Sam Carr’s Dog Speaks

I have finally got all the hiragana down. I can run through the online flash cards for 104 characters in random order with 100 percent recognition and I can write the hiragana in a,i,u,…ka,ki,ku… order or a,ka,sa,…i,ki,shi… order with only a couple of short mental farts.

I’ve even gone as far as learning about half of the katakana already. They are much easier once you learn the hiragana. I’ve also stumbled upon some really nice sites for learning elementary kanji. I’m now hoping to be familiar enough with the entire kana to start reading Japanese texts later today. I may not know what I’m reading, but at least I’ll be on my way to building my vocabulary… hehe.

This is an extremely stimulating mental workout. YOU should try it! Seriously though, if you only know one language, you should start now down the road to communication.