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Carob Nut
 Member 2664 Level 4.40 Mar 2006 
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On learning Japanese, and also, how many of you know/master it?
Considering the fact that a considerable number of the Gamingforce community peruse Japanese-related media (ranging from anime to manga to J-music to J-porn), I wonder how many of you then have actually taken the time to master the language it's delivered through?
Speaking of which, I have always wanted to learn Japanese, but never really got into the momentum of going on about to learning it. That is, until three days ago, when I had woken up with an immense throbbing (haha!) desire to learn Japanese. Since then, learning Japanese has been the only thing going through my head. I went online, scoured through several blogs, looking for inspiration and others who had done the same (of note: 'All Japanese All The Time' is an excellent blog, Google it!), found some hiragana and katakana sites, and started teaching myself. I'm proud to say that I mastered the hiragana writing system in about a day and a half and can actually read out entire passages of Japanese text now (although I don't actually understand what the contents of the passages are about, and I have to skip any and all kanji sections, but this helps somewhat, because I can always check the meanings with a dictionary.) Next on, I'm going to tackle Katakana, and then kanji, of which I will try to memorize at least all of the 1945 minimum kanji. I'm really, really going to try and master Japanese, and it'll all be self-taught because I've no time (nor money) for attending classes, most of which would be too slow and cumbersome for me anyway. (Plus the great thing about learning through the Internet as compared to attending classes is the available community: there's always a bunch of passionate learners out there who are willing to help you. Plus, torrents are extremely helpful with the e-books they provide.) So is there anyone here who speaks/reads/writes Japanese? Or learned it by himself/herself and is now fluent in the language? Or has any tips for the beginner such as me? Come on, I'm feeling motivated here and I want to share the blazing flames with everyone  Jam it back in, in the dark. |
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