I've just randomly decided this. My goal will be to understand anime and manga. I'm going to track my progress here on Steemit and share what things work for me. I'm going to try to apply the different learning techniques that I've been using to study Chinese just to see how well they actually work.
So, my specific goals:
- learn Hiragana/Katakana
- learn enough Kanji to read a newspaper
- be able to read (children's) manga
- be able to listen to and understand (children's/young adult) anime
I'm giving myself a timeline of one year to accomplish this totally arbitrary level of fluency that I've chosen. Of course, I don't know enough about the language to know if this is reasonable or even to be able to plan my time beyond the first week, but I guess we shall see. Keeping that in mind, I'll revisit my list of goals every week and re-adjust them when reality gets in the way.
I'm going to use the Genki text books that I've borrowed from a friend as my primary source material and I'm going to supplement the content in that by searching the Internet. I'm going to continue to study chinese while I do this, so it should be interesting.
I'll do at least one post a week with an update on my progress and any notes I've made. To avoid burnout, I'm only going to press hard with the text book for three out or four days a week. I am going to do writing practice pretty much every day, but that's just because I like to put pen to paper and make the ink flow. I have a fountain pen, and though it doesn't like when I anthropomorphize it, I'm pretty sure it does like to write letters in foreign script.
If anyone has any tips or anecdotes, please do share.
So, any bets on whether I even make it a week?
Ganbarou!
がんばろう
Good luck!
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どうもありがとうございました
(My first attempt at typing that, google told me the translation was "There are no more shrines" because of one vowel...)
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That horrid vowel destroyed all the shrines? MY GOD!
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Took japanese for 2 years in highschool. It was fun but not enough for what I wanted as far as fluency goes. I forgot most of it now :\
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Wow, sounds like you had an awesome high school. Mine had French and Spanish... and that was it for foreign language.
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I thought every highschool had japanese ;p
I think there was a teacher exchange program or something.
I also took two years, which now gives me the ability to imitate funny anime voices.
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Maybe I should update my goals...
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LOL! For some reason 45 minutes a day as an unmotivated highschool student didn't make much of a dent.
I think an adult level of focus and determination could go farther!
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Language learning is much slower in school that when you are a self motivated self studyer! @not-a-bird @ecoinstant
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If you find the right animes I think you'll make it longer than a week ;p
I would start with sound, speaking and romaji, getting mixed up in those symbols right away is a recipe for burnout! Just my two cents.
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My bigger concern is remembering that I decided to learn it and then practicing it frequently enough that I don't suddenly find that I've made it multiple weeks without having practiced anything.
I'm a little masochistic in that sense, they're the most appealing part of the language for me. Not to mention that I can objectively practice them without the validation of a third party.
And I'm not exactly starting from zero with Japanese as I've watched a lot of anime and I generally don't watch dubs. I mean a lot of anime. Enough so that there are phrases I hear and I know what they mean. When I hear Japanese spoken, I'm able to distinguish the syllables aurally. Unlike with when I started Chinese and had no such advantage.
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Sweet! Watching a lot of the content is a great head start - Japanese is much easier on the ear than Chinese as well.
We were just watching 'Up on Poppy Hill' last night, thats a Studio Ghibli movie - highly recommended their whole collection is, although you've probably seen them!
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I found any foreign language to be equally difficult with regard to listening. After some training I can make out syllables and generally spell things out using a romanized form, but I'm still hit or miss on tying what's said to what it means in any language other than English.
Chinese is probably the one I understand (aside from English) the best when it's spoken. Even though I had three years of Spanish in high school.
Edit: I've seen quite a bit of Studio Ghibli, but I don't think I've seen that one...
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One of the greats!
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Genki is totally where it's at. Best beginner level language textbook I've used.
Come find me on discord if you want to practice or have any questions
がんばれ！
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Thanks!
Yeah, Genki is the
most commonly recommendedwait, that's not right, it's the ONLY text that's ever been recommended to me by everyone that I've asked.Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
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Good luck with your Japanese!
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Cool! I, suppose I better make sure my notes going forward are readable...
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