Does Anyone Know a good site to learn japanese/kanji fom?

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:06 pm

Malificus wrote:
Gogetasan85 wrote:Me having no money i like to freeload off the internet.I would get a job but school and a girlfriend take all my time.I rarely get time like this to chit chat.
Simple answer. Get rid of the girlfried until you get a job.

x2. If you rarely get time like this to chit-chat, as you so put it, you're NEVER going to get time to learn Japanese.

Kristyrat · Post by **Kristyrat** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:07 pm

LMFAO, I meant fansubs, subs, not dubs.... not gonna learn much from those >.<

Gogetasan85 · Post by **Gogetasan85** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:08 pm

Thanks people you helped me alot but i live in new york.as a graduation gift my mother is sending me to japan.so im trying to look for a quick way to learn.i tryed to learn from watching anime with subs but there is so much that can do but thanks for the help.

Gogetasan85 · Post by **Gogetasan85** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:11 pm

thing is weekends are basically free time

Coffee 54 · Post by **Coffee 54** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:59 am

This site might be of some help: Japanese Online

Brsrk · Post by **Brsrk** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:42 am

dokool wrote:
Malificus wrote:
Gogetasan85 wrote:Me having no money i like to freeload off the internet.I would get a job but school and a girlfriend take all my time.I rarely get time like this to chit chat.
Simple answer. Get rid of the girlfried until you get a job.
x2. If you rarely get time like this to chit-chat, as you so put it, you're NEVER going to get time to learn Japanese.

Here's my week. 27 hours: work. 14 credit hours (2 3 hour classes and 2 hour and a half classes over 4 days): school. dungeons and dragons: one night a week. girlfriend: another day of the week. That leaves me with roughly 1/2 a day a week I can do stuff on my own time. Since my college doesn't offer Japanese, I either need to spend the cash and get some good learning tools or I need to transfer (I planned on doing this thanks to my major) and take one there.

So, I don't wanna hear anything about not having any time. I know some others who are behind me when saying that too. I have to take days off of work just to get a day or 2 off. I barely even have time to study as well.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 2:10 am

Gogetasan85 wrote:
Thanks people you helped me alot but i live in new york.as a graduation gift my mother is sending me to japan.so im trying to look for a quick way to learn.i tryed to learn from watching anime with subs but there is so much that can do but thanks for the help.

What does living in New York have to do with anything?

You aren't going to learn Japanese quickly. Don't bother. Cramming useless phrases won't help. Watching infinite amounts of anime won't help (anyone who says they learned Japanese from anime is either a liar or watched anime in addition to taking classes).

If you want to go to Japan that badly, maybe you should wait a year or two until you've had a chance to take some classes. I assure you that it's not sinking into the ocean or anything like that, but knowing a basic amount of Japanese (and knowing the basics <i>well</i> - for example, being able to pronounce words correctly, something people in my class still have problems with) makes all the difference.

The amount of enjoyment anyone gets out of Japan is directly proportionate to how much Japanese they know.