Comments on: Is Japanese hard to learn?

By: AnnaElisabeth

AnnaElisabeth — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:47:27 +0000

Thanks for this article. Ill will return to your great blog.

By: peko

peko — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:03:16 +0000

Any language can be hard. But I think Japanese can be one of the hardest. I grew up speaking Japanese, so I didn’t have such as a hard time speaking it, but I realized how hard it was when I was a Teacher Assistant at the Unvirsity I was attending. Students were asking questions that I had no idea how to answer. The more I learned about the grammer structure, I was wondering why these students even considered to learn Japanese in the first place. However, I think with an adequet study guide, you can learn effitienly. Try an online guide to start with and see what happens?

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language translation software — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:17:07 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:10:06 +0000

Lol, at “Eason San”.
GaNbatte, it has an n not m

By: Matt Jackson

Matt Jackson — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:19:43 +0000

I have to say learning Japanese isn’t that hard, especially if just wanting to speak and not write, and I agree that the sounds are way easier to pick up and master than English, which has some crazy glides etc…

Thanks for the reference materials too.

Great article,

Thanks

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Japanese Translator Sites — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:09:59 +0000

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By: EASON SAN

EASON SAN — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:50:24 +0000

WELL NIHONGO IS NOT REALLY DIFFICULT TO LEARN… COS I HAVE INTEREST IN IT.. I AM DOING DIY STUDIES RIGHT NOW.. AND SO FAR ITS BEING GREAT!!… HOWEVER NEED TO GAMBATTE !!

By: billywest

billywest — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:55:31 +0000

Without immersing yourself and living in Japan for awhile (and avoiding an English-only lifestyle - duh), it’s probably impossible for most people to become fluent in Japanese.

By: Sanjo-chan

Sanjo-chan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:26:24 +0000

It’s a bit hard for me to learn Japanese because it seems that there are 5 different versions of one word depending on the situation, like “Ogenki desu” or “Genki”. I’ve been studying the language for several years, and I have yet to master conversational Japanese. I just know bits and pieces of it. I try to tell myself that it’s similar to English, but speaking in English, it doesn’t matter who you’re talking to when you use one word that’s “short”. Japanese, on the other hand, it’s mandatory to speak a certain level of Politeness, like when you’re talking to an elderly person…

By: ItAintEazy

ItAintEazy — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:48:56 +0000

And if you want to torture yourself with Kanji, there’s three things you need to know: radicals, radicals, radicals. At the very least you can use a dictionary.