Hiragana and Katakana

Here's the Hiragana and Katakana charts I promised^ ^
I don't recommend using them to learn how to write the characters though. They're only supposed to be used as reference when reading. Don't use them as reference when writing unless you already practiced writing the character and remember the stroke order when you see it.
 If you want to learn to write the characters I recommend using this site TJP-hiragana. It's the best site I found with writing instructions. (that's free)

I won't write much about pronunciation here, since you learn it by listening not reading. That the vowel u often is dropped when between the consonants and at the end of utterances is worth mentioning though. e.g.

好きです-suki desu=ski desu (I) like (it) (polite form)

ディスコ-disuko=disko disco

英語が話せますか-eigo ga hanasemasuka=eego ga hanasemaska Can (you) speak english?

Hope this is useful^ ^

The first text will be up next week!

来週までひらがなを勉強して、頑張ってね！

Introduction

I finally got around to starting this blog\(^ ^)/
Much thanks to the people on deviantart saying they'll read it. (So I hope you actually will read this..)
To not be overambitious, mess up the blog and end up only submitting random stuff(already have a blog for that^ ^;) I decided to focus on vocabulary and kanji.
I'm not completely sure how I'll work with it, but think it'll be something like this:

Every week: I'll upload a text with vocabulary. I'll also upload a translation to previous weeks text and answer eventual questions in the comments .
Whenever I' have time: I'll upload kanji and vocabulary cards. ...and of course make random updates on this blog to.. but only if it's relevant for learning japanese^ ^

So that's it for the introduction. To add some useful information to this post, here's websites I really recommend:
www.thejapanesepage.com It's thanks to this site I managed to learn hiragana and katakana before I started studying japanese at school.
anime-manga.jp Great if you want to learn to read manga in japanese.
jisho.org  My favorite online dictionary.

The hiragana and katakana charts I promised in my deviantart journal will later tonight!