I have created a web site for Japanese beginners

http://www.japanese-language.aiyori.org/

I hope that you'll find it useful for your study.

These are the copybooks for Katakana and Hiragana.

http://www.4shared.com/file/JcPbxk1G/Katakana-Copybook.html

http://www.4shared.com/file/0Vdj-LQA/Hiragana-Copybook.html

Please give them to your friends who are interested in learning Japanese even if you don't need to use copybooks anymore.

Interesting site, too bad I don't have the dedication to study another language. :sweat:

Jav_sol wrote:Interesting site, too bad I don't have the dedication to study another language. :sweat:

That's where the girlfriend from Japan comes in. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
That's where the girlfriend from Japan comes in. :beaten:

Ayase or Juri could provide motivation. :hehe:

Jav_sol wrote:Ayase or Juri could provide motivation. :hehe:

I'll say. :bonk: :bonk: :bonk:

sakaeyellow wrote:http://www.japanese-language.aiyori.org/

I hope that you'll find it useful for your study.

Well done web site. It's very useful. :applaud:

Totally random.

Check out the "town/machi" page and scroll down to the second set of pictures. Look at the one used for restaurant. Look familiar?

http://www.japanese-language.aiyori.org/japanese-words-21.html

hmmm... the material on your site seems identical to any basic textbook or any of the hundreds of japanese learning websites.

I dont see the point, when there are already complete websites, but yours only has a few basic lessons so far.

Also, your material falls for the usual mistake of incorrect translations:
"hajimemashite" = "nice to meet you" - no it doenst, you should teach what the words really mean because you set up beginners to fail early on if they think those kinds of translations are literal and try to make different sentences with more advanced grammar later on.

Furthermore, the usual basic phrases that dont actually get used:
"boku no namae ha..." = "my name is..." - yes and no.
It actually means "my first name is...", which is useless because Japanese people use their last names but more importantly, Japanese people dont speak like that. Just say your name followed by "desu", its the natural way to introduce your self.

If you were to copy the script from a j-dorama, a real intro would sound like this:

Hajimemashite, satou desu. yoroshiku ne.

hajimemashite = the first time/beginning...
satou desu = satou am (not watashi or boku no namae!)
yoroshiku = kind/plesent/nice (its like saying, lets be nice to each other)
ne = "aye" (dont you agree?)

learn real Japanese at:
http://j-sup-materials.blogspot.com/

dairyoku,

If you google "‰‚ß‚Ü‚µ‚āB‚Ú‚­‚Ì–¼‘O‚Í" with the quotation marks, you will get 26800 results. If you change it to "‚킽‚µ", you will get more results. I don't want to argue, but actually this phrase is extremely common in Japan. Of course, your suggestion is also correct.

According to ƒW[ƒjƒAƒX@˜a‰pŽ«“T, "‰‚ß‚Ü‚µ‚Ä" means:
"How do you do?"
"It's nice to meet you."
"I'm glad to meet you."
Honestly, I'm shocked when you translate it as "beginning". It's the standard phrase used when meeting someone for the first time. How else can we translate it into English except for the examples listed in the dictionary abovementioned?