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mytamk
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28 September 2007 at 2:11am | IP Logged

For someone who already knows kanji and kana, what are your recommendations for learning japanese. I find myself more confused when follow online programs only in romanji. I realize I need to learn more vocabulary, sentence structure, etc... Do you know of any programs especially for the chinese learner? What approach and process have you used? What are the pitfalls and common mistakes? For now, I am doing self study. But I plan to take adult classes next year. Thanks in advance.
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Captain Haddock
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28 September 2007 at 9:05am | IP Logged

I think you might be best off finding a beginner's textbook in Chinese that covers basic grammar and core vocabulary, and includes an audio CD.

I don't know what's specifically available from Cantonese publishers, but there are a few series like Minna-no Nihongo that are based on Japanese-only workbooks with companion books in many languages to explain the grammar and vocabulary.

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28 September 2007 at 9:37am | IP Logged

mytamk wrote:

For someone who already knows kanji and kana, what are your recommendations for learning
japanese. I find myself more confused when follow online programs only in romanji. I realize I need to learn
more vocabulary, sentence structure, etc... Do you know of any programs especially for the chinese learner?
What approach and process have you used? What are the pitfalls and common mistakes? For now, I am doing
self study. But I plan to take adult classes next year. Thanks in advance.

1. Basic Kanji Book, Chieko Kano, Publisher: Bonjinsha. Four books in the series.

You should know all the characters in the book but you could have never imagined all the pain you will be in for
learning how to use them the Japanese way. Enjoy!

2. Japanese for Everyone. Publisher: Gakken. ISBN 0-87040-853-4

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mytamk
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29 September 2007 at 12:18am | IP Logged

LOL.. No pain, no gain... I am always amused by the Japanese use of Kanji. Do you think shadowing would help?
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29 September 2007 at 1:47pm | IP Logged

I'm using Assimil Japanese with Esse and think that it would be good for someone who already knows Chinese. The dialogs are given in kanji/kana with English translations and the accompanying audio cds are entirely in Japanese.
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30 September 2007 at 2:58am | IP Logged

Thanks minna san. I will look into the programs. Also I love anime so I've been doing some online search for lyrics in Japanese. First I write down the Kanji and kana and slowly translate into romanji word by word. That way, I practice my kana. Singing to the song helps me w/ the pronunication. I am starting to remember kanji pronunication and sentence structures.

Fun discovery (at least for me).
dai jyou bu? are you alright? kanji actually means The Big Man or husband. LOL...
Anata. you. In kanji is expensive direction. I actually can understand that, in chinese in polite term, we ask someone," What is your expensive or treasured name.?"
For me, these are great memorization tools. I'm still using the romanji as pronunication assistance but I'm jumping into just reading Japanese.

It's actually a lot fun. Like putting a puzzle together. Pain stakingly slow but I'm getting it. It's only been a month since I started self study. Thanks again for all your input..
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01 October 2016 at 3:36pm | IP Logged

mytamk wrote:

Fun discovery (at least for me).
dai jyou bu? are you alright? kanji actually means The Big Man or husband. LOL...

Wait... That "jo" in "daijobu" simply means "the"?

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