what does this sentence mean?
This is from my kanji workbook - not quite sure I understand it - something about please write your birthdate?

先に自分の生年月日をかいてください。

I don't understand the meaning of 先に　here. And I have absolutely no idea why, given it is a kanji exercise, that they have written the verb in kana!

thanks

Question

what does this sentence mean?
This is from my kanji workbook - not quite sure I understand it - something about please write your birthdate?

先に自分の生年月日をかいてください。

I don't understand the meaning of 先に　here.  And I have absolutely no idea why, given it is a kanji exercise, that they have written the verb in kana!

thanks

Answer

Hi, Yes, the sentence means, please write your birthday. 先に(sakini) means, First of all. 
書く(write) is a very common kanji so I agree that this verb should be written in Kanji as below.

先に自分の生年月日を書いてください。

Answer

I don't know why 先に was written in kanji but かいて in hiragana. Probably, 先 is taught before and later,  書 is taught....It's only my opinion.

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