katakana So and N

Joe17 · Jul 21, 2003, 04:05

ok ive been trying to memorize all the katakana.. but the SO and N are confusing me quite a bit..

ok this is SO ソ and this is N ン .....
i know they look a LITTLE differnt but if i were to ever be reading stuff in kat.. i dont think i would ever notice it.. can someone tell me a way to tell the difference between these two?

Keiichi · Jul 21, 2003, 09:20

I usually see it from the stroke direction of the longer line. so is from the top to bottom and n is from bottom to top. n is also more common in Japanese words in katakana, so most of the time it'll probably be n. Also by sometime when you get familiar with Japanese words, it kind of quickly falls into place with what reads right.

mdchachi · Jul 21, 2003, 12:49

Reading is not the problem since you can figure it out from context. Plus N always appears at the end of the word. So if it's in the middle or beginning, it has to be SO.

Elizabeth · Jul 21, 2003, 13:59

Originally posted by mdchachi
Plus N always appears at the end of the word. So if it's in the middle or beginning, it has to be SO.

The only normally hiragana words I can think of offhand that it comes in the middle are do/so/koんな、みんな、こんにちは、but there are actually bunches of katakana words with N in the middle.

Joe17 · Jul 22, 2003, 01:06

so many differnt answers

thank for the help u guys

Jul 21, 2003, 04:05	#1
Joe17 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 18, 2003 Posts: 16	katakana So and N ok ive been trying to memorize all the katakana.. but the SO and N are confusing me quite a bit.. ok this is SO ソ and this is N ン ..... i know they look a LITTLE differnt but if i were to ever be reading stuff in kat.. i dont think i would ever notice it.. can someone tell me a way to tell the difference between these two?

Jul 21, 2003, 09:20	#2
Keiichi Hi Join Date: Mar 9, 2003 Posts: 818	I usually see it from the stroke direction of the longer line. so is from the top to bottom and n is from bottom to top. n is also more common in Japanese words in katakana, so most of the time it'll probably be n. Also by sometime when you get familiar with Japanese words, it kind of quickly falls into place with what reads right. __________________ K1

Jul 21, 2003, 13:59	#4
Elizabeth Regular Member Join Date: Apr 22, 2003 Location: アメリカ Posts: 8,581	Originally posted by mdchachi Plus N always appears at the end of the word. So if it's in the middle or beginning, it has to be SO. The only normally hiragana words I can think of offhand that it comes in the middle are do/so/koんな、みんな、こんにちは、but there are actually bunches of katakana words with N in the middle. __________________ たとえ辛くても、永遠に続く苦しみなどないでしょう。

Jul 22, 2003, 01:06	#5
Joe17 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 18, 2003 Posts: 16	gg so many differnt answers thank for the help u guys

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Jul 21, 2003, 12:49	#3
mdchachi Taicho Join Date: Mar 6, 2003 Location: USA (Detroit area) Posts: 687	Reading is not the problem since you can figure it out from context. Plus N always appears at the end of the word. So if it's in the middle or beginning, it has to be SO.