Hi fediverse, what resources do you recommend to learn #japanese ?
@Arr0w_root Duolingo is nice and fun to begin, learn some basic sentences and pick up on very basic grammar.
Learning hiragana and katakana can be done with any quizz app and you should do it very early, because it's easy, useful, and immediately satisfying. My personal favourite is Kanji Study, on Android.
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@Arr0w_root I didn't find any tool to help you learn grammar. You can search for resources and articles online. Otherwise the Minna No Nihongo books were excellent, but I used the French version. I'm not sure there's an English one nor if they are as good.
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@Arr0w_root Si tu lis le français, le blog Sukinanihongo, par Lili, est une mine d'or : https://sukinanihongo.blogspot.com/. Les articles sont généralement pour un niveau *très* avancé mais sont une excellente source de motivation en donnant un aperçu du but à atteindre.
Et aident à saisir un peu mieux comment fonctionne la poésie japonaise et pourquoi c'est joli un haïku (et que ça marche beaucoup moins bien traduit en français). ↪
@Arr0w_root Pour des blogs moins linguistiques : http://voyapon.com donne beaucoup trop envie de voyager, et https://www.joranne.com/, le blog de Joranne Bagoule, contient plein de planches de BD sur certains aspects culturels du Japon. :] ◻
@Arr0w_root Learning kanjis is the hard part and usually requires daily trainings. The best method I found was using Anki systems, and there are lots of preexisting cards decks you can use. They don't always appeal to the same memorisation techniques, so try them out and find one that works with you. See Ankidroid for an Android free and opensource version. Also Wanikani is a web service based on the same principle that I found to be very effective for me.
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@Arr0w_root Finally, you can check your progress by picking up some children Japanese books. They are often very cute, and astonishingly I still find it satisfying to be able to read a real Japanese book, even if I'm well aware that it's literature for 1yo kids. If you're into mangas, I heard that Doraemon was a good starting point.
And with that I hope that's not too much info, sorry for the flood. ^^
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@lertsenem Oh no it's great! Doraemon is so well known, I was always curious about it
@lertsenem French is good for me too :D Alirght I'll look for them