The Japanese Writings

There are 3 forms of writings in Japanese, and are known as

• Hiragana　
• Katakana　
• Kanji　

Hiragana　ひらがな　平仮名

Hiragana is the standard form of writing for Japanese words and phrases.

Katakana　カタカナ　片仮名

Katakana form of writing are used for English words that are translated to Japanese. 

Example is Television is known as テレビ　Terebi 

*Note: The letters (alphabets) for Hiragana and Katakana are totally different.

Kanji　かんじ　漢字

The Japanese also use Chinese characters in their writings, and these are known as Kanji. Kanji are usually used to replace Hiragana words, but replacement may also be done for Katakana words, such as the above, Katakana　カタカナ　片仮名

Nombor - Number

Today we will be learning numbers in malay,

(Hari ini kami akan belajar tentang nombor dalam Bahasa Melayu)

1 - Satu

2 - Dua

3 - Tiga

4 - Empat

5 - Lima

6 - Enam

7 - Tujuh

8 - Lapan

9 - Sembilan

10 - Sepuluh

11 - Sebelas

12 - Dua belas

13 - Tiga belas 

14, 15, ......, 19 (add 'belas' behind the single number)

20 - Dua puluh

30 - Tiga puluh

40, 50, ......, 90 (add 'puluh' behind the single number)

21 - Dua puluh satu

22 - Dua puluh dua

31 - Tiga puluh satu

32 - Tiga puluh dua

21, ......, 99 (after 'puluh', add single number behind the)

100 - Seratus / Satu ratus

200, ......, 900 (add 'ratus' behind the single number)

212 - Dua ratus dua belas

479 - Empat ratus tujuh puluh sembilan

And so forth......

Happy learning!!!

A Language Blog

Though we wish to master different languages like many others too, this is near to impossible. It's not easy to master a language at all, even the one which we uses in our daily life. Therefore, being able to recognize, understand, and conduct simple conversations in different languages become a target we would like to achieve.