I don’t understand lang-8 … because if i know zero word in japanese how
am i suppose to just write a sentence and even if someone corrected I do
not understand more..?
Jennifer Garcia October 10, 2014
Does anyone recommend Rosetta Stone?
erika robinson October 11, 2014
I can’t decide on learning korean or japanese, my dad thinks if I live in
japan I’ll die from the earthquakes and natural disasters. But on South
Korea, he’s never been there but he thinks I will die from north Korea’s
bombs. I have japanese/ Asian family members on my dad’s side of the family
so it’s a bit easier for me to speak Japanese than Korean. In Korea they
have greater English than japan But I still can’t decide!!
Kimyona A October 11, 2014
Can anyone help me with this? Basically, I’ve been learning Hiragana (I’ve
only learned about half of it though, I only started a couple weeks ago)
and I was planning on starting Kanji and Katakana after I became somewhat
good at Hiragana, but now I don’t know. Some people are saying to start
learning Kanji first or merge it in between learning Hiragana or else I
will have a hard time learning afterwards, and then others are saying to
just be good at Hiragana in order to move onto the other two. What should I
learn/do first? Should I still try to learn a bit of Kanji here and there
while still learning Hiragana?
stannorris1 October 11, 2014
Ok I have a question. I’m from the south and I am told by everyone not from
my area That I have an accent. Would this make speeking japanese harder?
Because I have had people try to tech me words and they end up sounding
like broken records. Saying it over and over telling me that i’m not saying
it right. Or am I doomed for ever by my Southern Bell accent?
Patrick L October 11, 2014
This video was extremely helpful. Thank you for giving so much information
on ways to improve my Japanese.
nihonbutterfly October 11, 2014
So useful! But what’s gotten me stuck is kanji. I just have a hard time
learning the kanji and then knowing which version of it to use in sentences
without the furigana on top. For example, the kanji for day (sorry my
Japanese keyboard isn’t working!) has several sounds, so how do you know
which one to use? Do you learn vocabulary first and then match it to kanji?
That’s what has always held me back.
flareofredmoon October 11, 2014
Thank you for the links and the advice. Learning a different language is
hard but if a person is determined to do it then she will succeed. Thank
you again.
masterelites10 October 11, 2014
so you can legitly learn the language via japaneseclass. jp? If so I think
I may have to sign up
Eleina Hassan October 11, 2014
And heaps of dramas 😀
FourFourSeven October 11, 2014
I can top that. I still use my flip phone……that I’ve had since 2004!
JessicaHalo October 11, 2014
It’s a bad idea to watch anime to try to learn Japanese. I’m a Japanese TA
at my university, and I can tell just by my students’ accents if they watch
anime to learn Japanese. You have to mix in REAL people speaking, because
it’s pretty standard in anime for people to be using fake voices or strange
accents. I’ve had to fix the pronunciation of my students that have learned
from anime so many times. Dramas or variety shows are better to use. Watch
anime if you want, but DON’T use it to learn.
~dreamer~ October 11, 2014
why sometimes quoting works, and sometimes it doesn’t? ._.
Theoryofmars October 11, 2014
Thank you so much (0v0)/ this is really helpfull!!
Nytrix Octane October 11, 2014
You are an amazing sensei thank you this video was so helpful.
pointynives October 11, 2014
I want to learn japanese but i really struggle with writing, even English.
I’d rather learn oral first. However, the only people i know that know any
Japanese are otakus, that tend to randomly disperse “otaku-ese” into their
already broken japanese. I’m worried that if i join the language exchange
that i’d struggle too much with communicating unless the other person
already knew English to a decent Degree. Would this be an issue and how
would i go about learning some basic oral Japanese?
24evanesce October 11, 2014
For iPhone, the app tae kim’s learning Japanese has been super helpful.
VickusPickus October 11, 2014
Japanesepod101 also have a great app called JA sensei.
Kawaii Anime Bunnies October 11, 2014
im not in classes and i dont study all i do is watch anime LOL that sounds
bad XD i know a few words though 😀 i am only 12 😛
Claudia Rogolskja October 11, 2014
Thanks Rachel it really help coz i didnt have that much confidence in
myself to lear Japanease !! Maybe it was coz i had to learn Japanease in
English and im not from england (Im polish but i know English xD ) Love you
!! xxx
Werewolf211 October 11, 2014
I’m impressed if you manage to learn the basics of the language at that
age, not because it’s that difficult to be honest, but speaking out of
experience, at the age of 12, I didn’t really have the motivation to do
anything special. That being 10 years ago. However, I have to be completely
honest with you now. I don’t really have much motivation now either. I just
live my life, get stuff I want and keep going like a machine. I don’t mind
it though… this got sidetracked really quickly.
OtakuKid October 11, 2014
I like anime too but you can’t just learn Japanesse by watching anime like
if you are watching a shonen anime like naruto and learning from it you
probably know how to say rasengan, i take revenge and so on. I am not
trying to be mean but you cant learn from only anime you could but it
wouldn’t be as great learning from a text book.
