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[crono_logical]

I wish they offered japanese when I was at high school Got lumped with french and german instead though - not like I remember much of either

Then again, I had no interest in japanese or knew anything about it back then anyway

[Muhyo]

Yeah, my school didn't let my in Jap until I was in year 10. I did 7 years of spanish in primary school and two years of annoying french.

[NeoTifa]

... i know absolutely no japanese. i can count to 10 because i was in karate, but thats about it. i would love to learn japanese, but looking at this thread...... omg....

[Muhyo]

Why not try learning it?　Nothing is stopping you. You don't HAVE to be serious about it- you can just pull out anytime.

Don't let people discourage you!

[rubah]

The fuddy duddies at GHF want you all to know about this mozdev.org - kanjilish: index

[Momiji]

Downloaded. Let's see how this works...

EDIT: A lot of words don't get kanji-fied, though...

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

Originally Posted by rubah ^

The fuddy duddies at GHF want you all to know about this mozdev.org - kanjilish: index

There are a lot of problems with a program like that. It does not really teach any sort of proficiency in reading kanji. I am aware that it states it own flaws but I think the flaws, personally, would out weight any good that would come from it. Even if you know what two kanji mean in a word, it does not mean you can always figure out the word. An example where with a bit a thinking you can figure out what it means: 「電話」 (read: denwa). 「電」 means "electricity" and 「話」 means "talk". So "electric talk"? If you think about it, then you realize it actually means telephone. Now something like 「電車」 (read: densha) is a different story. As we know, 「電」 means "electricity". 「車」 means "car". Electric car? How about it actually meaning "train". It can be more confusing than that, but at first most of the words you learn make sense, later the compounds, from what I understand take a lot more thinking to attach them together or barely does. Personaly, I am more into learning it all at once, so when I learn a kanji I want to learn its meaning, stroke count and order, and its readings. I do not want any backtracking. But maybe that is just me.

Which reminds me, if I have no mentioned this, then I should.

Resources:

Tae Kim's Japanese guide to Japanese Grammar - An awesome guide that helps with a lot of grammar, often also giving information on the slang equivalents.

Tae Kim's Blog - Such a good and interesting read and often very informative.

Jim Breen's WWWJDIC - One of the best E-J/J-E dictionaries out there. It is this dictionary that rikai-chan uses. Also can do various forms of kanji look ups. Highly recommend it.

[Moon Rabbits]

Originally Posted by The Summoner of Leviathan ^

Resources:

Tae Kim's Japanese guide to Japanese Grammar - An awesome guide that helps with a lot of grammar, often also giving information on the slang equivalents.

Tae Kim's Blog - Such a good and interesting read and often very informative.

Tae Kim's Japanese Guide to Japanese Grammar is what I'm currently learning from. I tried learning Japanese way back when and used some awful direct phrase translation (ie. this is how you say "Where is the bathroom?") way back when I was like ... twelve. Then I took Latin in school and was taught proper skills to use in learning new languages, which in turn made me realize that learning grammar is the first proper step in learning any language.

And so here I am! I know Hiragana and the muddied sounds, although I just can't seem to properly memorize Katakana. Then again, I haven't really applied myself to studying lately