Learning Japanese - Month 2

This month is coming to an end which marks the start of month 3 - learning Japanese. This last week, I have been expanding my vocabulary, focusing on learning words rather than grammar rules and sentence forming. In hindsight, it was a bad idea, but it seems to be working…

Learning Japanese - Month 1

I'll have to reduce the frequency of these update posts due to constantly revising previous material and really only making slight progress by the week. Therefore, I'll start blogging my updates monthly. This, in turn, allows me to focus on studying, rather than noting down what…

Learning Japanese - Week 3

In an attempt to mimic the immersion learning technique, I've joined the renshuu Discord. Obviously, I still have to finish the alphabet and start off with some JLPT N5 kanji. I can form sentences now. Nothing too crazy. * わたしのなまえダビド。/watshinoname dabido/ - My name is David. * かれのめがねはかわいいです。/karenomeganehakawaiidesu/…

Learning Japanese - Week 2

I'm pretty confident in my hiragana reading and "deciphering" capabilities. I've now finally clicked the learn button on katakana in renshuu. In essence, katakana is just a sharper version of hiragana with some mild differences here and there. Even though I only know about…

Learning Japanese - Week 1.

As promised, the first weekly update is here. I'm constantly revising and picking up new kana at the same time as renshuu is trying to figure out my pace. Thankfully, I can somewhat keep up. I'm about halfway done with hiragana. Without a doubt, I'…

Learning Japanese.

One boring night, a thought swept across my mind. How hard would it be to learn Japanese? Before I get into this, here's my background: I'm a 15 year old boy from Slovakia about to attend high school. My English is at C1, I'm…