RainbowandBlackSkull October 11, 2014
Flip phones!
proconsulaugustus October 11, 2014
wow. that was very informative. thankyou.
TURRIPSYKOOSI October 11, 2014
Well, at least I have heard several times that the vast majority of the
Japanese can read all the jōyō kanji (there are currently 2,136 of them)
without any trouble. Being able to write them all by hand is a little bit
more trickier though…
I don’t understand lang-8 … because if i know zero word in japanese how
am i suppose to just write a sentence and even if someone corrected I do
not understand more..?
Does anyone recommend Rosetta Stone?
I can’t decide on learning korean or japanese, my dad thinks if I live in
japan I’ll die from the earthquakes and natural disasters. But on South
Korea, he’s never been there but he thinks I will die from north Korea’s
bombs. I have japanese/ Asian family members on my dad’s side of the family
so it’s a bit easier for me to speak Japanese than Korean. In Korea they
have greater English than japan But I still can’t decide!!
Can anyone help me with this? Basically, I’ve been learning Hiragana (I’ve
only learned about half of it though, I only started a couple weeks ago)
and I was planning on starting Kanji and Katakana after I became somewhat
good at Hiragana, but now I don’t know. Some people are saying to start
learning Kanji first or merge it in between learning Hiragana or else I
will have a hard time learning afterwards, and then others are saying to
just be good at Hiragana in order to move onto the other two. What should I
learn/do first? Should I still try to learn a bit of Kanji here and there
while still learning Hiragana?
Ok I have a question. I’m from the south and I am told by everyone not from
my area That I have an accent. Would this make speeking japanese harder?
Because I have had people try to tech me words and they end up sounding
like broken records. Saying it over and over telling me that i’m not saying
it right. Or am I doomed for ever by my Southern Bell accent?
This video was extremely helpful. Thank you for giving so much information
on ways to improve my Japanese.
So useful! But what’s gotten me stuck is kanji. I just have a hard time
learning the kanji and then knowing which version of it to use in sentences
without the furigana on top. For example, the kanji for day (sorry my
Japanese keyboard isn’t working!) has several sounds, so how do you know
which one to use? Do you learn vocabulary first and then match it to kanji?
That’s what has always held me back.
Thank you for the links and the advice. Learning a different language is
hard but if a person is determined to do it then she will succeed. Thank
you again.
so you can legitly learn the language via japaneseclass. jp? If so I think
I may have to sign up
And heaps of dramas 😀
I can top that. I still use my flip phone……that I’ve had since 2004!
It’s a bad idea to watch anime to try to learn Japanese. I’m a Japanese TA
at my university, and I can tell just by my students’ accents if they watch
anime to learn Japanese. You have to mix in REAL people speaking, because
it’s pretty standard in anime for people to be using fake voices or strange
accents. I’ve had to fix the pronunciation of my students that have learned
from anime so many times. Dramas or variety shows are better to use. Watch
anime if you want, but DON’T use it to learn.
why sometimes quoting works, and sometimes it doesn’t? ._.
Thank you so much (0v0)/ this is really helpfull!!
You are an amazing sensei thank you this video was so helpful.
I want to learn japanese but i really struggle with writing, even English.
I’d rather learn oral first. However, the only people i know that know any
Japanese are otakus, that tend to randomly disperse “otaku-ese” into their
already broken japanese. I’m worried that if i join the language exchange
that i’d struggle too much with communicating unless the other person
already knew English to a decent Degree. Would this be an issue and how
would i go about learning some basic oral Japanese?
For iPhone, the app tae kim’s learning Japanese has been super helpful.
Japanesepod101 also have a great app called JA sensei.
im not in classes and i dont study all i do is watch anime LOL that sounds
bad XD i know a few words though 😀 i am only 12 😛
Thanks Rachel it really help coz i didnt have that much confidence in
myself to lear Japanease !! Maybe it was coz i had to learn Japanease in
English and im not from england (Im polish but i know English xD ) Love you
!! xxx
I’m impressed if you manage to learn the basics of the language at that
age, not because it’s that difficult to be honest, but speaking out of
experience, at the age of 12, I didn’t really have the motivation to do
anything special. That being 10 years ago. However, I have to be completely
honest with you now. I don’t really have much motivation now either. I just
live my life, get stuff I want and keep going like a machine. I don’t mind
it though… this got sidetracked really quickly.
I like anime too but you can’t just learn Japanesse by watching anime like
if you are watching a shonen anime like naruto and learning from it you
probably know how to say rasengan, i take revenge and so on. I am not
trying to be mean but you cant learn from only anime you could but it
wouldn’t be as great learning from a text book.
Flip phones!
wow. that was very informative. thankyou.
Well, at least I have heard several times that the vast majority of the
Japanese can read all the jōyō kanji (there are currently 2,136 of them)
without any trouble. Being able to write them all by hand is a little bit
more trickier though…