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The writing/reading speaking system
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2009/6/29 07:08
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Written: 感じないわ Spoken: kanjinai wa Now how do you read the characters, people say its from right to left, but when I use a program that automatically changes the spoken way into the japanese characters then it's the left to right way to read it, so I don't get it anymore. Becouse わ = wa is used to end a sentance. Or is it like this that they write the sentance from left to right, but the next sentance thats followed is placed to the left of it. Like this: 感じないわ 痛くないわ kanjinai wa itakunai wa and when they read it they read it like this: itakunai wa kanjinai wa. Is it like this? Please inform me.
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by JapaneseStudent (guest)
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If Japanese is written horizontally it is read left to right. If it is written vertically it is read right to left- simple as that. There are very occasionally exceptions, but not often. If horizontal writing is used, the sentence following is placed to the right, exactly as it is in English.
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by Sira (guest)
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Like the above poster said, it is read left to right like English when written like that. Especially since the kanji/sentence wouldn't make send if you read it right to left...
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by Firedraco
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Like Z or N in modern Japanese
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2009/6/29 16:03
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As to Japanese text written along horizontal lines, that is read just like English text; each line is read left to right and the text continues to the line just below. Eyes move zigzag, just like forming an alphabet Z.
As to Japanese text written along vertical lines, each line is read up to down and the text continues to the left line. Eyes move just like tracing an alphabet N from its end.
In modern Japanese, exceptions to these rules are not often, as Sira says, especially not as to horizontal writing. (Contrarily in the past, Japanese text was going right to left in horizontal lines. On newspapers horizontal headlines were in that way untill around 1945 or some years later.)
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by omotenashi
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