And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Well, maybe. The similarity of old Japanese and Mandarin characters is very high, and Mandarin 'speakers' (readers) can generally read Japanese character fairly readily. Unless this was an opinion from a native born Japanese, I question the conclusion.
To my understanding (not a Japanese speaker) Japanese has four alphabets, one of which is the same characters used for Chinese. Hiragana, phonetic, each character is a syllable, for Japanese words Katekana, phonetic, each character is a syllable, for foreign words Chinese characters, pictographic, not sure how it's properly used Romaji, the Roman alphabet, each letter is a sound, pretty much, often used for English words. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. Also, the video is awesome! ~ Doctor Weasel
Well, maybe. The similarity of old Japanese and Mandarin characters is very high, and Mandarin 'speakers' (readers) can generally read Japanese character fairly readily. Unless this was an opinion from a native born Japanese, I question the conclusion.
ReplyDeleteTo my understanding (not a Japanese speaker) Japanese has four alphabets, one of which is the same characters used for Chinese.
DeleteHiragana, phonetic, each character is a syllable, for Japanese words
Katekana, phonetic, each character is a syllable, for foreign words
Chinese characters, pictographic, not sure how it's properly used
Romaji, the Roman alphabet, each letter is a sound, pretty much, often used for English words.
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
Also, the video is awesome!
~ Doctor Weasel
Ausgezeichnet!
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