Japan is a mysterious country with a fascinating culture and, to put it mildly, a difficult language. The Japanese language is the key to understanding the Japanese culture and mentality of the local population, so knowing it will help in work, moving to permanent residence or traveling.
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Japanese with Dmitry Shamov
On the channel, everyone will be able to learn how to start learning Japanese correctly, get acquainted with hieroglyphs and the rules for their writing. There is a Japanese video dictionary, lots of tips for getting started with the language, and live Japanese lessons. The author of the channel will tell you how to learn Japanese characters, introduce you to popular slang words. Training in Russian.In addition to his educational activities, Dmitry travels to other countries, reviews Japanese books, films and anime. On the channel, you can find many videos introducing the lifestyle in Japan, local customs and traditions.
Japanese with Daria Moynich
The friendly channel author Daria will introduce everyone to the Japanese language. Training in Russian. It will tell you a lot of useful information, such as how to memorize Japanese words or comparing English and Japanese, similar words in Japanese and Russian. On the channel you can find a dictionary of the most popular Japanese words and expressions.Daria will talk about greetings and apologies in Japanese, interrogative words and take a tour of conversational Japanese, introduce Japanese slang and much more. Learning an additional language is not required.
Along with educational information, the channel contains many videos introducing viewers to Japan, the intricacies of traveling around the country, customs and cultural features.
Japanese with OnlineJapan TV
The channel contains several lessons for learning Japanese. It will be useful for beginners to learn the language. Lessons consist of simple and straightforward presentations, teaching in Russian. They will also help to understand Japanese in anime, teach the subtleties of calligraphy.The channel contains videos about the peculiarities of life in Japan, interesting Facts about the country and the local population.
Cheerful japanese
The author of the channel will help you get basic knowledge of the Japanese language and share his personal experience of learning it. The channel will be useful for beginners to get acquainted with the language, the training takes place in Russian through clear slides. A special, fun teaching style will help everyone learn Japanese, even children.The channel has many videos about Japan, its customs and the peculiarities of the life of the local population.
Japanese with Venasera
The pages of the channel will tell you how to learn Japanese correctly and most effectively, as well as help you travel around Japan without leaving your couch. There are video interviews with the Japanese, about Japanese cooking and the like.The lessons are designed for a Russian-speaking user - knowledge of an additional language is not required. The channel contains over 50 Japanese lessons, talks about the country, the language itself and the Japanese people.
Japanese for Dummies
The listeners will find a dialogue performed by the Japanese, which should be repeated aloud and taken apart in detail, taking notes. The course will be useful for students with zero knowledge of the Japanese language, who want to acquire basic knowledge. All material is explained in great detail and simply, and simple accompanying presentations contribute to good digestibility. Training in Russian.The channel also contains materials for learning English, Arabic, Chinese and Spanish.
Japanese with AnimeObserver
The author of the channel focused on Japanese grammar for beginners. The training takes place according to the textbook, the videos are accompanied by comments by a professional Japanese teacher in Russian.AnimeObserver has many interesting reviews covering contemporary Japanese culture.
Japanese with Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com
The channel contains video lessons on grammar, pronunciation. The material of the lessons will be understood by those who know english language... There are not many teaching videos on the channel, but they will be a good helper in acquaintance with the language. Here they will simply and clearly tell you how to memorize hieroglyphs, some grammar rules, and positive presenters will not let you fall asleep over the materials. If you know English and learn Japanese - be sure to stop by!Japanese with Nihongono Mory
As long as a person is able to learn something from the younger generation, he himself remains young. This channel is a collection of many video tutorials hosted by representatives of Japanese youth. The channel will be interesting and useful for those who already have a substantial base of the Japanese language. The fun, friendly nature of the video will help you better consolidate the knowledge you gain. More than 1000 videos are available for those who want to improve their level of Japanese.Japanese with Amir Ordabayev
Polyglot Amir has created a course on the Michel Thomas Method for Russian speakers and is ready to share the materials of his channel with everyone. Training in Russian. A series of short lessons await students, which are not a complete course, but can help them master the basic level.On Amir's channel, you can find educational materials for mastering basic knowledge in German, English, French, Greek and Dutch.
Japanese is one of the oldest and most difficult languages \u200b\u200bin the world. Its composition and structure are fundamentally different from European languages \u200b\u200band from Russian. Due to the peculiarities of writing, it will certainly not be possible to learn it in a month - most likely, it will take at least a year and a half. There are several recommendations that will make the learning process more effective and efficient.
