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HAZAH!!!

I read the Japanese word for "bank" correctly on duolingo! "Ginkō"

I finally understand how accent marks work. Sometimes, a Hiragana Kana character will have a tiny accent mark that looks like a quotation mark (") attatched. This turns "ki" "ka" "ko" "ke" and "ku" into "gi" "ga" "go" "ge" and "gu" or "tsu" and "tsa" into "zu" and "za"

There's another accent mark that looks like a degree marking (°) but I'm not sure how that works yet. Duolingo really helps though ¦D I'll figure it out.

I've also learned that Kanji was based on the Chinese alphabet and each is made up of radicals, smaller symbols within the kanji. So I'm currently trying to learn those with some extent of success. I found a great video on First-grade kanji, so it was actually like going to school for the thing ¦D

I'm hoping to be able to read and write here soon. Wish me luck!