Konnichiwa, minna-san! Or maybe it's "konban wa" or "oyahou" where you are? Well, you can learn that here. :3 I intend this to be a place of learning! A place to help you learn some Japanese. And by "some", I really mean "sukoshi," a little. I am in no way Japanese nor fluent in the language, but I have learned much on my own, and maybe I can teach you some helpful tidbits? Again, I am not fluent, and I don't know if everything I say is exactly right, but I'll do my best! Hai, ganbarimashou, ne? This will be a beginner's course, by the way; I don't think I can handle intricate topics!
Again, I learned on my own. I'm warning you to not take everything I post as exactly correct...I apologize ahead of time for things that might be wrong. If you know a lot of Japanese, I'll look forward to your cooperation in helping as well. I'm also sorry that I can't post anything about the written language [it will be in romanji]...one, I'm not very good at the reading/writing of Japanese; two, I don't have a program/keyboard that types in Japanese; three, theO probably wouldn't register the characters anyway!
So where did I learn what I did?
- Anime: Yes, subtitled anime. Watching for years and hearing the language really acclimates you to the understanding of it! I also found that singing along (or at least following along) with the theme songs that have the karaoke lyrics is one of the best ways to familiarize yourself with pronunciation and meaning.
- Books: After being interested in anime and learning some, I decided to buy some "how to speak Japanese" books. They are very helpful. I might recommend ones I used at some point.
- Classes: I took two years (that's all) of Japanese class in school. Taking classes and being formally taught is always one of the best ways to learn it [aside from living in the native country].
Jaa, minna-san, yoroshiku-onegai shimasu! I look forward to working with you. :3 Hopefully I'll keep this World up...