[harpoondude]

Hello,
I've been taking what I assume are the basic steps to learning japanese. From what I've been reading. The best way to start to learn japanese is to learn the kana. And so I have printed off the basic katakana and hiragana tables.

Along with translating every bit of japanese I can, I'm reading up on some basic japanese grammer lessons. I think I'm doing ok, but, problem is. There's areas of the language which I have to question, not in 'oh it's wrong' but in a 'I don't understand WHY' kindof way.

I'm looking for someone who wouldn't mind just explaining the bits and pieces of japanese which I can't hack my way through myself. Not a 24/7 translator :P

Thanks for any responses.