本当にありがとうございます先生！I'll keep your recommendations in mind especially the books. All of my resources including books to read are purely online. I'm saving up to buy something I can use physically though it will take time. It's also hard to find physical resources here in the Philippines but I'm sure I'll find a way :D
@@Hirameki.Insight just over a month. not even n5 lvl. but im currently using kaishi 1.5k deck and also rtk for vocab and kanji atm. cure dolly videos for grammar and tadoku/satori reader for reading but I don't read that much yet. i don't even know if the japanese i typed was correct lol
@@AdelR4m hi, i too started japanese like a month ago, but I have been learning on duolingo. I don't know if it(duolingo) helps, but I am sticking to it and have learned some sentences, hiragana, time and numbers, did you try duolingo or how are these resources mentioned by helping you currently? Just curious from a beginner🤔
@@chiru4969 Duolingo is just a game. There are more efficient and effective ways of learning a language, some of them mentioned in this video. Spaced repetition and immersion are the key, along with studying enough grammar to be able to recognize pattern.
Hello! I'm from the Philippines and currently learning Japanese as well! Been learning for about 2-3 months now. For physical resources, I would recommend NihongoPH. That's where I get my sources from! While this is kinda out of topic, I can also recommend you the apps renshuu and MochiKanji(?). They're also good for learning Japanese!
I think you're a really different learner than me. I found Minna no Nihongo uninteresting and unnecessarily complicated. Genkin is so much easier and motivating imo. (Shin Kanzen Master does not exist for N5 btw)
Yeah, I started to study japanese at university. I think If you have an.instructor minna no nihongo is quite good. If your on your own Genki is the way to go. and yeah your right. I forgot. There is no N5 for Kanzenmaster, but you can learn the basics easily trough free resources on the internet for N5!
Also it depends what your goal is. Frommy point of view now I would also learn differently for JLPT N5 to N1 than I wouldve when I did the video. Maybe I should do an updated version
Thanks for your recommendations. Here is my case, I've been married to a Japanese for almost 30 years, but we live in America, I'm 71 years old, my wife wants to go back to Japan, English is my second language, I've been in Japan so many times, that if I put it together it could amount for almost 2 years, including 3/11/11. I feel I need to learn in a very practical way as I don't have 10 years to get good at it, do you get my drift? What would you recommend for an older person that needs to get by asap?
Thank you for sharing your case!In this case I would do it as following 1. Define for yourself what your goal is. Do you want to speak japanese with your wife? Do you want to speak everyday japanese? After you defined what you want to achieve I would think about the path. So if you want to speak japanese in daily conversations. Ask your wife to tell you the vocabulary. I also don't know where your japanese level is right now, but you could also try to read the news in japanese. or watch japanese TV. I think at this age it won't be easy, but my recommendation is to suround yourself with japanese in everyday situations. And ask your wife to help you. Another idea would be to put a post it on places in your room.with the words. Like you place a post it that says ドア on a door and so on. She also might know you better than I do. Also she must know what person you are and in which ways you learn the best. You can ask her. My last tip is maybe some elderly person also had the same problem.like you experience! There must be someone that did a post in the internet about how to learn japanese at this age! I wish you good luck! Thank you for watching my video(:
Right now you should be done with JLPT Level N4. I would recommend you to study with books tailored for the JLPT levels. For this you can use 新完全マスター(Shin kanzen master) . They have several books on grammar, vocabulary kanji etc. If you cannot find them online write me an email to seikai.inquiries@gmail.com and I will send you the link!
The problem with みんあの日本語 is that you often cant tell what concept they are trying to teach you, and half the vocabulary they use is useless to a new learner.
It is hard to figure out the concepts. I think Minna no Nihongo the same as many workbooks were designed to be used in class by a Japanese instructor. Language Learning through apps and the internet is a pretty recent feature. Did you find any better workbooks?
@@Hirameki.Insight I keep looking at different ones, but haven't found anything I really like. Genki is decent, but still has nonsense in it. Too many textbooks are geared towards students actually in Japan (I will likely never use the post office so I don't need to know that word. Same goes for tape, hole punch, eraser, etc). Too much focus on business and classrooms. I think the biggest flaw in textbooks is the lack of casual Japanese. The polite forms of verbs are taught first, but it ends up causing the English learner massive problems later when they have to learn all the casual conjugations. Casual should be taught first since ます forms are easy to pick up. If you try to make friends, you can't understand anything they are saying because nobody speaks the way the textbooks teach you to speak.
