Nan in Mass Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 How do I type hiragana characters? I have a language exchange app on my ipad and I would like to be able to type in hiragana and katakana during the exchanges. I have a learn-Japanese program that allows me to do this, but I need the little pop-up keyboard to do it. Or something. I guess I could type in romanji on the English keyboard that pops up with the message text window and then use the transliterate function, but I would rather practise more directly. Is there a way to do this? The app is hellotalk. Nan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yinanyinu Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Have you tried to add a new language to your iPad keyboard? It works well for us in Chinese. Settings/General/Language & Region/Add Language Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 No. It won't switch the whole ipad to Japanese, will it? That would be a problem because I wouldn't be able to switch it back. ETA - I have been afraid to experiment lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 Oh nice! It worked! And it is going to be easy to use. Thank you! Nan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 But I can,t find the space bar. How do I make a space between words? Nan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yinanyinu Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Have you added the keyboard to your iPad? Settings/General/Keyboard/Keyboards/Add keyboard Among the choices, there is Kana and Romaji. The spacebar is where it would usually be in the Romaji keyboard. The soacebar on the Kana keyboard is under the Backspace button and labelled in Japanese (空白). You switch between the different keyboards by touching the little globe icon in the bottom left corner of any keyboard. You might not have needed to add Japanese as one of your preferred languages. I just have always done so things would ahow up natively if there was the option. Hope that heps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 Ok. I think I have it figured out. It works as you described, except that to get the space bar to actually make a space, I have to select one of the choices it gives me in the bar above. Mostly, these involve kanji characters, but a ways down the list is the all hirigana option that I typed. What a lot I am learning! Nan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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