And keep in mind that how much time you put into this massively affects what results you’ll get. Good luck!
^([**edit:** addition of an item, slight rewording])
You should learn Hirigana and Katakana first. But Japanese takes a really long time to get good at; you need to study alot and have motivation to do so. You can do your best with only a bit of studying but if you don’t have any time for studying at all you won’t get very far
Why do you want to learn Japanese? What are your short term goals with the language?
> i dont really have time for studying
Oh ho ho
You have plenty of time.
After you graduate college.
Well actually, after I graduated college I was working 80 hours a week.
So yeah.
Time is the key though, figure where you can pull that out. It may even require a lifestyle change.
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Read the sidebar.
then don’t.
Maybe cut down your video game playing and use that time for learning Japanese?
I mean, you picked something that takes a hell of a lot of time to learn.
Here are some posts with general advice and guidelines:
– [personal brief writeup](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/xq6qk1/i_have_all_the_time_in_the_world_please_give_me/iq7ukiv/?context=3) on the importance of structure & balancing theory and practice
– [“New to Japanese? Start here!”](https://github.com/EngJpDiscordExchange/Awesome-Japanese/blob/master/readme.md#beginner-guide)
– [this subreddit’s Starter’s Guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/wiki/index/startersguide)
– [Japanese Primer](https://morg.systems/Japanese-Primer): “morgawr_’s personal no-bullshit ‘how do I Japanese?’ page”
– [Japanese Learning Loop](https://morg.systems/58465ab9) (more extensive version of the above)
– [How to Learn Japanese Efficiently](https://docs.google.com/document/d/19FEIOJWbLhJQ-AmepxFBMC2ebhJJr9RBUMfMeatYuq8/edit) by Hazzat
– [resources and basic layout](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/s5mtva/comment/ht1lo0x/?context=3) by Get_the_instructions
– [this subreddit’s Resource Page](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/wiki/index/resources/) (check out the three guides at the top in particular)
And keep in mind that how much time you put into this massively affects what results you’ll get. Good luck!
^([**edit:** addition of an item, slight rewording])
You should learn Hirigana and Katakana first. But Japanese takes a really long time to get good at; you need to study alot and have motivation to do so. You can do your best with only a bit of studying but if you don’t have any time for studying at all you won’t get very far
Why do you want to learn Japanese? What are your short term goals with the language?
> i dont really have time for studying
Oh ho ho
You have plenty of time.
After you graduate college.
Well actually, after I graduated college I was working 80 hours a week.
So yeah.
Time is the key though, figure where you can pull that out. It may even require a lifestyle change.