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I want to learn Japanese. Where do I start? -
02-03-2010, 10:30 PM
Hello, I'm new so excuse the newbiness. I have a few questions before I begin learning the Japanese language. Should I learn the Katakana, Hiragana and a few Kanji before I even start to set up phrases? Should I learn the rules of grammar first? Or should I learn both at the same time? How long should I expect to work at the language before I can even begin to form phrases?
A little something about me. I live in the US. I'm a college student working for my degree in Biophysics. My hobbies are learning languages, video games, cars and reading among other things. I know 3 languages; Spanish, English and French. I can understand a couple more like Portuguese and Italian. Japanese will be my first "eastern" language. Thanks ~Wynn |
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02-04-2010, 12:15 AM
The Youkoso book we use in our classroom is the Third Edition, 'Introduction to Contemporary Japanese' or something along those lines. If I could suggest something, also take a look at 'A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar'. I wouldn't try to teach yourself every concept in this book by using this book (other learning materials give more examples and practice) but it's got a lot of good examples/explanations for a lot of basic concepts.
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02-04-2010, 12:27 AM
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02-04-2010, 12:28 AM
I would also recommend Genki I an integrated course in elementary Japanese and the course book that accompanies it.
Also here is a site to help you with learning Kana it works wonders if you use everyday for 2 hours or so then practice writing them. You can learn Kana is as little as a month if you do it daily. Hiragana and Katakana Practice — Real Kana |
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