This is my first time learning a language and it’s nice to hear I’m using some of the same resources. I did the exact same thing for learning hiragana on Duolingo and I’m going through the first genki textbook. I have a trip to Japan in 2 months and just trying to learn as much as I can before then. I’ve been treating it like a full time job for how much time I’m putting in. It’s cool to start understanding things but there’s definitely moments where I feel like I wasted time. ありがとごじます. And いいにほんごのべんきょとろ. I probably butchered that second part but was trying to say something like “good to do Japanese studying” in hopes that it sounds like “good luck studying” man I got a lot to learn
@SaraFlaraАй бұрын
Welcome to language learning! Thats so exciting especially that you will go to Japan in two months, I am sure that makes learning feel that much more exciting and motivating! If you get a chance I recommend looking at some of the skits people make for tik tok acting out everyday interactions like paying at a convenient store. They are really great ways to learn what people will likely say and how to respond for your trip! I think you can say にほんごべんきょうするの いいです but dont quote me because I am also learning haha
@qq5369Ай бұрын
Wow! You really put a lot of effort into Japanese! It's very helpful and inspiring. Thank you~
@wawbawmee2 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing 🙏 They are really helpful for me❤
@SaraFlara2 ай бұрын
I’m so glad it was helpful^^
@donkeyhota.dontflamingo9294Ай бұрын
Sara, you really make high quality content on language learning. Your advices are really methodic and logical. It's crystal clear you're a scientist. What's your degree btw? What's your current level at korean? I mean when you read a book how many new unknown words you come across per page?
@SaraFlaraАй бұрын
@@donkeyhota.dontflamingo9294 thats funny because I studied biochemistry but havent used it in a long time 😂 my korean is maybe high intermediate to early advanced? Im not sure. I think probably around 5- 10 words a page I don’t know but I find that I still mostly understand everything so I try to only look up 4-5 words
@JohnM...Ай бұрын
For me, shadowing is almost impossible because Japanese people speak so quickly, and my mouth can’t keep up. I have been learning Japanese for a year, and still don’t know all hiragana and katakana. I use Japanese from Zero, Japanese for busy people, KZfaq and podcasts. I also tend to write down words and sentences I like the sound of and that seem interesting - like: 雰囲気.
@SaraFlaraАй бұрын
@@JohnM... If you want to give shadowing one more go, if you have the mp3 of a sentence or short passage change the speed and make it slower. One of my books has a slow and normal recording for this purpose and those that didn’t I found my music player on my computer had an option to slow it down. I just filmed a video about shadowing actually haha, it will be out probably early next month!
@JohnM...Ай бұрын
@@SaraFlara helpful tip! ありがたいです🙂
@SaraFlaraАй бұрын
@@JohnM... best of luck! Also low key I never remember katakana haha I heard its common to forget katakana especially 😂
@buucketАй бұрын
This is really cool! Honestly even if you're N5~N4 level, I feel that theres tons of content that you can do, albeit super confusing at first, its like exponential growth, but its super cool hearing your story! One resource that I would recommend for learning 漢字(カンジ)is Wanikani because it actually teaches you the root meaning making vocab connections, meanings, and root words more easy to understand and memorize! and gives you vocab! (Its paid tho... 10$~ per month but I think its worth it)
@SaraFlaraАй бұрын
@@buucket Thanks for recommending Wanikani I have heard about it and I think I briefly used it ages ago before I was seriously learning but I’ll have to check it out again. Haha “super confusing at first” for sure, I think sometimes with Japanese I get hung up on what resources to pick because of Kanji 😂 so I recently bought some kids books to read lmao
@chimoha8037Ай бұрын
Rtk(remembering the kanji)is a way better option, she can download the deck on anki or just learn kanji with vocab
@clay2889Ай бұрын
頑張ろう!
@Leo-54lyАй бұрын
In order to understand anime with a clear recognition of sentence structure despite encountering unknown words, at what level from N5 to N1 do you think is recquired in your case, considering how similar Korean and Japanese are in terms of stentence structure?
@SaraFlaraАй бұрын
Well theoretically JLPT levels reflect fluency, so maybe I can learn Japanese a little faster but everyone more or less needs to reach the same certain level of fluency to understand a tv show. Based on my experience with French and Korean I think you probably need to be high intermediate or above to watch a tv show. Anime I think would be harder because its a cartoon and theres no extra clues from body language. I am only guessing but maybe n2?
@Leo-54lyАй бұрын
@@SaraFlara It seems so. I asked some other people. Those at N3 still found their listening comprehension fragmented. Those at N2 start finding anime understandable at a rate of 70%. I don't know if it would be easier to reach that threshold of understanding with Korean as a foundation. I think the learning after that threshold would be much more enjoyable, easier and faster. I wonder if the direct learning from anime would accelerate this process after mastering the basic vocab and grammer. Thank you for sharing your experience and perspective. Your apprpach is very promising.👍