Languages

Originally posted by Shardsofxapril
do you (those who knoe japanese) think I could possibly learn it by myself, are there any good books out there that you might recommend because it is soemthign I reallllly wanna learn

The first 2 semesters of my courses (semesters of informal classes, not university classes) are from Kodansha International's Japanese for Busy People. There are audio tapes/cds that accompany the book that is useful. It's a decent start for someone with no Japanese experience and a great gateway to further studies. You can learn just fine on your own if you take the time to listen to the cd (which I haven't been doing enough of) and study the book.

Here's a tip....learn hiragana first and then use the Kana version fo the book rather than the roomaji version. It's much more natural.

Worry about the kanji later.....

Best way to learn any language is through immersion, something I'm hoping to do someday but haven't found any Japanese speaking friends yet, they all speak Chinese...dammit.

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