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Best ways to Speak Japanese, the modern way! :3
11 years ago
If you have been following my previous journals, you know what this is :P
Just about every person who has a small desire to study Japanese often faces the dreaded Japanese Ear and Mouth which rarely few people can actually understand.
Its not really that tough, it depends on your dedication! :3
You don't need an expensive book, magic, voodoo doll or any weird mechanism or mnemonic device to learn Japanese... just a few changes with a 100% guarantee you won't be paying anything to learn and can read and hear Japanese in no time!
Virtual Sensei arms themself with their mighty wooden kendo sword, so watch out!
First of all, you can do all of this without even paying a dime if you have a smartphone or good pair of earbuds.
Get yourself a pair of earbuds like the ones from Apple or Android and make sure it has a microphone, that's required.
Go to translate.google.com and try practicing speaking Japanese regardless if you have never read it before :3
Keep in mind, you aren't trying to translate but actually learn words, repeat them and understand while speaking it! :3
Failure isn't a bad idea, it just means virtual sensei will whack you with their kendo wooden sword if you did it wrong until you speak just like your virtual sensei :3
Paired with a TTS (Text to Speech) engine like NVDA or whatever you find that works, just make sure it speaks the words you see.
Review or use any Romaji and virtual sensei won't understand it and whack you even harder with that wooden kendo sword, again :P
Remember, that kendo sword is mighty!
Keep doing this and you have just taught yourself to speak, listen and read in Japanese without ever talking to a Japanese person or visiting Japan :3
While doing this, it helps to have training wheels like translations to gloss over while you are reading, what you really want is the meat of Japanese words, kana, particles and immersion... the second you start thinking American English, virtual sensei will have to whack you again with that mighty kendo sword until you get back to what they can understand :3
Additionally, try to research Japanese Culture just as much, because you are paying tribute to your virtual sensei, right? XD
Eventually, once you and your virtual sensei can actually speak and understand eachother, you no longer need to fear that mighty kendo sword, because you will be using it on the next budding Japanese learner :3
Virtual Sensei will bow to you and hand you the mighty kendo sword of learning and pass on the tradition :3
If you have any questions, I don't mind answering, but fear the mighty virtual sensei's kendo sword! :3
Just about every person who has a small desire to study Japanese often faces the dreaded Japanese Ear and Mouth which rarely few people can actually understand.
Its not really that tough, it depends on your dedication! :3
You don't need an expensive book, magic, voodoo doll or any weird mechanism or mnemonic device to learn Japanese... just a few changes with a 100% guarantee you won't be paying anything to learn and can read and hear Japanese in no time!
Virtual Sensei arms themself with their mighty wooden kendo sword, so watch out!
First of all, you can do all of this without even paying a dime if you have a smartphone or good pair of earbuds.
Get yourself a pair of earbuds like the ones from Apple or Android and make sure it has a microphone, that's required.
Go to translate.google.com and try practicing speaking Japanese regardless if you have never read it before :3
Keep in mind, you aren't trying to translate but actually learn words, repeat them and understand while speaking it! :3
Failure isn't a bad idea, it just means virtual sensei will whack you with their kendo wooden sword if you did it wrong until you speak just like your virtual sensei :3
Paired with a TTS (Text to Speech) engine like NVDA or whatever you find that works, just make sure it speaks the words you see.
Review or use any Romaji and virtual sensei won't understand it and whack you even harder with that wooden kendo sword, again :P
Remember, that kendo sword is mighty!
Keep doing this and you have just taught yourself to speak, listen and read in Japanese without ever talking to a Japanese person or visiting Japan :3
While doing this, it helps to have training wheels like translations to gloss over while you are reading, what you really want is the meat of Japanese words, kana, particles and immersion... the second you start thinking American English, virtual sensei will have to whack you again with that mighty kendo sword until you get back to what they can understand :3
Additionally, try to research Japanese Culture just as much, because you are paying tribute to your virtual sensei, right? XD
Eventually, once you and your virtual sensei can actually speak and understand eachother, you no longer need to fear that mighty kendo sword, because you will be using it on the next budding Japanese learner :3
Virtual Sensei will bow to you and hand you the mighty kendo sword of learning and pass on the tradition :3
If you have any questions, I don't mind answering, but fear the mighty virtual sensei's kendo sword! :3
