Learning Japanese...

Skittles · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:23 am Post subject: Learning Japanese...

Has anyone recently decided to learn japanese and the written kanji? Can anyone recommend some books that theyve found helpful/good? I think i want to have a go at learning a little bit. The plan is to go and stay with some friends i made at uni during next years golden week Very Happy

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hdice3 · Conscript Joined: Jun 11, 2005 Posts: 147

go to limewire and type japanese in the programs search and repeat search with kanji in the search box
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Skittles · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:51 am Post subject:

limewire thats a p2p prog right? id rather have a book so i can get away from me pc and also read it whenever i want to. If anyone has actually bought a book online or from a store and found it useful then id like to know Very Happy

Guest · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 11:09 am Post subject:

I was already learning Japanese when I started reading manga and stuff. There are some pretty cool CD's that I bought called Pimsleurr (not sure how to spell it but thats close) That you can learn how to talk in conversations. They teach you single words then how to say them in sentences. Other than that just buy a japanese english dictionary. My friend is teaching me how to read and right is. And before you go learning Kanji Just learn Hirigana and Katakana because in mangas off to the right a bit on Kanji characters there is a hirigana so even Japanese elementary schoolers can read it.

tnpflyer20 · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 11:10 am Post subject:

WTF I LOGGED IN. Sorry that was me up there. It didn't log me in even though it said it did.

CGY · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:38 am Post subject:

I'm going to a private weekend school to learn Japanese this August. It cost about $150, and there is like, ten levels.

Lucifer · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:01 pm Post subject:

If you have 13 GB of hard disc space to spare, then you can learn Japanese by torrents.

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johngimen · Conscript Joined: Jul 03, 2005 Posts: 121

i tried to learn japanese, but it is hard
especially the kanji

sai12 · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 4:23 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I'm gonna be taking a japanese class this fall in college...

I'm really excited yet really nervous. All I've heard from people when I've told them I'm taking it is how tough it is. At least my advisor was happy for me...he said since I was sooo enthusiastic to learn it I could take it!

So no recommendations on specific books or anything to buy/check out to get me started?
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Guest · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:32 pm Post subject:

i'm curently learning japanese through this web site, http://www.thejapanesepage.com/news.php, it's a good website with a decent amount of lessons and kanji characters. there's also a study group that anyone can join there. but only join if your sirius.

XxsmokexX · newbie! Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 11

http://www.thejapanesepage.com/news.php
sorry bout crapy link in post above. that was my post.

CGY · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:48 pm Post subject:

lipsmacker · Conscript Joined: Jun 10, 2005 Posts: 122

search it on about.com

aria1120 · newbie! Joined: Jul 07, 2005 Posts: 33

I've been trying to learn from my computer, but I think it would be better to just take a class at the college. It's like learning any other language, it's better to learn from someone who knows what they're doing.

BladeKing · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:52 pm Post subject:

Japanese would be a cool thing to learn