/aca/ - I'm thinking about going back to learning Japanese, but I'm not sure whether I should or not. Already studied Japanese for like 3 years on and off until stuff happened in real life and I had to stop. However, the situation changed and I might be able to

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Anonymous 08/24/2023 (Thu) 13:29:32 No. 207

I'm thinking about going back to learning Japanese, but I'm not sure whether I should or not. Already studied Japanese for like 3 years on and off until stuff happened in real life and I had to stop. However, the situation changed and I might be able to get back into it. Back then I read a few easy manga and a VN, although with the assistance of tools to look up vocabulary. While that might sound good, I still felt like I was years away from reading without tools or being anywhere close to fluency. Why did I want to learn? I did a trip to Japan in 2015 and I fucking loved it, I wanted to learn Japanese for my next trip and maybe even work there. Of course there were also a few untranslated games and manga etc. I wanted to consume. Nowadays I'm not really dreaming of living in Japan anymore and most of the games I wanted to learn Japanese for actually got a translation, and yet I still want to learn the language for the sake of it. I mean, being able to read these moonrunes is satisfying in its own way, but I might not really benefit THAT much from knowing it. What do you think? Should I study Japanese again, despite like I said I might not benefit that much from knowing it, considering it takes a lot of time and energy to do so? I tried to forget it, but ever since I quit, every time I see Japanese writing I feel bad for quitting.

Anonymous 08/24/2023 (Thu) 14:09:30 No. 208

>>207 >until stuff happened in real life and I had to stop. what happened? >learn for 3 years do you still have fragments of japanese? >should I learn it again? if you plan to go to japan much longer and want to communicate with people and consumme untranslated media, sure go for it, but if you're not sure to go in japan anymore or it took too much time in your actual life, you should either drop it or learn it for a long scale (like 10 years, learning bit of japanese every week for example) also if you're not going to japan anymore but still want to consumme japanese media . I also want to learn japanese but I'm waiting to find course in the city because I don't really know how to begin alone and which technique to use to learn japanese. some users gave me website to learn to but I can't start. I think I need someone to tell me what to do because I'm lost alone well well well indeed , japanese is hard...

Anonymous 08/24/2023 (Thu) 19:19:15 No. 209

I think you should continue to learn Japanese OP. It's always nice to know another language like that.

Anonymous 08/24/2023 (Thu) 20:11:58 No. 211

>>207 >Should I study Japanese again, despite like I said I might not benefit that much from knowing it, considering it takes a lot of time and energy to do so? There is a huge benefit, which is being able to enjoy all Japanese media the way it was meant to. Translations always take away something from the original meaning, so you can only truly understand Japanese media if you understand Japanese.

Anonymous 08/25/2023 (Fri) 05:30:44 No. 212

>>208 >what happened? I went back to uni, had a side job and then my mother got ill and needed a couple of surgeries and she only had me to support her. >>208 >do you still have fragments of japanese? I know about 2/3 of what I initially learned, anki hammered the vocab into my head I guess

>>208 >>209 >>211 I guess I will start again, slowly but steadily since I'm not in a rush

Anonymous 10/21/2023 (Sat) 10:39:18 No. 259

>>209 Not OP, but I just recently resumed learning japanese again

Anonymous 10/27/2023 (Fri) 14:48:25 No. 265

>>259 Good luck! How's it going for you so far? I would like to know your methods of learning

Anonymous 10/29/2023 (Sun) 05:07:39 No. 266

My only advice is you either commit fully or don't. The main problem with starting and stopping a commitment like learning a language is until you reach a certain point it's not equivalent to riding a bike, and the time it gets to riding a bike is when you are at 5 years in. When you stop and start again you lose skill and will take a while to get back in the eb and flow of learning; this is the exact reason people can take a Secondary Language Class for a year or 2 yet a few years later only remember snippets. I do wish you luck if you try to

Anonymous 10/30/2023 (Mon) 17:33:07 No. 267

>>265 For now, just learning more kanji and vocabulary words and reviewing the ones I know Currently, I don't have much time for applying myself studying, but I want to start organizing my notes and study by the book My goal is to achieve JLPT N3 next year

Anonymous 12/19/2023 (Tue) 16:52:16 No. 303

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