Category: Language Learning
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Why don’t we all learn Sign Language?
When I was in Japan, I picked up Sign Language. It’s a skill I’ve been wanting to learn for some time now, and my interest was renewed after watching an interview with a Japanese ex-drug dealer (yes, stay with me…). The lady was talking about her time in prison and how the guards were called…
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Goroawase
Yoroshiku is a Japanese phrase conveying something along the “please take care of me” lines. But you can also say… 4649! Goroawase — what is it and how does it work? Goroawase is a Japanese-only phenomenon. A game of sorts, or a riddle, revolving around conveying letters by means of numbers. Numbers in English: 0 zero, o, null1…
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6 months of learning Japanese daily
The journey continues! Some time ago, I wrote about 4 months of learning Japanese. Now, it’s been 6 months, and I still learn every day. I know, not a lot of time has passed, but still, some of the things have changed. Here are a few fresh takes on my learning journey… 1. I cannot…
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How i learn Kanji and why I LOVE learning Kanji
“Learning kanji is the worst”“You have to learn over 2000 of them?! Nooo wayy” Well well well. Learning kanji is my favorite part of learning Japanese. I know it can seem intimidating – after all, we are talking about more than 2000 characters! Of course, learning random pictures without any plan would be pretty hard.…
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4 months of learning Japanese daily
An no, no Duolingo involved! Every day I wake up early and spend more than an hour learning Japanese before going to work. At the very beginning, I learned Hiragana and Katakana. Then, I introduced myself to radicals (small elements that build up kanji) and kanji themselves (which is my favorite part, by the way!).…