Written System Flashcards
1
Q
when did it stop being just spoken
A
when they made contact with china
2
Q
Kanji
A
“Chinese Character”
3
Q
Kanji is based on
A
meaning
3
Q
kanji is borrowed from
A
china
4
Q
kanji created these two
A
Hiragana Katakana
5
Q
kana is based on (hiragana and katakana)
A
phonetic, vowels, sounds, pronuntioations
6
Q
why can kanji have different pronunciations
A
many chinese dialects, different meanings
6
Q
why use katakana
A
for non Jap words, emphasis, onomatopopoeias
7
Q
can all three writing systems be used in one sentence?
A
Yes
8
Q
Period(punct)
A
まる
9
Q
comma(punct)
A
てん
9
Q
Quotation marks(「])
A
かぎかつに
10
Q
indication of question
A
か at the end
