うめあめ

昨日、「梅雨」という言葉を習いました。またAnkiのおかげでした。「梅」と「雨」の漢字がもう遠くから知っていますが、なぜか「つゆ」を聞くと漢字の「梅雨」がすぐに思いつきません。理由はたぶん「梅」を「つ」と読んで、「雨」を「ゆ」と読むのがまだ慣れてないかもしれません。

言葉が簡単に覚えられないと、覚えやすくなる方法がいっぱいですね。その一つは、言葉の漢字の一つずつの読み方を覚えて、その読み方を一言にいうってことです。例えば、「つゆ」の漢字を「うめあめ」と思えば、「梅雨」がすぐに思いつくんでしょ。子供っぽいな覚え方ですが、まあ、私の日本語力は子供と同じぐらいなので子供の覚え方が逆によく利くんじゃないかなと思います。

外国語の言葉を覚えやすくさせたいと、どんな方法を使いますか？気になります。

では、良い夕べを！

Yesterday, I learned the word "tsuyu". It was through Anki. I've long known the kanji for "ume" and "ame", but for some reason, when I read the hiragana for "tsuyu", it doesn't immediately make me think of the kanji "梅雨". This is probably because I'm not used to reading the kanji for "ume" as "tsu" and the kanji for "ame" as "yu" yet.

When a word('s kanji) is hard to remember, there are lots of ways to make it easier to remember. One of those ways is to learn the individual readings of a word's kanji, and to say those readings as if they were one word. For example, if I think of the kanji for "tsuyu" as "ume-ame", I can immediately recall the kanji as "梅雨". It's a childish memorization method, but my Japanese level is similar to that of a child's, so I think it's actually an effective way of memorizing for me.

When you want to make a word in a foreign language easier to remember, what method(s) do you use? I'm curious.

Anyway, have a good evening!