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No. 128658
>>128657Yeah, I have a question.
Why don't you learn some other language?
No. 128659
I didn't actively try to learn the language, but I lived in Japan for a while so I can hold a conversation and can watch Japanese TV without subtitles. My writing/reading is terrible though.
>>128658Japanese culture and language is interesting to a lot of people. You can hate on people and call them weebs but that doesn't make you any better than them, just makes you a salty cunt.
No. 128660
I'm doing the Memrise introduction course. Are there any free online resources I should know about?
>>128658I already speak two other foreign languages anon, the time has come to indulge my weeaboo tendencies.
No. 128661
>>128658OP here.
I have way before, but I'm taking it one language at a time or I'll overwhelm myself. I know a bit of German too, one day I'd want to get back into it.
>>128660Renshuu is pretty good as well. They have forums so there's interactivity as well. I also heard italki is good.
No. 128664
>>128663Oh, one more but I can't personally vouch for it since it's the only app I've never been able to download (it just stays a gray square that says "waiting").
Japanese Grammar ~ Mirai (Free)
I looks like a good little grammar app, maybe comparable to the Tae Kim guide but withou taking up nearly as much space, and it even has a section specifically for particles whereas many other Japanese grammar guides kind of only touch on a few basic particles briefly and expect the learner to pick up more as they go. From the screen shots it even looks like it explains the difference in English between verbs/nouns/adverbs/pronouns, which I thought was neat. If anyone else downloads it I would love to hear more about it.
No. 128668
>>128657started 2 years ago
got into because asia is cooler than america.
resources: jisho.org
yes been there 3 times
study methods: read everyday
no stories really. i've just been studying on my own. never taken a class
No. 128669
>>128666> What kind of fluencyi mean theres no good way to measure fluency, especially since the word means something different depending who you talk to.
but decent japanese starts at N2/N1
No. 128675
>>128673> Maybe you could pick up some light novels or watch some j-dramas? That would be great. I'll search for some but do you have any particular to recommend?
> If you've finished Genki 2 you should be at a N3~4 level which I'd say is more intermediate than beginner imo.Perhaps in theory, but it doesn't feel that way. I also think I'll start reading news, should be somewhat easyish to understand.
> The Introduction to Japanese Literature series is pretty good, if you like your modern classics (Akutagawa, Mishima, etc.)Awesome! This is just what I was looking for. Thank you!
No. 535298
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>reading manga
>the goddamn kanji
Besides photo translation apps (which don’t work that well?), what’s the easiest way to look up unknown kanji when reading? Can’t copy and paste into a dictionary since it’s an image. I’ve resorted to looking up each kanji by radical but it’s so incredibly tedious.
No. 568167
>>568122dude same. i keep comparing my progress with english (starting as a literal kid) and japanese (starting as a lazy teenaged weeb)…but the fact of the matter is that japanese has almost nothing in common with english and (insert native romance language here)…of course that shit isn't sticking as fast as idk spanish or english would despite years of efforts.
don't worry someday our speaking will catch up kek.
No. 568231
>>568203not pointless. many languages, including japanese, have tons of resources online, esp for beginners. there's also whole textbooks that are fairly easy to find as pdfs.
don't put too much pressure on yourself. knowing even just 3 basic sentence structures in a language is more rewarding than never starting at all! you got this.
No. 571175
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I spent almost a year learning the language because like the way japanese looks and sounds, but later on I reaised that I despise the culture and most of the written media they produce.
It kind of feels like I've lost the drive to learn anything new because of it
No. 571661
>>571651Well in that case she should try learning Chinese
>>571653Weeb begone