Practicing kana

[minidoggy]

I was wondering, would the best way to practice be writing romaji to kana (or other suggestions)? . . .like look at romaji and then translate to kana. Because I've read that it's a bad habit to write romaji once you know kana.. and since I just finished kana, I wanted to practice somehow..
thanks!

[Javizy]

I don't quite understand, but you could try writing out parts of dialogues (something easy like newbie lessons, during the slow re-read, for example), and then comparing with the Kana transcript in the PDF file.

If you're just after getting a feel for the characters, then try writing out the whole Hirgana and Katakana charts in order from memory. That's what I did, and they'll end up ingrained into your memory so you can 'scroll along' them in your mind. This comes in very useful for verb conjugations later on. For example, plain negatives require moving from the U row to the A row, so it's very easy to visualise if you know the kana charts.

[WalterWills]

This is what I'm doing:

I have made some (or more like 105) little card squares. I plan on writing each character on them, and then making a chart with all the characters and their corresponding sounds.

Then, to memorise them I'll just keep studying. Maybe start small, like doing all the "a" sounds, then the "u" sounds, etc. Or you could learn the sounds starting with K for example.

The way I see it it's just a matter of remembering them- which simply takes time.


Also remember that memory is all about rehearsal and "semantic processing"- the more you have to think about something, the more likely you are to remember it. If I gave you a list of 100 words, and asked you to pick out the ones written in capitals, you wouldn't remember them. But if I asked you to pick out the ones, say, with 3 syllables, you'd be more likely to remember the words.

[minidoggy]

thanks for your replies guys.

what I mean it that I have finished memorizing all the hiragana. I'm just trying to find a way to.. recall them quicker. kinda like I learned it but haven't perfected it yet. I'm looking for other options that'll help me (since I'm trying to avoid romaji)