VenusFaery Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 So, I started learning japanese these weekend, and I'm studying hiragana right now. I'm using the TenguGo Kana app for this, but it doesn't really have grammar in it, so I wanted tips on how to learn it. The same goes to vocabulary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 8 minutes ago, VenusFaery said: So, I started learning japanese these weekend, and I'm studying hiragana right now. I'm using the TenguGo Kana app for this, but it doesn't really have grammar in it, so I wanted tips on how to learn it. The same goes to vocabulary. Welcome to the Forum VenusFaery. I am not very familiar with Japanese, so I can't suggest anything, but my moderator friend Blaveloper can surely point you in the right direction. I will ask him about it. regards L VenusFaery 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teira Eri Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Hi VenusFairy, Welcome to the forums! I'm actually living in Japan right now and know a few decent websites for studying purposes. Tangorin.com has a great collection of sentences, kanji, and grammar points available for searching. There's also an app. Jisho.org is wonderful for looking up vocabulary words and sample sentences.Tae Kim's Guide to Japanese is fantastic. If there's something I need to double check when I'm studying, I usually refer to this website. Then there's also Japanese Lessons on About.com. When I first began studying 5 years ago, this was the site that introduced me to basic grammar. Have fun. If you need any help, feel free to ask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 48 minutes ago, Teira Eri said: Hi VenusFairy, Welcome to the forums! I'm actually living in Japan right now and know a few decent websites for studying purposes. Tangorin.com has a great collection of sentences, kanji, and grammar points available for searching. There's also an app. Jisho.org is wonderful for looking up vocabulary words and sample sentences.Tae Kim's Guide to Japanese is fantastic. If there's something I need to double check when I'm studying, I usually refer to this website. Then there's also Japanese Lessons on About.com. When I first began studying 5 years ago, this was the site that introduced me to basic grammar. Have fun. If you need any help, feel free to ask thanks for providing those great resources Teira. Tae Kim's guide gets mentioned here on linguaholic.com every now and then. Must indeed be a great resource! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
宇崎ちゃん Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 I learnt most of my grammar over Skype, where we practise using the textbook "Genki". Other than that, I've been stuggling to find decent grammar resources too (except for the Grammar N4 'course' on Memrise). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VenusFaery Posted March 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 6 hours ago, Teira Eri said: Hi VenusFairy, Welcome to the forums! I'm actually living in Japan right now and know a few decent websites for studying purposes. Tangorin.com has a great collection of sentences, kanji, and grammar points available for searching. There's also an app. Jisho.org is wonderful for looking up vocabulary words and sample sentences.Tae Kim's Guide to Japanese is fantastic. If there's something I need to double check when I'm studying, I usually refer to this website. Then there's also Japanese Lessons on About.com. When I first began studying 5 years ago, this was the site that introduced me to basic grammar. Have fun. If you need any help, feel free to ask Thank you. I'll check them out. And, about you living in Japan... Is that true that people there speak english to any foreigner/non-asian looking person, even if he/she is speaking japanese, or does this only happen in the "touristic" Japan? 5 hours ago, Blaveloper said: I learnt most of my grammar over Skype, where we practise using the textbook "Genki". Other than that, I've been stuggling to find decent grammar resources too (except for the Grammar N4 'course' on Memrise). I know about this book, but I live in Brazil and I can't really get it now, since the dollar and the shipping fees are making everything expensive now. Thanks for the recommendation, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teira Eri Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 4 hours ago, VenusFaery said: Thank you. I'll check them out. And, about you living in Japan... Is that true that people there speak english to any foreigner/non-asian looking person, even if he/she is speaking japanese, or does this only happen in the "touristic" Japan? You're welcome! As for your question, no, that's not necessarily true. In the places where tourists go, like the famous temples and museums, the staff is indeed bilingual and will attempt to speak with you in English. However, as soon as you say in Japanese that you can speak and understand Japanese, they have no problem with switching back to their native language. Many are actually appreciative if you speak Japanese. As for your Genki problem, I have the electronic versions of the textbooks and workbooks available HERE. You should be able to download the PDF versions. Miya 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VenusFaery Posted March 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 1 hour ago, Teira Eri said: As for your Genki problem, I have the electronic versions of the textbooks and workbooks available HERE. You should be able to download the PDF versions. This will sure help me. Thank you. And, thanks for answering my question too. It's just that I saw some articles saying that learning the languague isn't necessary, since japanese will try to speak english or something like that, so the doubt appeared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miya Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 Teira Eri, thanks for the GENKI pdfs. I have a student studying Japanese and those books will be a big help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teira Eri Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 56 minutes ago, Miya said: Teira Eri, thanks for the GENKI pdfs. I have a student studying Japanese and those books will be a big help! You're very welcome! And if you ever have any questions, feel free to ask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miya Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 On 4/6/2016 at 9:22 PM, Teira Eri said: You're very welcome! And if you ever have any questions, feel free to ask Hey @Teira Eri, do you happen to have the audio files for the workbooks? For the listening activities? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeesaJohnson Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Use any grammar book for Japanese to learn or join some institute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
宇崎ちゃん Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 7 hours ago, LeesaJohnson said: Use any grammar book for Japanese to learn or join some institute. Why so boring? Material is 1 part of the learning process, some of the other parts would be time, fun, practise and of course commitment. None of which a grammar book nor an institute can offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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