im new to japanese. help?

[Ricky453]

konichiwa!  

[Ricky453]

anyone here?  

[Tenzin Chodron]

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Konnichiwa Ricky-san, ..................................................................................

How much Japanese do you know so far? You said you're new, and you've
shown that you know "konnichiwa." Do you know anything else by any
chance? Have you taken a look at the written Japanese alphabets before?

The reason I'm asking is it would be helpful to get some idea of where you
are so that others can help you proceed in your studies and practices.

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[Ricky453]

i really can only speak some japanese(counting, hello, what, some other simple stuff i cant think of now)  

[Ricky453]

i have looked at the writing but it was rather confusing at the time  

[Tenzin Chodron]

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Okay, well how about we get you familiar with the first of the three
alphabets? I won't throw them all at you, I'll only do five at a time. The
reason why it's important to learn them in the beginning is so that as you
progress, they'll become more and more familiar with them, and you'll be
able to develop some degree of reading proficiency in Japanese.

Does that sound okay?

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[Ricky453]

sure  

[Tenzin Chodron]

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Okay, we'll begin with the first five.
Use whatever method you think is
best for memorizing these. I'll give
you something like a quiz afterwards.

あ　A (as in "amazing")
い　I (as in "elite")
う　U (like "roof")
え　E (as in "pencil")
お　O (as in "horror")

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[Ricky453]

ok.but how do i write those?(once i memorize them)  

[Tenzin Chodron]

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Um ... I'm not sure how to teach how to write them. It sucks that you don't
have MSN because there's this option where you can draw in MSN. I could
show you that way easily. Perhaps you do not need to worry about writing
right now. I think just being able to recognize the characters is enough.

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[Ricky453]

ok  

[Ricky453]

how do i type it?  

[Tenzin Chodron]

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The same way they sound. あ　for A. い　for I.
う　for U. え　for E and お　for O.

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[Ricky453]

I'll just PM you about it  

[Ricky453]

it says your online but you wont reply