I’m already learning a language rn and will have some extra time for about 2 weeks after which i’ll be busier. Once i feel confident in the language i am learning now i want to start learning japanese and i was thinking i could learn to read and write hiragana and perhaps even learn some of the most important kanji. I’m thinking this would be at least somewhat helpful when i eventually start learning japanese. So is this just dumb or is it a “can’t hurt” situation? Thanks for any help.
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you’ll forget them if you learn them and then don’t do anything else for a while
Just one more thing to forget in the interim.
But if you want to, go ahead. You don’t need anybody’s permission or approval.
We’ll probably have a nice long thread about it anyway, as it will provide people with something to discuss rather than actually studying.
Learning how to write is not useful except for the sake of remembering them better, or being able to distinguish similiar looking kanji better. Writing also tripples the amount of time for studying.
Also how do you want to ,, learn ” kanji? If you learn how to read them and know their meaning you are already learning japanese. I do not recommend learning Kanji on their own though, learn them in context with vocabular or it will be a waste of time.
If your plan is to learn how to write the hiragana and katakana ( about 100 characters) and maybe some 50-100 kanji for about 2 weeks, but then drop it completly after that, then i dont recommend doing it. Unless you are having fun doing it, its a waste of time since you will forget them if you dont use them in the next weeks or months.