Trey
Is there a good place to start when learning Japanese? I've been to multiple sites and learned bits. I've been to multiple sites and learned bits and pieces of some things. I'd really like to study Japanese, but have no money. I would take a class, but they don't offer it at my highschool, unlike French (Which I'm currently taking).
Nov 28, 2015 4:16 AM
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I've studied Japanese for about a year and most of my resources are free and online. I've never had a teacher either. There are many study groups were people practice what they learned together. If you have trouble or don't know what to do next, you can message me and I'll try to help, I'm sure there are many people willing to help. First, you should learn the hiragana and katakana alphabets. Then, get started on grammar and kanji right away. One thing I like about Japanese, whenever I learn just a few kanji, I learn so many new words. The best advice I can give is: be patient, you will need to know a lot of characters before you can say you got the basics down.
November 28, 2015
Creio que sim, mas com professores nativos é bem melhor... pois não é um idioma fácil de aprender. Ir para o Japão é uma boa saída para aprender.
November 28, 2015
Hi Trey. There are a lot of different places to start when learning Japanese. I highly recommend the textbooks Genki 1 and Genki 2. You can download those two textbooks for free online. (Just gotta know how to use google lol) They are great books for beginning learners of Japanese. They'll get you to somewhere between advanced beginner and lower intermediate. Also Japanese has three different writing systems. Those systems are hiragana,katakana, and kanji. Learn hiragana and katakana first. Learning kanji (Chinese based characters) is the most challenging part. Another avenue that could prove fruitful is to see if your local community college or university has regularly scheduled Foreign language chats. Students studying all sorts of languages, including Japanese, at my university met Mondays to practice speaking. Anyone was welcome to go, so if might be something to investigate. Also depending where u live there might be community centers that have free classes or dialogue practice. But let me know if you need the names of any free apps either on android or iPhone. Technology is super wonderful and some of these apps can totally get you off the ground. But there is absolutely no replacement for authentic communication which includes reading writing speaking and listening. If you don't build a solid foundation in those 4 things mistakes could plague your ability to develop further and bad habits are hard to break. Let me know if you have more questions :)
November 28, 2015
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