jkeyz15]

That's because particles are somewhat considered to be part of the word. Like an inflection.

[Bueller_007]

That's because particles are somewhat considered to be part of the word. Like an inflection.

Never heard that before.

[jkeyz15]

I wish I could remember where I read it. I don't completely understand all the linguistic arguments about them. But that some Japanese particle behave like inflections is one argument.