@@spiritsplice Yeah in this case you are right. The books are still made for study or academic purposes. Someone that is busy by working or doing something else, doesnt need most of the topics inside the books. But on the other hand even if you just talk with your friends, sometimes 敬語 or ます体 expressions will be used.
I think you can learn for N5 with free resources in the internet in a couple of months. Get the 新完全マスター books for JLPT N4. You should need about 1250 hours to pass JLPT N4. If you don't have an instructor it may take more time. Just make a schedule for 1 year. You should study about 3-4 hours a day. So yeah it is possible, but every person is different. The key is to be consistent
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Nice video. Im 14 years old and I got to an N2 level in 7 months from start.
Hey that's pretty impressive! Keep up your pace!
@@Hirameki.Insight thanks . you too!
no you didnt
@@spiritsplice i actually did but that what you believe.
@@korlylozzy you absolutely did not. that's not even possible.
本当にありがとうございます先生！I'll keep your recommendations in mind especially the books. All of my resources including books to read are purely online. I'm saving up to buy something I can use physically though it will take time. It's also hard to find physical resources here in the Philippines but I'm sure I'll find a way :D
Good luck finding something! For how long are you learning and which level do you consieer yourself btw?
@@Hirameki.Insight just over a month. not even n5 lvl. but im currently using kaishi 1.5k deck and also rtk for vocab and kanji atm. cure dolly videos for grammar and tadoku/satori reader for reading but I don't read that much yet. i don't even know if the japanese i typed was correct lol
@@AdelR4m hi, i too started japanese like a month ago, but I have been learning on duolingo. I don't know if it(duolingo) helps, but I am sticking to it and have learned some sentences, hiragana, time and numbers, did you try duolingo or how are these resources mentioned by helping you currently? Just curious from a beginner🤔
@@chiru4969 Duolingo is just a game. There are more efficient and effective ways of learning a language, some of them mentioned in this video. Spaced repetition and immersion are the key, along with studying enough grammar to be able to recognize pattern.
Hello! I'm from the Philippines and currently learning Japanese as well! Been learning for about 2-3 months now. For physical resources, I would recommend NihongoPH. That's where I get my sources from!
While this is kinda out of topic, I can also recommend you the apps renshuu and MochiKanji(?). They're also good for learning Japanese!
Really helpful video, thank you!❤
no problem! any other topic I can help you with?😁
I’ve tried all sorts of books and apps. For me, Tobira beginner Japanese and an italki tutor works the best.
Hey John, thank you very much for sharing your advice! I know people will benefit from it!
Have you heard of "the moe way"? Basically no textbooks, maximum Japanese immersion and vocab learning with anki.
not yet! I will take a look into it(: Thank you for the recommendation!
I think you're a really different learner than me. I found Minna no Nihongo uninteresting and unnecessarily complicated. Genkin is so much easier and motivating imo.
(Shin Kanzen Master does not exist for N5 btw)
Yeah, I started to study japanese at university. I think If you have an.instructor minna no nihongo is quite good. If your on your own Genki is the way to go.
and yeah your right. I forgot. There is no N5 for Kanzenmaster, but you can learn the basics easily trough free resources on the internet for N5!
Also it depends what your goal is. Frommy point of view now I would also learn differently for JLPT N5 to N1 than I wouldve when I did the video. Maybe I should do an updated version
Thanks for your recommendations. Here is my case, I've been married to a Japanese for almost 30 years, but we live in America, I'm 71 years old, my wife wants to go back to Japan, English is my second language, I've been in Japan so many times, that if I put it together it could amount for almost 2 years, including 3/11/11. I feel I need to learn in a very practical way as I don't have 10 years to get good at it, do you get my drift?
What would you recommend for an older person that needs to get by asap?
Thank you for sharing your case!In this case I would do it as following
1. Define for yourself what your goal is. Do you want to speak japanese with your wife? Do you want to speak everyday japanese?
After you defined what you want to achieve I would think about the path. So if you want to speak japanese in daily conversations. Ask your wife to tell you the vocabulary.
