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[Lenyo]

Hey, I've been seriously considering it for a WHILE.

I've got tons of free time on my hand, I finish all my chores early in the morning, and I decided I want to start an intensive study on the Japanese language. And further delving into such matters later, I wish to learn to read Kanji.


I know we have a plethora of Japanese speaking people on this forum, and I don't know of any classes I can take in real life to help me learn Japanese, so could anybody here help give me tips, teach me the tricks and stuff, and help me out?

Thanks.

[Celia]

I do completely agree. There wasn't anything more than the book I could suggest that would teach him that, though. I didn't bother with online sources for that factor, because I've gotten the book for my birthday before I had to. There was this one site, but I couldn't remember it's name. It was pretty handy, though.

I did want to make sure I was pronouncing things right, so Youtube was just that. The book gave good examples, but audio and listening was important, too.


EDIT: Hmm, I guess I should've pointed that out. I've already had a grasp on how things were when I've begun watching them.
I remember my earlier days of hearing 'Ohayo!' and knowing "Oh, yeah, that's 'Morning!'"
It's mostly about pronouncing your words than anything when watching the stuff. Knowing your 'ka's and ku's and 'tsu's. Taking a sentence you know like "I love bagels" and then hearing it to confirm how you're saying it. And taking account of male/female roles, etc. Like how guys and girls generally pronounce "Ohayo" in a different way.

I've mostly listened to openings. But you also have to keep in mind, that in music they do similar things like us. Like how we might slur/breathe our words or something. You need to look into that before, too. They're mostly good as far as openings/endings, though. :D