(October 11, 2011 at 11:27 am)salty Wrote: Howl's Moving Castle is the best film ever. I absolutely love Sophie and Calcifur. I try to watch everything from Studio Ghibli. I enjoyed Ponyo, watched it in the theatre actually.
Ah, so you studied a while ago I see, but you're still miles over me! I have hiragana and katakana mostly memorized. I've been reading Naruto to help me get used to it, but I don't have the time to dedicate to my reading like I used to...sigh. I was just getting the hang of the usage of "tsu" in a sentence and the combination sounds to make "kyu" or "byu"...I wish I didn't have a job, then I could study all day!
What I am trying to say is that I have forgotten much of what I had originally learned and now YOU are way ahead of me.
No ..to study all day will no make you any better. To learn Japanese you must understand Japanese as if you were a native of those islands...for this 'study' is only part of the learning.
I think you really need to have a Japanese speaking friend who will talk to you (and mentor you) with the language...this may produce a better outcome for your learning. imho
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