Learn Japanese?

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ArchangelMadzz on 06 July 2017

I've been slacking a lot recently, started learning just over 2 years ago anyone wanna practice hit me up.

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Aeolus451 on 06 July 2017

I want to learn it too. I watch anime so it would be great to understand it fully without anything being changed with translations. I'm also get tired of reading subtitles.

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VGPolyglot on 06 July 2017

Aeolus451 said:
I want to learn it too. I watch anime so it would be great to understand it fully without anything being changed with translations. I'm also get tired of reading subtitles.

Yeah, it'd be nice to watch it without subtitles!

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ArchangelMadzz on 06 July 2017

Aeolus451 said:
I want to learn it too. I watch anime so it would be great to understand it fully without anything being changed with translations. I'm also get tired of reading subtitles.

^ Fucking this.

I never knew how much they changed in translations for subtitles, I was questioning my ears until I realised it was status quo.

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gatito on 06 July 2017

I recently started taking lessons and I'm having a blast, I'm truly excited about it. It's just baby steps at the moment though.

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robzo100 on 06 July 2017

VGPolyglot said:

robzo100 said:
This is a lifelong pursuit of mine. I try to engage in a Memrise Japanese lesson about once a day ideally, but lately it's only been about 3x/week. I did however find a lot of success reading a Japanese children's story that had the English, the Hiragana(Kana+Hana), and the English phonetics of the words - it was awesome.

I also tried making my own creative posters digitally which was fun for a while - learning it "hands-on" so to speak, actively engaging myself in the process. I'm getting there!

I really wish that I had started earlier than I did, but I've been really bad with procrastinating!

I taught in Japan(English Teacher) for 1.5 years and never knew the language beyond begginer, and we're talking begginer-begginer. I think modern technology and diet has definitely dampened picking up new skills for everyone, but Americans getting hit the strongest. That being said, as a result of enjoying the experience, and feeling like there was so much left to explore if I could delve into the language, I know have this new long-term goal, so it works out.

I'm not upset at my progress. I plan to go back no earlier than 2020(Olympic Season) and have plenty of time to learn at a good pace. The process helps me understand why and how I procrastinate, and how to ore effectively tackle a longterm challenge like language. 3min-Memrise lessons and reading children's stories are far from daunting.