How to learn Japanese Language ?
Japanese Language
I've heard that it is relatively easy to get a basic understanding of it, and absolutely impossible to become fluent.
Good luck.
Good luck.
My family is asian, we are from the Philippines (very nice there)
Anyway, try "transparent language"
Best one I can find
transparent language is a company for language learning
bold is my thing
Anyway, try "transparent language"
Best one I can find
transparent language is a company for language learning
bold is my thing
try pimsleur's japanese lessons. It offers basic japanese with simulation.
I have friends who are learning Japanese as their third language at high school right now. I don't see what is so fascinating about the language. I suggest you take a look online instead of finding forums sites and asking the people who use it for help. Find a class, learn the damn lingo but don't expect to be fluent.
hard
Have anyone found some online tutorials that can be used for learning the language?
I have visited Japan twice for vacation, and only managed to learn veeeeeery little of the Japanese language.
Would be good to have it online, as we spent a fair amount of time over the www.
With regards.
I have visited Japan twice for vacation, and only managed to learn veeeeeery little of the Japanese language.
Would be good to have it online, as we spent a fair amount of time over the www.
With regards.
Very very tough!! 
Attended 6 months course, passed the exam too, but still can barely understand the lingo.
Speaking is out of the Q.
But still trying....
Attended 6 months course, passed the exam too, but still can barely understand the lingo.
Speaking is out of the Q.
But still trying....
What an undying determination.
Keep going, but I am still interested in some free on line tutorials to get a taste of this tough language.
Not willing yet to pay and attend a 6 month course.
Thanks.
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| Very very tough!!
Attended 6 months course, passed the exam too, but still can barely understand the lingo. Speaking is out of the Q. But still trying.... |
Keep going, but I am still interested in some free on line tutorials to get a taste of this tough language.
Not willing yet to pay and attend a 6 month course.
Thanks.
Japanese is easy to learn because they have a kind of alphabet system (Hiragana) like the English language. Its best to learn each symbol of the alphabet because most words use Hiragana. Although foreign words are usually written in Katakana (another japanese alphabet system). When you learn both of these alphabet systems you should learn Kanji, which is symbols that came from the Chinese language. Alternatively is you can go to japan and actually study there because you will always have the chance of speaking Japanese there.
Thanks, Baka_Desu.
But instead of one language, now I am faced with 3 alphabetic systems.
This really do not seem easy.
Moreover, the yen has risen so much, as compared to the first time I went to Japan in 2006, and again in 2008.
I will go there for vactions, but not to study - cost of living is just too high.
Thanks. Any free tutorials online? My main topic.
But instead of one language, now I am faced with 3 alphabetic systems.
This really do not seem easy.
Moreover, the yen has risen so much, as compared to the first time I went to Japan in 2006, and again in 2008.
I will go there for vactions, but not to study - cost of living is just too high.
Thanks. Any free tutorials online? My main topic.
There are some very good ways to learn japanese, depending on your methods, it could cost a little, or a lot of money.
For learning to speak, The Pimsleur audio lessons are phenominal, they are arranged in a constant quiz type method that will teach you something, have you answer, teach you something else, make you make logical jumps on figuring out things, and every lesson has built in reviews to reinforce previous teachings and lessons.
For books, there are mountains of books out there and depending on how your brain works, you could find the learn by manga, the for dummies, or some of the more advanced books fit perfectly into the niche in your brain.
Get into playing online games with japanese people, I really need to get back into playing Pangya on the .jp server because that really makes you have to learn to read/type to be able to communicate, this is a hard hurdle tho and you really need to do some pre-practice
For self study of reading and to improve your level, find copies of Hiragana Times, it has each article in both japanese and english, all the kanji have furigana, and you will pick up a lot of stuff quickly, also if you pick up one of the weekly/biweekly/monthly manga magazines from japan, they are a wealth of study, and they are dirt cheap, on average 5-10 bucks finding them may be a bit difficult but there are many sources.
There are also websites, I belong to www.yesjapan.com they have lessons, with audio, downloadable videos, and even live lessons available. its not too expensive monthly either.
If you like anime, you can also watch it in the regular japanese language with or without subtitles to see how much you can understand.
Helpful links:
http://www.hiragana.jp/ will take any japanese webpage and add the furigana for the kanji
http://www.speedanki.com/ online flash cards to learn Kanji
http://yesjapan.com/ Online learning place costs $
http://www.jlptstudy.com/4/ what you need to study to pass the level 4 (basic) Japanese language proficiency test
http://www.sasugabooks.com/ place where you can buy many books on learning japanese, as well as regular manga magazines for study, and tons of books in full japanese.
http://www.animenation.com/ another place to get import manga for study. also can buy anime there.
http://www.jlist.com/ many great items here as well, import items from japan, I got a great hiragana poster from here that has helped me many times when I go braindead on a hiragana that I don't see often (they also sell raw manga)
http://store.aikotradingstore.com/canonw… sells the canon wordtank which is a great item to study with as well.
For learning to speak, The Pimsleur audio lessons are phenominal, they are arranged in a constant quiz type method that will teach you something, have you answer, teach you something else, make you make logical jumps on figuring out things, and every lesson has built in reviews to reinforce previous teachings and lessons.
For books, there are mountains of books out there and depending on how your brain works, you could find the learn by manga, the for dummies, or some of the more advanced books fit perfectly into the niche in your brain.
Get into playing online games with japanese people, I really need to get back into playing Pangya on the .jp server because that really makes you have to learn to read/type to be able to communicate, this is a hard hurdle tho and you really need to do some pre-practice
For self study of reading and to improve your level, find copies of Hiragana Times, it has each article in both japanese and english, all the kanji have furigana, and you will pick up a lot of stuff quickly, also if you pick up one of the weekly/biweekly/monthly manga magazines from japan, they are a wealth of study, and they are dirt cheap, on average 5-10 bucks finding them may be a bit difficult but there are many sources.
There are also websites, I belong to www.yesjapan.com they have lessons, with audio, downloadable videos, and even live lessons available. its not too expensive monthly either.
If you like anime, you can also watch it in the regular japanese language with or without subtitles to see how much you can understand.
Helpful links:
http://www.hiragana.jp/ will take any japanese webpage and add the furigana for the kanji
http://www.speedanki.com/ online flash cards to learn Kanji
http://yesjapan.com/ Online learning place costs $
http://www.jlptstudy.com/4/ what you need to study to pass the level 4 (basic) Japanese language proficiency test
http://www.sasugabooks.com/ place where you can buy many books on learning japanese, as well as regular manga magazines for study, and tons of books in full japanese.
http://www.animenation.com/ another place to get import manga for study. also can buy anime there.
http://www.jlist.com/ many great items here as well, import items from japan, I got a great hiragana poster from here that has helped me many times when I go braindead on a hiragana that I don't see often (they also sell raw manga)
http://store.aikotradingstore.com/canonw… sells the canon wordtank which is a great item to study with as well.
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