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[Chemical]

I recommend Rosetta Stone

[Namelessfengir]

i was thinking of getting that rosetta software. maybe chinese or japanese
im not really fluent in anything but if i really think about it i could babble on about 6 languages (japanese chinese roman greman french and spanish)

but if your going to go for it really go for it use it everyday translate things around you, use the honorifics, run through the phonetics when your not doing anything else

oh and make sure you practice i took german for three years and now all i can do is swear and call for beer

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

Flash cards are awesome supplements to help you learn Japanese, or any language for that matter.

I think it is best to learn from someone than to learn on your own, especially to understand some of the stuff, like pitch and proper pronunciation. Both of which can be laid out in text but to actually know if you are doing it right is another story. :/

You probably could learn to read Japanese pretty well on your own, though it will take a long time. You can pick up kana pretty fast. Kanji on the other hand can be quit difficult though the basic few are easy to remember.

I think like any language, Japanese is best acquired by being taught, especially by one who has that language as their primary language. It is the small things that we tend to miss if we are to study on our own. Plus there has been a few times my prof told us about errors in our text book, like uncommon spelling of certain words or other ways to say the same thing.

To become actually efficient in it will take a long time, though it is not impossible.

[Jiro]

I have that Rosetta Program fro Japanese, but i cant get motivated to actually use it. Ive decided to study it at Uni instead

[Arc_Master_14]

haha im taking Spanish am am probably the best in class (I studder a lot tho*i do that anyways in englishO_o*) and you can never truly know everything about a language all the big words that make u sound smart as soon as im done with SPanish and become semi fluent i was going to take Japanese at the nearby JC but ill prolly take it in college when im ther

[Aerith's Knight]

you can always watch lots of japanese anime shows besides your studying.. words like onii-chan and such i got from FFVII AC in japanese.. i only watch that in japanese.. and i learn more every time

[Ouch!]

And the mome rath Aerith's Knight outgrabe:

you can always watch lots of japanese anime shows besides your studying.. words like onii-chan and such i got from FFVII AC in japanese.. i only watch that in japanese.. and i learn more every time

You learn to pick out single words and phrases that are almost useless without context. Watching anime will not teach you the language no matter how much you wish to believe.

[Aerith's Knight]

And the mome rath Ouch! outgrabe:

And the mome rath Aerith's Knight outgrabe:

you can always watch lots of japanese anime shows besides your studying.. words like onii-chan and such i got from FFVII AC in japanese.. i only watch that in japanese.. and i learn more every time

You learn to pick out single words and phrases that are almost useless without context. Watching anime will not teach you the language no matter how much you wish to believe.

read before flaming jackass.. and watching the language being used helps you understand how its spoken, ever tried to learn a language from only a book?