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Hi i'm Kristen. I speak english and i'm teaching myself Japanese. I live in the southeast US, and i'm a student. I am looking for anyone that can help me with the basics of Japanese.
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- Anything is possible, but it would take an incredible amount of dedication. Bear in mind that "learning Japanese completely" is not really the right question to ask, because once you have the 2 basic writing systems understood, you move onto grammar, and then Kanji ( which there are over 2000 in daily use). So in order to become fluent, you'd need to be immersed, and learn roughly 2000 Kanji outside of grammar and hiragana and katakana. There is a video I found on Youtube the other day where someone studied Japanese, hardcore for 1 1/2 years and his wife used Google Translate to see which was better, and he was able to function remarkably well. So in short, I doubt you'd learn ALL of Japanese, it'd be hard enough to become properly conversational. I'd say 3-4 years would be ideal given daily use. Language is a very long process, there are no quick fixes to mastering an entire language in such short time. Life isn't like the Matrix, where it can be simply uploaded. It takes time, trial and error, experiences, interactions, comprehension, cultural studies, and many more to properly become fluent.0 votedMay 24, 20180
- Step 3... Kanji? So i've finally mastered the Hiragana and the Katakana. However, making the shift to Kanji seems to be extremely difficult. I get the idea behind it, but I can't seem to find a good way to start learning it. I want to start looking into the JLPT, but everything I see for even the entry level is a lot of kanji. Where do I start? Thanks in advance for the help!July 28, 201610
- Japanese Grammar I'm absolutely baffled with Japanese Grammar. When do we use かれらわ instead of かれわ ? When do we use これわ ? When do we use を vs か ? When do we use います vs いません . I know they're very broad questions, but everything i'm finding on Japanese grammar is just speaking it and it's going over my head. Any help is welcome! ありがと !!April 29, 201610
- Learn the Hiragana and the Katakana off the start. I used a website called readthekanji.com . It was like a $5 membership but I BLASTED through learning both ( like literally took me a month to learn both systems). It's basically flash cards. Anyway, learn hiragana and katakana, then go to grammar, and ease yourself into kanji0 votedApril 14, 20160
- Japanese Culture I have been trying to get as much information on Japanese culture as I can. The language itself, doesn't seem to be too difficult, however, there seems to be a bit of a problem when I actually try to communicate and make friends with someone from Japan. I get that Japanese are more private and won't be disrespectful to your face, but I want to actually make friends with some native speakers. What is the best way to go about doing this? I've gotten in trouble for just messaging some people out of the blue to introduce myself, and i'm trying to avoid making anyone uncomfortable. Also are there any hot button issues or things that I should ABSOLUTELY avoid talking about at ALL COSTS? Please do me a favor and tell me now so that I don't gravely offend someone unintentionally.April 14, 201620
" What do thinks I about advertising?
Today with many advertisements around our life. Some people like it and some people do not, but let me tell you my thoughts.
We must admit that advertising has some positives. It helps modern business to develop. Without advertisements, businessmen cannot introduce their products to customers. For example, if I want to buy a mop, I could watch the TV advertisements to know which one is easiest to use and suit me best.
Although advertisements do have some negatives. The worst side is it could mislead customers. Most advertisements only show the advantages and hides the disadvantages. Once I found a vacuum cleaner that was a great choice for cleaning my house. The advertisement said that the vacuum cleaner is lightweight and easy operating. It had a beautiful appearance and I like it very much. After I bought it, I found that it has a deadly disadvantage, because it has a long electric wire. Whenever I am cleaning, the electric wire wraps around me all the way. This disadvantage made me annoyed, and I never knew of the disadvantage before I bought it, the advertisement hid it.
By these two examplea, I feel that false advertising is not good for improving our lifestyle. I do not like it."0 votedMarch 15, 20163- You can word it that way. When you add the comma after the word , boys. It seperates them from the context of the sentence. For example ... "Boys, don't keep long hair. " Indicates that you're talking to boys and telling them not to keep their hair long. "Boys don't keep their hair long. " This is how you would say it if you wern't talking directly to the subject, as if you are saying that boys in general just don't keep their hair long.0 votedMarch 15, 20161
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