Features of the Japanese language
Hieroglyphic languages \u200b\u200bare difficult in that spoken and written languages \u200b\u200bmust be studied separately. And in the Japanese language, there are as many as three written systems. Two of them - hiragana and katakana - are syllabic alphabets. With the help of hiragana, grammatical relations between words are conveyed, and katakana is needed to write foreign and borrowed words. To indicate the basis of a word, kanji is used - hieroglyphs that have passed into Japanese from Chinese. If you have forgotten the hieroglyph for the desired word, you can also use hiragana.
Word order in Japanese sentences is straightforward. You just need to remember that the predicate is always placed at the end of the sentence, and the definition is always placed before the determinate. The subject is sometimes omitted when it is clear from the context who or what is being referred to.
When learning Japanese, you do not have to memorize all kinds of word forms - they do not change by person, gender and number. The plural form is indicated by a particle attached to the word at the end. Also, there is no future tense in Japanese.
And one more feature - three degrees of politeness in a conversation:
- The usual friendly communication, "you".
- Speech for formal occasions, for "you".
- Respectful speech.
As for the phonetics, the sounds of Japanese speech are similar to Russian ones with some nuances. From all of the above, it becomes clear that the most difficult thing in learning Japanese is writing.
Study methods
You can learn Japanese in different ways: on your own, in group lessons, or one-on-one with a teacher. The choice is a personal matter for everyone, because the most important thing in learning a language is motivation. If there is one, any of these methods will bear fruit.
Group lessons
In any major city, you can find a linguistic center or school that offers learning Japanese from scratch in a group. Teachers in such centers usually not only perfectly know the language, but also possess effective techniques for memorizing words. Good specialists can make the learning process bright and interesting. But it should be remembered that if you want to learn a language quickly, in addition to attending classes, be sure to cram the hieroglyphs at home and write them down, perform exercises and pronounce phrases and words.
The disadvantage of such classes is that the level of language proficiency among students in a group is always different, as well as the speed of development. And even if you are more capable than others, you will have to adapt to them.
Individual training
Unlike group lessons, private lessons allow you to practice at the pace you need. The teacher will only adapt to you. The frequency of the sessions can also be adjusted according to your needs. This option would be ideal if it were not for the high cost of individual lessons.
Self-study
This method is good because you don't have to pay anyone, and the schedule of classes will depend only on your own desire. But it should be borne in mind that when learning a language on your own, it is very easy to relax, and the process of mastering can take time.
Finding a good tutorial is very important. Good reviews use the textbooks "We Read, Write and Speak Japanese" by the authors E.V. Strugova and N.S. Sheftelevich and "Japanese for beginners" by L.T. Nechaeva. They have a drawback - vocabulary that does not meet the needs modern life... Therefore, expressions and phrases can be taken from other textbooks, for example, from the Japanese editions of Genky or Try, where there are very lively dialogues.
The first step is to learn the syllabic alphabets, which include 146 syllables, then move on to the study of hieroglyphs and grammar. To communicate fluently in Japanese, you need to know about 2,000 characters. It is very difficult to remember such a number, therefore many teachers teach to use imaginative thinking for this.
Learning a language is a long process, and it is important to ensure that it does not become boring and tedious, and at the same time remains effective. The following recommendations will help with this:
- You need to do it every day! Languages \u200b\u200bwith hieroglyphic writing are forgotten very quickly, so there is no need to take breaks.
- Classes can be diversified. For example, in the morning we write hieroglyphs in a notebook, in the afternoon we watch a movie in Japanese with subtitles or listen to Japanese music, in the evening we try to read news on Japanese websites. All means are good for language learning.
- For smartphone owners, a great variety of applications have been created that allow them to master the language playfully. They include hieroglyphics, listening, pronunciation control, and dialogues. This method is good for those who do not have time to study the language, since it only takes 5 minutes a day. The main thing is regularity.
- There are applications for memorizing hieroglyphs that allow you to download decks of flash cards. For example, looking through cards every day in the Ankidroid application, we mark the degree of memorability for each character, and the program itself regulates how often they are displayed on the screen.
- You need to learn words not separately, but as part of expressions or sentences. If you compose several phrases with each word, it will be easier to remember.
- It's just great if there is an opportunity to communicate with a native speaker, if not personally, then at least via Skype. This will allow you to develop spontaneity and consolidate the knowledge gained. The best option is to live in the country of the target language.
Learning Japanese is difficult, but very realistic. Successful training requires two main components - powerful motivation and iron discipline. There are many ways to learn a language, and the best results can be achieved by combining them all.
み な さ ん こ ん に ち は。 (MINASAN KONNICHIWA)! Good afternoon everyone!
