I'd like to join too! I think my skype is on my profile, or message me.

Well, わ is not a topic marker lol.

I think は is the only true topic marker. を and が are more like object markers.

There are other particles but they're not object markers either. They're more like prepositions.

は and が are the hardest to explain. They're almost interchangeable and the sentence would still make sense, but mean something different. が is usually used for emphasis on the object, and in general, は is used on topics that do not vary.

For example, 私はイライジャです。Simply means "I am Elijah" - a fact that never changes. If you change it to 私がイライジャです, it still makes sense, but the situation in which you would use this changes. You're emphasizing "私", and you would most likely use this in a situation where the person has made a mistake on who's Elijah, and you want to correct them to say that *I* am Elijah, not the other person.

Other than that, が is simply an object marker. You use it on sentences like "I like apples". りんごが好きです。

を is just used before a verb to indicate an action.

I personally don't think so. It depends what you call fluency. To me, accuracy in pronunciation is pretty important. Tone, intonation, accent, etc. are very difficult to grasp if not immersed in the language. Some may say that accent is not part of fluency, but it is in some languages like mandarin and cantonese, where you'd essentially have to guess what the speaker is trying to say based on context if their accent is too heavy. Some people may not even notice they have a heavy accent because they are not used to hearing tones (especially for mandarin or cantonese).

I grew up learning several languages, and while I do not have a problem communicating in several languages in almost any daily situations, I still wouldn't call myself fluent in them because say, I can't understand 100% when I watch the News in that language. However, that may just be my personal bar for fluency being too high.

I love kansai-ben. Alternatively, you can watch Downtown videos because they're hilarious. I think their "No Laughing Batsu-game" is their most popular series..?

Je ne sais pas s'il y avait des personnes japonais ici qui peut parler en francais, donc vous pouvez essayer de poser votre questions en anglais la prochaine fois. Mon francais n'est pas tres bon, mais je peux essayer de vous aider.

Vous pouvez commencer avec d'apprendre les alphabets japonais "hiragana" et "katakana". Apres, vous pouvez apprendre des mots et phrases simple.