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10-15-2007, 01:26 PM
I started by learning the Kana. You want to avoid Romaji as much as possible. This way, as you study grammar you're reinforcing your reading skills.
I taught myself all of Genki I and working on Genki II. It's great if you have a penpal, friend, or lover who will help you when the textbook can't. Get a trial membership at Japanesepod101.com, download everything, and just listen to the lessons while you play games or do whatever. I also made a ton of flashcards with Anki and I review those every day. 
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10-15-2007, 01:28 PM
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 I also start with Katakana and then Hiragana !!  ギャー(*0*((◎—————ー(°°； ) スッポヌケ〜 ✿ あなた だけ が みれば いい...  狂気と真実は紙一重 ✿そして坊やは眠りについて 息衝く灰の中の炎ひとつ、ふたつと 浮かぶふくらみ愛しい横顔 大地に垂るる幾千の夢、夢 銀の瞳のゆら(◕‿‿◕ ) It's a thin line between genius and stupidity. Once you cross it there is no going back!! Luckily I have tippex and a pen so I can just redraw it where I like!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA =_= †♫†
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10-15-2007, 01:33 PM
Me too! fist hiragana then katakana!
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10-15-2007, 03:21 PM
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10-15-2007, 03:33 PM
I have Books !!!!! and a online teacher ^^;
ギャー(*0*((◎—————ー(°°； ) スッポヌケ〜 ✿ あなた だけ が みれば いい... 狂気と真実は紙一重 ✿そして坊やは眠りについて 息衝く灰の中の炎ひとつ、ふたつと 浮かぶふくらみ愛しい横顔 大地に垂るる幾千の夢、夢 銀の瞳のゆら(◕‿‿◕ ) It's a thin line between genius and stupidity. Once you cross it there is no going back!! Luckily I have tippex and a pen so I can just redraw it where I like!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA =_= †♫†
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10-15-2007, 03:36 PM
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10-15-2007, 04:59 PM
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1. Wrote (EDIT: Sorry, "rote") phrases (greetings, thank-you, other simple phrases) Arigatou gozaimasu = thank you O-yasumi nasai = good night/ rest well Dou itashimashite = you're welcome etc. 2. Nouns and "is/was/is not/ was not" or "is this?" sentences (e.g. hon = book hon desu = it is a book) hon dewa arimasen = is not a book hon desu ka = is this a book? hon dewa arimasen deshita = was not a book) 3. Ko/So/A/Do formations Kore = this Sore = that Are = that over there Dore = which? koko = here soko = there asoko = over there doko = where kono [noun] = this [noun] sono = that [noun] ano = that [noun] over there dono = which/what [noun]? 4. Adjectives/ describing sentences (pick a ko/so/a beginning, add a noun, add an adjective, end with "desu") (e.g. kono hana ga kirei desu = this flower is pretty sono tsukue wa furui desu = that desk is old ano hon wa taikutsu desu = that book is boring etc.) That should get you going relatively quickly with your Japanese. Then you'll move on to verbs, verb conjugations and grammar rules. Biggest Learning Tip: Use flashcards, but not in a "pack". Attach them to the actual physical objects they represent around your house, repeat the Japanese word associated with the object (e.g. reizouko = refigerator). As you become more experienced, incorporate more complex sentences (e.g. reizouko desu = this is a refrigerator). After a while, remove the cards, but still use the Japanese word associated with the object. This moves you away from translating in your head, and toward associating the word directly with the object, which is where fluency begins. Obviously, this doesn't work for every word, but use your creativity to do as much as possible. Believe it or not, spoken Japanese is rather easy to learn. Practice, practice, practice Roomaji vs. not? I actually learned with roomaji almost exclusively at first, which really helped with building vocabulary and learning to pronounce Japanese correctly. Didn't seem to hurt me...actually, better than that. It helped me get to a level of fluency very quickly. I tell most learners that roomaji (romanized Japanese, or Japanese spelled out using the English alphabet) is the quickest way to get started. Learning hiragana and katakana is fine, but in the end you need to understand that to really read and write Japanese, you'll have to learn about 2,000 kanji characters. OK, about 1400 to be able to read most written material you'll encounter, but that's still a lot. Get fluent in spoken Japanese first, then worry about the writing. That's actually a very natural language acquisition pattern (think about your own language acquisition in your native language...simple phrases (mainly nouns), more complex phrases, initial fluency, and then reading/writing. I guess what I'm saying is...don't try to read and write until you get to a pretty good level of fluency first, otherwise you'll impede your progress in learning, and you'll get frustrated. With roomaji, anyone can "read" and "write" Japanese even from day 1. HTH.
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