Two words about me, I wrote earlier that six months ago I started to study Japanese on my own using the Minna no Nihongo textbook and the NHK WORLD website, now I continue, or rather do not continue, and we, together with like-minded people, learn Japanese from scratch in courses with a native speaker. I think many have questions:
Although the first two points are similar in sound, they have different meanings.
Each of us has a reason why we wanted to learn Japanese. I will not be mistaken that the vast majority of the guys who started learning nihongo ( に ほ ん ご) started off with anime, a very good and pleasant reason to get on the hard way of mastering the language. But just as easy to watch anime, it is just as easy to drop out. That is, this is a good reason, but only the most patient and persistent anime lovers will be able to learn the language just to watch their favorite anime in the original or read manga.
The love of anime for many develops into an interest in Japan and a desire to travel to the Land of the Rising Sun, and even better, or work there. This desire gives rise to a great motivation to learn the language. Therefore, if there is such a desire or such an opportunity, then Japanese will be easy to learn.
Not everyone can learn a language on their own. It is difficult for beginners to decide on the textbooks, at first everything seems complicated and incomprehensible. And it is very important to get the right information at the beginning of classes, to learn about a harmonious system that will help you remember what you have learned easier and more logically, so that the desire to learn nihongo does not remain only a desire. Pay attention to the teacher Anna Reva, watch her free introductory lesson and minute videos, I think you will like how interesting and colorful Anna talks about Japanese.
To summarize: in order to start learning a language, you need to find an interest related to Japan: anime, manga, a desire to study in Japan or work. Find a favorite among Japanese actors, perhaps politicians, so interesting to you that you will want to read information about them or listen (watch) in Japanese. And it is also possible to get carried away with the traditional, such as calligraphy, Ekibana, bonsai, origami. All these interests can be a step towards learning Japanese. In general, a language can be learned just like that and without a purpose, but it sounds incredible.
How to start learning a language
It is most correct to immediately learn the Japanese alphabet, or rather the syllabic alphabet and. They recommend learning Japanese not in words, but in phrases. There are many common phrases in Japanese that are used in a polite speech style. That is, if you learn the form of acquaintance, greeting, first meeting with colleagues, then with 100% probability this is exactly what the Japanese themselves say. At first I could not believe that the language should be taught in phrases, so imagine if you could learn the Russian language only in phrases, what would happen? Because our language is multifaceted and unpredictable. Japanese spoken is also a very lively and interesting language, but the polite style is strictly regulated.
But still, in order to learn phrases, a small vocabulary most common words to know. It is also easier to learn the language with phrases because in Japanese the sequence of words in a sentence (noun, verb, defined word, etc.) is fundamentally different from the Russian language. Having learned individual words, it will be very difficult to form them into a sentence.
To learn the language you need to purchase:
- a block of 9 x 9 opaque paper, these will be the learning cards. On the one hand, it will be necessary to register the symbols of the alphabet, words in hiragana (katakana), phrases, and on the other hand, the Russian translation. With such cards, you can learn a language anywhere, in your spare time. And it is easier and more convenient to check your knowledge using cards than in a textbook.
- a simple pencil marking B - soft or HB - hard-soft (you cannot use a pen, automatic caravan too) and an eraser
- common notebook in the box
- the textbook by which you will learn the language, I wrote about this
How difficult is it to learn Japanese
We need to think soberly - learning Japanese is difficult, but possible. Basically everyone merges when it comes to kanji, even Sensei's caring hand doesn't help. But in any language there is a system, not chaotic memorization, and it is necessary to gather all the will into a fist and continue learning.
P.s. Having studied the first 50 kanji (hieroglyphs), I never saw this system, it's just difficult to memorize, since you have to constantly repeat the material covered. And it's not even about memorizing kanji, but how it is pronounced in a particular word, that is, in fact, you need to memorize all the words. When I asked knowledgeable people what the secret of memorization was, they told me - the first 300 you just need to memorize, and then the system will be clear. Well ... let's cram.
What will those who have already learned Japanese say?
The pronunciation of words in Japanese is easy, since the set of sounds in Russian and Japanese is the same with some subtleties. At first, training is completely carried out with the help of hiragana (katakana), and since in the Japanese language words are both pronounced and written, there should be no problems in writing and memorizing words (phrases).
The grammar in Japanese is not very difficult, but it also has its own characteristics, there are certain exceptions to the rules, but not in large numbers. As in any language, success will only be in the case of working on the language and preferably daily. You can learn a language on your own, but how correctly you learn it is a controversial issue. Still, there should be control by the teacher.