I also don't know where your japanese level is right now, but you could also try to read the news in japanese. or watch japanese TV.
I think at this age it won't be easy, but my recommendation is to suround yourself with japanese in everyday situations. And ask your wife to help you.
Another idea would be to put a post it on places in your room.with the words. Like you place a post it that says ドア on a door and so on.
She also might know you better than I do. Also she must know what person you are and in which ways you learn the best. You can ask her.
My last tip is maybe some elderly person also had the same problem.like you experience! There must be someone that did a post in the internet about how to learn japanese at this age!
I wish you good luck! Thank you for watching my video(:
@@Hirameki.Insight That was a very comprehensive answer, and you were also very kind to take the time to try to help me. Best regards from NY city.
@@erxu No worries😇 Best Regards from Tokyo!
Where should I start after 50 lessons of minna no nihongo? What's the next book ?
Right now you should be done with JLPT Level N4.
I would recommend you to study with books tailored for the JLPT levels. For this you can use 新完全マスター(Shin kanzen master) . They have several books on grammar, vocabulary kanji etc. If you cannot find them online write me an email to seikai.inquiries@gmail.com and I will send you the link!
どうやってアメリカでこの本を買えるか？ Ebayでか? このビデオを作ってくれてありがとう！
だいたいAmazonで見つけられるらしいです。小説の場合はこのリンク(gakken-ep.jp/extra/5fungo/series04.html ) をネットで記入したら、紙の本か、電子書籍 (E-Book)として買うことができます。
がんばってくださいね ~
@@Hirameki.Insight ありがとよ！Amazonでみつけて買いました。どきどきしていますよ 🤣少し難しそうですが、読んでみたいです。
いいですね ! 読めば読むほど簡単になるはず!
どんな辞典を使いますか。実は今週和独という辞典を見つけましたが、俺の母語はもドイツ語ですか他のおススメあれば教えてください
"Akebi"というアプリがオススメです。なぜなら英語の翻訳も色々ついています。それ以外jisho.org や色々なネットにある辞書もいいと思います!大丈夫でしょうか
Love form Nepal❤❤
The problem with みんあの日本語 is that you often cant tell what concept they are trying to teach you, and half the vocabulary they use is useless to a new learner.
It is hard to figure out the concepts. I think Minna no Nihongo the same as many workbooks were designed to be used in class by a Japanese instructor. Language Learning through apps and the internet is a pretty recent feature. Did you find any better workbooks?
@@Hirameki.Insight I keep looking at different ones, but haven't found anything I really like. Genki is decent, but still has nonsense in it. Too many textbooks are geared towards students actually in Japan (I will likely never use the post office so I don't need to know that word. Same goes for tape, hole punch, eraser, etc). Too much focus on business and classrooms.
I think the biggest flaw in textbooks is the lack of casual Japanese. The polite forms of verbs are taught first, but it ends up causing the English learner massive problems later when they have to learn all the casual conjugations. Casual should be taught first since ます forms are easy to pick up.
If you try to make friends, you can't understand anything they are saying because nobody speaks the way the textbooks teach you to speak.
@@spiritspliceare you retarded?
@@spiritsplice Yeah in this case you are right. The books are still made for study or academic purposes. Someone that is busy by working or doing something else, doesnt need most of the topics inside the books. But on the other hand even if you just talk with your friends, sometimes 敬語 or ます体 expressions will be used.
@@spiritspliceThank you for your comment! I am writing some workbooks right now and you gave me a good idea!
good
Thank you!(:
こんにちは。
JLPT1の人はどれぐらい話せるか見てみたい、どのビデオに日本語を話しているのありますか？
こんにちは !
いいアイディアですね。まだ日本語でビデオ撮らなかった。日本語ペラペラの人ですね。、インスタの@thejapaneseguy101を記入すると、見つけるはず!
ドイツに帰ってから、日本人とのビデオをしてみます!
👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thank you for the comment! Any other topic you want covered?
Bro my primery goal is N4 is it possible in one year
I think you can learn for N5 with free resources in the internet in a couple of months. Get the 新完全マスター books for JLPT N4. You should need about 1250 hours to pass JLPT N4. If you don't have an instructor it may take more time. Just make a schedule for 1 year. You should study about 3-4 hours a day. So yeah it is possible, but every person is different. The key is to be consistent