Japanese help
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- ismith
Hey, so I've been slowly going through the Rosetta Stone exercises (set to full curriculum, I figure it will take me a while anyway so no harm in doing all the review exercises in case I gloss over too much) and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how to supplement it... when I was learning French back in the day I set my OS X language to French, but since I don't know the kana characters well enough that's more than I can handle just yet.
Magazines/blogs, discussion forums, anything like that? I know in the very beginning most of it will go right over my head, but it'd be nice to get my foot a little farther into the door since none of my nearby friends speak it.
- monospaced0
I have nothing to offer as it relates to your request, but I have to say that I'm impressed that you're teaching yourself a really foreign language at such a young age. Good luck.
- +1akrokdesign
- ha, thanks anyway. it just seems like one of the more fun and useful things to learn these days (another language)ismith
- vsplus0
Je peux t'aider a maintenir ton niveau en francais :D
- doesnotexist0
Was macht du?
- DrBombay0
Not sure how much I can help, I don't know much but this may help you immerse yourself in it.
http://www.freshverse.com register for a free account and watch Japanese tv.
Also, I downloaded a few apps for the ipod touch that helped a lot.
here is a great blog: http://www.guidetojapanese.org/b…
- thanks!ismith
- looks like freshverse needs a registration/invite code? "Registration Key:
Obtained by a user of this board via e-mail."ismith - That looks great Dr =) Any chance for a help with an invitation code.RudyRudy
- sent you both invites, enjoy.DrBombay
- I actually have freshverse running fullscreen on my ps3 to the tv! if you watch at 10am on saturday morning CDT...DrBombay
- that is when some of the wildest shit is on!DrBombay
- sweeet!ismith
- eating_tv0
Ja lekker allemaal in onze eigen taal lullen, da's lekker behulpzaam!
- BRAINFEEDER0
http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/in…
Studied with these for years. Became like my bible.
My suggestion is to make friends with Japanese people and talk/write to them as much as possible. Have made many Japanese friends online, and then met them face to face in JP. Some of these people have become life long friends. Ganbatte!- sounds like good advice. site seems to have some good links too, thanksismith
- mydo0
http://www.japanesepod101.com/
the languagepod stuff is all good, sometimes entertaining too. (the chinese one is anyway) you forget you're learning.
- heathen0
Japanese TV is a good idea, but I'd watch anime to start off with. Short, fun, and much easier to follow along. pretty sure you can download them without subs. get into some ONE PIECE!
Also, i downloaded these flashcard aps for the iphone:
Its broken down into the 4 groups of the JLPT (japanese level proficiency test) and works a treat. Same developer has a sister program called japaneseflip and i use that for vocab building.
im with brainfeeder, best thing to do is find some japanese friends. gotta be some exchange students in your area.
- honest0
Dattebayo!
- digdre0
Ja lekker allemaal in onze eigen taal lullen, da's lekker behulpzaam!
- pango0
you have any video game system? go find a game that has both japanese and english language.
- Frosty_spl0
tokyocooney on youtube is a good source to learn about random things in tokyo.