Still from the film: Japanese, which the Japanese do not know
How long does it take to learn a language
Everyone has their own pace of language learning. Offline courses involve three years of study (half a year for each course). It is not a fast or slow pace of learning. During this time, you can learn all the skills: speaking, listening, reading, writing. Studying for a period of three years does not mean that knowledge is 100% obtained. It is more correct to say that during this time the student will acquire basic skills and in the future will be able to independently continue his improvement of the language. Learning a language in a year or two outside of Japan is unlikely.
What are the basic words to learn
To learn a language more effectively, you first need to learn:
- basic verbs
- if the training will take place in courses, then grammar wordsallowing you to understand the teacher's speech
- expression of time
- and probably that surround a person, for example: friend, car, tree, sky, house and
I have to learn Japanese ...
Some argue that you can only learn Japanese by watching anime with subtitles. I cannot agree with them. Without knowing the vocabulary and rules of the Japanese language, nothing will work. Unless, of course, you are a genius who grasps everything on the fly.
First, the three most important rules for learning Japanese, without which nothing will work:
- You should enjoy studying.
- Engage everyday at least an hour (you can do one day off per week)
- Set yourself specific goal (learn to read Japanese, learn to watch anime without translation, learn to communicate with Japanese on everyday topics if you are going on a trip to Japan, pass an exam, etc.) and strive to achieve it.
And now, the algorithm for learning Japanese:
Step 1: Katakana and Hiragana
First, learn katakana and hiragana. These are syllabic alphabets. Katakana used by the Japanese to write words borrowed from foreign languages, and hiragana- in writing together with the hieroglyphs "kanji". Basically, Japanese words can be written using only katakana or hiragana, without hieroglyphs.
This is hiragana
Personally, hiragana was easier for me, but I still have problems with katakana. Learning these alphabets is best done with the "swotting" method, as we all learned the multiplication table.
Step 2: Learn grammar and vocabulary from the textbook
Take a tutorial Minna no nihongo and learn from it until you are fully enlightened. It helps you learn Japanese words and Japanese language rules. It is best to use the complete tutorial, with all audio applications. This will help you learn to pronounce the words more or less correctly. There is also a good textbook for Nechaeva's universities.
Minna no Nihongo
If you know more good tutorials, write in the comments.
Step 2.5 Audio tutorials
When learning foreign languages, it is very useful to listen to various audio materials. With their help, knowledge is eaten right into the brain. Listening can be combined with other activities and is a great time saver.
Download an audio guide. And listen to it until you feel like Japanese is ingrained in your brain. And then, (Rutracker was blocked, therefore, the links may not work) These are excellent audio guides (I won't recommend a bad one), although they are suitable only for those who know English.
There are also good podcasts for Japanese language learners and can be found on Rutrecker as well.
Step 3: Learn Kanji
Learn hieroglyphs. "Love the hieroglyphs and they will love you"... I don't know who came up with this phrase, but I really like it. It will not cope with the hieroglyphs method. After all, you need to learn about 2,000 characters to read Japanese texts. Use mnemonic methods (mnemonics are a set of rules and techniques that allow you to remember necessary information) It is important to memorize not only the hieroglyph itself, but also the words in which it is included.
If you're just starting out with kanji, try reading a book with a weird title. "Kanjava Essays"... She can give a good impetus to the study of hieroglyphs.
By the way, you need to memorize not only appearance hieroglyph, but also the order of writing traits. This also has a hidden meaning and its own logic.
There are many great kanji and Japanese word learning programs out there. The most famous program for memorizing with flashcards is . I advise you to use it. If you want to learn to read Japanese, you must learn them every day. at least an hour using cards.
I also advise you to install a dictionary of hieroglyphs. Great program.
Step 4: start applying your Japanese knowledge
At this point, you can start watching anime in Japanese and reading manga. There is a little secret when watching anime. If the characters speak too fast, slow down the playback. This can be easily done using for example VLC media player... Then you will understand the words in Japanese.
When it comes to manga, start with a simple children's manga that doesn't use many characters. I can also recommend simple Japanese fairy tales. Very suitable to start learning to read.
Step 5: Chatting with the Japanese
Start chatting with Japanese people on the Internet, or in real life, if possible. It all depends on how sociable you are. If everything is fine with this, then you can easily find Japanese friends on social networks or on special sites.
The article is not finished yet, because the Japanese language can be studied indefinitely. Hope Japanese speakers who wander into the blog Nippon-otaku will make their additions.
By the way, the blog has more information on this topic. In section and by tag.
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