Starting Japanese
 

Could someone make the following guide please?
Dont know anything about japanese language or culture, so Im looking for begginers japanese learning. But when i go to library the begginer books dont really start from the start of learning japanese.
and after that a beginners Kanji, Katakana and Hiragana learning thingy.
thanks.

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^yeah I wanna know as well, Japanese is awesome and it's very interesting to learn it

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Bump .

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hey this website would be helpful www.freejapaneselessons.com...


btw im also fascinated with jap culture and writings...so im really into naruto among with peacemaker kurogane, and many others...

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i learned japanese from this site http://www.thejapanesepage.com/news.php

:D

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Basic Language
www.nihongoresources.com ***
www.guidetojapanese.com ***
http://japanese.about.com/homework/japanese/mmore.htm
http://www.learn-japanese.info


Culture / Language
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/ ***
http://www.thejapanesepage.com/news.php



Learn pronunciation, hiragana and katakana first and thoroughly before
attempting kanji. Learn basic expressions, and when you have time, learn
about the grammar, and kanji.
It's the order you learn Japanese in nursery anyway.

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^ whoa.. haha.. i'll use those.. tnx for sharing :D

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yeah i tried www.freejapaneselessons.com but it didnt really satisfy my needs. btw thanks for the sites

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whoa, alright I learned a little japanese from watchin Naruto and Bleach, and this'll help a lot, thanks

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genkijapan.net

for the very beggining i found this website helpful for getting down the basics and memorizations of a few of the basic words and learning hirigana and katakana. it uses alot of interactive games so anyone who learns best that way might want to check it out. though the only problem is it dosnt exactly help you past learning the basics after that you need to find other means of learning.

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thanks for helping me find the site how to learn japanese. arigato.

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ichiban.narod.ru may suit you too :) Just download Minna No Nihongo I and start ^^ Just like I did :)

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http://www.japanesepod101.com is a great resource with over 1000 beginner to intermediate audio lessons for free. You get a free 7 day trial to their advanced features such as lesson notes/kana practice and the learning center. After that you can still download the free podcasts (lessons), but you can get the notes/woorkbook pages for $8/month.

With the paid thing you also get the Itunes feed that'll download everything for you including documents. I like this service and have used it off and on for a few years. I just recently started a paid membership.

My university uses http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/4789009637 and the second volume of this series. I have both as well. Its a good book for $40. Starts off with the basics and moves up with vocab, grammar, etc.

The first thing you want to do is learn hiragana and katagana alphabets. I suggest flash cards learning each horizontal line at a time then progress from there. Then go and try the above suggested resources.

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UNIVERSITY?! You're just so lucky! Imagine how is it to learn kana without any interactive lessons! But I made it :) So horay to everyone!

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Gah!! You guys rock!!! I'm going to try to learn Japanese now so I don't have to read the subtitles in Ninja Warrior! LOL.