Comments on: Learning Japanese

By: Reltair

Reltair — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:59:06 +0000

Thanks, starting Spanish in middle school was a big factor for me as well to sticking with it in high school. =/

By: Shadow

Shadow — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:13:42 +0000

My school offered Japanese, but I was misguided and stuck to learning Spanish since I started it in middle school. I have rarely used Spanish in the past few years, while Japanese would have come in handy.

It’s tough to learn a language on your own though, it requires more motivation that I have. Good luck!

By: Reltair

Reltair — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:28:10 +0000

Ganbatte!

Pues, sé un poco español. >_>

By: phossil

phossil — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:40:22 +0000

I started to learn Japanese by my own, but I find myself with limited time for study. I should take more seriously learning japanese.

Entonces, sabes español?

By: Reltair

Reltair — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:18:39 +0000

@2DT: Thanks, yeah laziness is hard to beat. I’ll check out your entries.

@Koji Oe: Nice, Japanese major – an expert on the subject! I’ll keep your advice in mind and try to learn more Kanji from other sources.

@Kiri: Yeah, watching large amounts of anime is bound to make someone interested in Japanese. I think it wouldn’t hurt to try pursuing it seriously since it would be awesome to know another language, but time is a factor.

By: Kiri

Kiri — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:54:51 +0000

I think a good percentage of otaku at least dabble casually in learning Japanese even if they never actually pursue it seriously. I’m toeing the line myself, unsure how much I want to plunge into it. I make a point to continually pick up new vocabulary from just watching anime, but grammar and learning my kana has been a lot slower. I don’t really have any study materials beyond My Japanese Coach for the DS, which is really a laughable tool, but again, not sure how serious I want to be able it yet.

By: Koji Oe

Koji Oe — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:32:56 +0000

I’m a Japanese major and we used Genki. They’re great books for starting out and laying the foundation, I think. The first book is a little lame since you won’t really be able to read much Japanese yet.

Also you should probably learn more Kanji on the side than what the book gives you.

By: 2DT

2DT — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:16:18 +0000

I avoided taking Japanese for reasons of sheer laziness: Though I was interested, I didn’t want to take the required tests to get in.

Now… Well, I wrote a little about it, actually. It’s a few entries back, called “A Personal Note #2.” Check it out if you’d like. Good luck with Genki.