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 Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:52 am
You can't learn japanese or any language fast. It takes years and time of study to become fluet.
heart Use Japanese as much as possible and whenever you can for practice. If your not already try to locate a class or at least a teacher. A lot of cumminity colleges offer it as a class and allow high school students to take it.(I have no idea how old you are X_X)
heart Read manga, watch anime and live action japanese movies, practice on the internet and find a study partner for other ways to practice.
heart When learning the kana practice it everyday and review everything you've studied previouslly everyday(helps a lot!!!)
heart When you study Kanji I reccomend buying index cards and making flash cards out of them. Write the kanji, stroke order, on-yomi, kun-yomi and meaning on one side and the Kanji on the other. Some Kanji's have a lot of meanings to memorize so do the best you can! Try to study at least 5 kanji a week. If you want to do more I suggest no more than 10. That way you keep it in your head.
heart Alawys review whenever possible
heart I suggest doing more than one lesson a day. three or four short lessons are probably more helpful then one long one(when I say short I mean about 1/2 an hour).
That's some stuff that might help X_X Most of it was already said though.
Um, also I reccomend using the Yookooso Text Book and Work Book along with some others like Japanese the manga way which can be entertaing and explain things well.
Sorry I wrote so much X_X
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 12:08 pm
Chiuka heart When learning the kana practice it everyday and review everything you've studied previouslly everyday(helps a lot!!!) peopl;e say they learned kana in an hour, this si not true. learning means being able to recognize them instantly with not having to think what it says. so this is why i think this suggestion is good ^_~
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 12:15 pm
Hermonie Urameshi Any tips for someone so shy, she won't even say anything in any other language around her family and is unable to get much anime and manga to practice with? (YES! I am that shy!! sweatdrop ) I understand, my mom always says to people "My daughter can speak Japanese. Say something, Lauren." And I'm like "Uh . . . wha?" And talking to Japanese people, I would get so nervous, they just giggled at me. sweatdrop Anyway, Youtube.com has some japanese tv on it, especially the silly J-Dramas, just search dorama and you should get plenty of results. I can't really guaruntee the quality of any of them, they're like american soap operas and the plot lines are questionable, but they can be entertaining. You also might be able to find some untranslated manga scans online, there are several scanslation threads floating around Gaia, so look for those. There are also Japanese webcomics, I found a ranking site here http://www.otchy.com/wcrank/ but good luck navagating the website, some are easier than others.
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 2:47 pm
I think that Japanese, like English, is one of the few languages that you have to live in the country to understand it. According to the State Department, its one of the five "Very Difficult" languages along with Korean, Arabic, Chinese, and of course English. Slang and accents, as much a people may say they know them for comics and reading Making out in Japanese are something that you only can learn by being with a native speaker.
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 5:17 pm
ooh, Chinese is on that list? I wanna learn that next! 3nodding xd
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 5:40 pm
Freakezette Hermonie Urameshi Any tips for someone so shy, she won't even say anything in any other language around her family and is unable to get much anime and manga to practice with? (YES! I am that shy!! sweatdrop ) I understand, my mom always says to people "My daughter can speak Japanese. Say something, Lauren." And I'm like "Uh . . . wha?" And talking to Japanese people, I would get so nervous, they just giggled at me. sweatdrop Anyway, Youtube.com has some japanese tv on it, especially the silly J-Dramas, just search dorama and you should get plenty of results. I can't really guaruntee the quality of any of them, they're like american soap operas and the plot lines are questionable, but they can be entertaining. You also might be able to find some untranslated manga scans online, there are several scanslation threads floating around Gaia, so look for those. There are also Japanese webcomics, I found a ranking site here http://www.otchy.com/wcrank/ but good luck navagating the website, some are easier than others. Oh, Thank you. blaugh
I was also wondering if anyone knew if there were any textbooks that taught you the words in kanji/kana instead of all the roumaji. I don't like reading in roumaji at all and I really can't now. And is there anyway I can find manga and other Japanese literature? I can't find any at bookstores anymore. Borders used to have manga, but they don't anymore.
