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I believe that the Japanese way of insisting on a certain kind of standard of ‘predictable pleasantries’ adds to a feeling of satisfaction and belonging.
This might seem forced, but we all know the feeling you get when you’ve said hello, or something, to someone who doesn’t respond as expected, in turn? For me, that’s usually toe-curling embarassment, followed by feelings of anger. They have had the importance of greetings instilled in them from being tiny children: you must say certain greetings, and you must say them properly – that is, cheerfully and in a strong voice. The good news is, there are a few phrases are absolutely music to the ears of literally ALL Japanese people.
They keep things running smoothly as a kind of social lubricant.īeginner level students find learning the basics of Japanese extremely satisfying – and surprisingly simple! It is absolutely worth learning some basic, everyday words and phrases, even if you have no intention whatsoever of ever attempting to become fluent in Japanese. In order to get the most out of your trip, I absolutely recommend that you learn the most commonly used greetings and phrases. Really!īUT just a little spoken, conversational & polite Japanese is a WHOLE LOT better than none.ĭid you know there are about 10 key Japanese phrases, that used correctly, will slide open countless doors? The effect is magical, trust me. You will never need to read a newspaper in Japanese. You certainly don’t need to race towards ‘fluent’.
Japanese can be rendered in ‘romaji’ (i.e. You don’t have to learn the writing systems if you don’t want to. People often ask: ‘ I’m just going on a 10 day trip to Japan. What? There are 2 phonetic syllabaries, or alphabets (known as katakana & hiragana), of 46 basic characters each? You need to learn thousands of kanji (Chinese characters) just to read a newspaper? Urgh. For the beginner, learning the Japanese language can seem ridiculously overwhelming. It was only later, as we stood around the cooler, the kids necking ice-cold mugicha (barley tea – unsweetened!) that it really hit me.Įven the animal sounds were different in Japanese.Įverything was different – and I absolutely could not ‘get away’ with not learning any Japanese – not if I actually wanted to enjoy my time in Japan. He looked at me in mild alarm, having no idea what I just said. ‘ Is that a dog?‘ I asked a boy, in English. I was at a summer holiday club in a school in Japan, and we were making random things with clay.
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Hopefully these changes would be fix in the next update with additional content with no extra charges.It was so hot that perspiration stood out on the kids’ upper lips. Also, to have lessons about thoughts like “I think that is a great idea” would also seem beneficial.
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In terms of lessons, I was expecting there to be lessons on past affirmative and negative tenses to teach beginners how to say stuff like “I ate pie last Wednesday” or “I did not had apple last weekend” and so on. I also notice a few of the grammar to not have the correct choice of Japanese words to be picked up from to form the correct sentence. Specifically speaking, sometimes I notice the voice to say something unrelated to what I had correctly constructed my sentence (usually the sentence construction right after the example step).
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However, I also expected more from this app to be bug free and have more lessons. In less than 2 weeks of finishing the lessons, I would say it reminded me about 60% of what I learned from my Japanese courses back in University. It also serve as a good refresher for those who learned the language but did not practice it on a daily basis such as myself. It provides most of the necessary grammar and words to converse with your Japanese friends. I’m usually pretty on and off with Japanese, and since I was a complete beginner, I’d like to know where I’m at.Īs the title says, it’s a great app for beginners who just started to learn the Japanese language. It’d be tiresome and demotivating to go through all the lessons again. I'm certain that I have few holes in my understanding at levels 3 and 4, and I’d like to clarify my knowledge by manually picking what needs review. I can’t seem to rely on the app 100% of the time when it comes to the daily reviews.
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However, I’d like to see a manual review mode, where I’m able to select what I want to review, similar to that of the kanji app.
I was able to communicate at an extremely novice level to my peers after completing level 3.
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This app uses spaced repetition and active recall (the two most scientifically proven techniques of learning and memorising), which is a big plus for me because I was able to learn both hiragana and katakana in 2 weeks (on and off). I bought all the lessons, and I’d have to say that the price is relatively cheap considering the fact that I’m able to learn the fundamental basics of Japanese. Needs a manual review mode like the kanji app.
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