Especially hiragana at first. It helps a lot.

jhng88 wrote:

but it's fun you know.. especially when u r determined to learn .

Yup. When I first learned hiragana, I started to read stuff on signs and packages all time. I felt like I was 6 years old and started to read again.
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tabana wrote:

Especially hiragana at first. It helps a lot. Yup. When I first learned hiragana, I started to read stuff on signs and packages all time. I felt like I was 6 years old and started to read again.

Haha, but that's the fun part! I expect I'll be doing a lot of that when I go to Japan this summer I have to learn katakana by then, but 4 every day does the trick!

Yep.

For katakana, you should be alright. You need to practice tho. I used to know them all, but forgot half of them
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This has been posted before, but I find it's great for helping to remember them:
http://www.chipchat.com/NihonGo/protect/HiraganaDrill.html

There's another for Katakana.

I usually do around 200 per day

That's a lot...

I have a few programs, but I've been kind of lazy on studying lately. By lately, I mean since October.
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enairra_hayami wrote:

actually,its so hard to study japanese for ME... maybe i can just study it after college.. so I can study my lessons seriously... anyway...how do you study japanese?... i'm just studying a dictionary but I'm having a hard time to fix it up as a sentence.... btw...what is 'Douzo yoroshiku'??? arigato guzaimasu....sayonara

konnichiwa!! enairra,u can buy a book of japanese in national book store..there are japanese sentences translated into english and w/ filipino txt..so u will know the meaning of it..gud luck!! :victory:as far as i know the meaning of douzo yoroshiku is "pleased too meet you" well., that's a guess .. corrrect me if im wrong!

jessica_teppei wrote:

konnichiwa!! enairra,u can buy a book of japanese in national book store..there are japanese sentences translated into english and w/ filipino txt..so u will know the meaning of it..gud luck!! :victory:as far as i know the meaning of douzo yoroshiku is "pleased too meet you" well., that's a guess .. corrrect me if im wrong!

oh arigato guzaimasu...!

is that dictionary big?thick?
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"humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return...
to obtain,something with an equal value must be lost..."

You can usually buy quick phrases books used for travel. Stuff like "where is the bathroom?" "Where is the train station?" and stuff like that. They are pocket size.

They won't teach you grammar, vocabulary... but it can be useful. I bought one on English / Spanish a few years back. It's great as long as their answer is short and they don't ask questions. Cause then, you just go into a random direction scratching your head or reply "eh!?!".
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enairra_hayami wrote:

oh arigato guzaimasu...! is that dictionary big?thick?

it depends on you! if you want to buy the big one .. then buy it! hehe!
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jmie_akanishi wrote:

it depends on you! if you want to buy the big one .. then buy it! hehe!

thanks..!

your also in moc0's thread right?!
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"humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return...
to obtain,something with an equal value must be lost..."

enairra_hayami wrote:

thanks..! your also in moc0's thread right?!

yeah!!
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Anime Dad wrote:

This has been posted before, but I find it's great for helping to remember them: http://www.chipchat.com/NihonGo/protect/HiraganaDrill.html There's another for Katakana. I usually do around 200 per day

For some reason that applet doesn't work for me. It either displays nothing, or just a bunch of lines... :/

I'll do a little search later...

I have a feeling I'll have a slightly harder time memorizing katakana, as they look more alike At least to me, now... When I haven't really studying them... Hehe... Ganbarimasu!

minna,

i'm new here..

i learn japanese on my own. i learn how to speak & write but i dont know where to start. it's tough..

enairra_hayami wrote:

oh arigato guzaimasu...! is that dictionary big?thick?

it looks like pocket book ......hehe..but if u want a big one ,u can find it there..

Julieh wrote:

For some reason that applet doesn't work for me. It either displays nothing, or just a bunch of lines... :/ I'll do a little search later... I have a feeling I'll have a slightly harder time memorizing katakana, as they look more alike At least to me, now... When I haven't really studying them... Hehe... Ganbarimasu!

Um, you probably don't have Java installed on your comp

I'm learning Japanese for 9 mounts own myself. Please contatc with me, so that we would make some practise together.

i want to learn japanese fast.. i studied basic niponggo when i was 4th yr hs, but i ddnt learn much... i get ideas of japanese words from animes and jdoramas i watch but only simple words... can you recommend me anything ( like books, sites, etc...) that i can use for self study? Arigatou!!!

I'm using japanesepod101.com , the free podcast version. I drive alot and i listen to the lessons in chronological order, and it helped me alot!!! It's amazing!!

On hiragana and katakana..

Will people make fun of you if you write characters with the wrong strokes? I self-studied both kanas and was never aware that there's a certain way of writing characters! Like there are strokes i have to follow. I don't like writing in Japanese in front of ppl because I'm kinda nervous that they might comment on me doing all the wrong strokes. I mean, for me it's the same as long as the kana turns out right, ne?
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obentou wrote:

On hiragana and katakana.. Will people make fun of you if you write characters with the wrong strokes? I self-studied both kanas and was never aware that there's a certain way of writing characters! Like there are strokes i have to follow. I don't like writing in Japanese in front of ppl because I'm kinda nervous that they might comment on me doing all the wrong strokes. I mean, for me it's the same as long as the kana turns out right, ne?

Same with me..never follow the correct order..showing it to people after finish writing At least I can read it
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