Japanese writing system

For those JUST starting Japanese. I explain the differences between kanji, kana and romaji.

Stay tuned for more videos. And I'm always taking suggestions.

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[awininegeno]

hey im an american with ZERO japanese background, and i am not exposed to it everyday. is it impossible for me to learn the language or are there loop holes?

[daiquirikiss]

@awininegeno Not impossible. There's no loopholes either unless you look for friends who are from Japan living in America. The only way for someone to get any language done is to make yourself exposed to it every day by studying and listening to it as much as possible. I won't tell you how long, because it's up to you. If you're serious about becoming fluent without living in Japan, I suggest you listen to Japanese audio lessons as constantly as possible. Also study the reading a lot too.

[awininegeno]

@daiquirikiss oh, is listening to anime alot gonna help? btw TYVM for the help!!

[daiquirikiss]

@awininegeno listening to something you don't understand very well might help you get the rhythm of the language, but it won't help you understand it until you reach a much higher level.

[TUNERJDM]

what do you recommend for people who wanna learn to speak, read and write japanese? what should we learn first? thx alot.

[daiquirikiss]

since you're not exposed to Japanese everyday, start first with their writing system. I recommend using the Japanese order of learning writing. As soon as you can memorize hiragana and katakana, start working on the grammar. NEVER use romaji. It's awful and gives you horrible pronunciation.

[daiquirikiss]

That "Natzi" symbol. actually spelled Nazi, is called a swastika. It is frequently used to mark a Buddhist temple and originally comes from Hindu. Hitler took this symbol as his own to represent his Nazi reform and Neo-Nazis still use them.

[ashlandrailroad]

can you help me. I dont now how to write a letter to someone .Can you make a video on how to write a formal letter in japanese

[cuwnrdlwkrlawjddlf]

Confession of Japanese King, japan Government was lied japan's ancient history until now.

Japanese characters "Kana" were derived from Korean Silla dynasty.

And Japanese was burned more than 200,000 of Korea's ancient history books.Why?

[bloodreighn]

You are awesome, too bad you arnt a personal friend of mine daiquiri, you would you have helped my Japanese learning Immensely

[stakalucard]

@awininegeno just watch anime every day, and you will recognize some words when you hear them, then sentences, and you'll be building a vocabulary, cause often, japanese audio lessons, dont use the casual and basic stuff, and you realy dont learn too much.

for example, have you seen harmon hall or "ingles sin barreras" tutorials of how to speak english?

[BOULDERDP]

Kanji tattoos are fantastic. Sure they are just words and phrases but have meaning and look cool.

[Souravstar007]

Japanese girls are SO cute

[Souravstar007]

@daiquirikiss I'm from India and that 'Swastika is a lucky cross associated with the good fortunes given by Lord Ganesha (one of the Indian Gods), that's all:)