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 10:33 pm
You have to get it online. Try Yes-Asia North America. That's whay I always use. Also, I use Kinokuniya's website, but that's entirely in Japanese so if you can't read kanji well enough, stick to Yes-Asia. ^^
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:03 pm
Hermonie Urameshi Oh, Thank you. blaugh
I was also wondering if anyone knew if there were any textbooks that taught you the words in kanji/kana instead of all the roumaji. I don't like reading in roumaji at all and I really can't now. And is there anyway I can find manga and other Japanese literature? I can't find any at bookstores anymore. Borders used to have manga, but they don't anymore. Online is the best way, larger cities might have stores with Japanese goods (like Denver has Sakura Square) and some comic shops might have some japanese comics, but online is your best bet. There's also sasugabooks.com , I've used them (but I didn't know about yesasia) they're a little more expensive, and don't offer free shipping, but they do have a frequent buyer program. As for textbook, Yookoso is what my school used, and it's kana and kanji only after the 1st chapter, there are two volumes. I don't know if a "perfect" Japanese textbook exists, and if it does, it's not Yookoso, but it's organized pretty well, and I like how it goes into kana and kanji pretty quick, i've seen a lot of "learning japanese" book that never get into kana.
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:21 pm
I'll have to look into that. Thank you! whee
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 5:55 pm
bakahito I think that Japanese, like English, is one of the few languages that you have to live in the country to understand it. According to the State Department, its one of the five "Very Difficult" languages along with Korean, Arabic, Chinese, and of course English. Slang and accents, as much a people may say they know them for comics and reading Making out in Japanese are something that you only can learn by being with a native speaker. It is true. Since Japanese has a limited set of sounds, homonyms are commen and tend to be confusing so with Japanese you always have to 1. Review 2. Practice 3. Use it If you don't do any of these things or don't do even one of them, you'll probably never learn the language. And yes, you don't learn kana in an hour. That is impossible.
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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 5:27 pm
hieiandkurama I watch Japanese dramas and pick up on a lot of the slang and everyday use of words. The easiest way to learn a language fluently is being forced to speak it (ie. go to the country) and not being allowed to speak English at all! I was just gonna suggest that! xd Hey if you have no one speaking your own native language to destract you, what other choice do you have, huh??? You'd HAVE to learn japanese THEN!
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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:08 pm
I have a question about the Kanji thing...
I've been learning Mandarin Chinese since I was 5, and I've noticed quite a while ago that some of the Kanji means and is written just like Chinese characters, so would that, somewhat, make it easier for someone who knows Chinese to learn Kanji?
And, to get good at Japanese, the main thing is to practice A LOT. And speaking is really important. I mentioned before I've been learning Chinese since I was 5, but I'm not a pro at speaking, so trust everyone who says praticing is very important! 'Cause it is!
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Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:12 am
i watch anime shows in Japnaese. i only know small phrases and words though. sweatdrop
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Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:57 am
Seigetsu Shimoyo I have a question about the Kanji thing... I've been learning Mandarin Chinese since I was 5, and I've noticed quite a while ago that some of the Kanji means and is written just like Chinese characters, so would that, somewhat, make it easier for someone who knows Chinese to learn Kanji? And, to get good at Japanese, the main thing is to practice A LOT. And speaking is really important. I mentioned before I've been learning Chinese since I was 5, but I'm not a pro at speaking, so trust everyone who says praticing is very important! 'Cause it is! yeas and no because: japanese people invented some kanji some kanji have changed completeley from what the look like at traditional chinese, but look different from modern simplified chinese (which why i am thinking our kanji look better ^^) the meaning of kanji has been changed: 日本語= forest 森＝ 中国語＝luxurious THIS IS TRUE FOR MANY,KANJI. MANY
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Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:31 pm
Aiko_589 Seigetsu Shimoyo I have a question about the Kanji thing... I've been learning Mandarin Chinese since I was 5, and I've noticed quite a while ago that some of the Kanji means and is written just like Chinese characters, so would that, somewhat, make it easier for someone who knows Chinese to learn Kanji? And, to get good at Japanese, the main thing is to practice A LOT. And speaking is really important. I mentioned before I've been learning Chinese since I was 5, but I'm not a pro at speaking, so trust everyone who says praticing is very important! 'Cause it is! yeas and no because: japanese people invented some kanji some kanji have changed completeley from what the look like at traditional chinese, but look different from modern simplified chinese (which why i am thinking our kanji look better ^^) the meaning of kanji has been changed: 日本語= forest 森＝ 中国語＝luxurious THIS IS TRUE FOR MANY,KANJI. MANYare you sure that those kanji mean what they say they do? in chinese?
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