I have made some progress, I feel pretty good about Hiragana both reading and writing. I need to do the worksheet on combos but the nice thing about combos is that the second kana is small so you know it is a combo, then you just sound it out kinda.
I made my passion list of words about hiking and climbing. I have found it hard to learn these. I have iwayama (mountain) and sandoo (trail) kyanpingu (camping) and ryukkusakku (backpack). I hope I can increase my learning rate.
I am also poised to start learning two-stroke kanji radicals.
はい - hai! yes
いいえ - iie - no
です it is
じゃありません it is not

か interrogative at the end of sentence

さくらですか?

いいえ,さくら じゃありません
みかんです
Is it a cherry blossom?
No, it is not.
It is a tangerine