Beginner: working through prebuilt vocab deck (Moe Way Tango N5). Should I also be building my own deck in parallel with vocab/sentences I pick up elsewhere?

3 comments

1. Sounds like a big work load. Practicing vocabulary from Genki & Comprehensible Japanese sounds like enough for now. I think total Genki vocabulary is something like 1700 words. That’s a whole core deck in itself. Maybe add some Kanji study (RTK) on the side if you’re feeling ambitious.

2. I wouldn’t suggest both. Tango will cover all the words in tango for the most part just not in the same order. Just stick with Tango N5 for now and learn the grammar. Are you following Tokini Andy’s videos with Genki?

3. Nah. You should make your own cards once you can read on your own because the vocab that you encounter and don’t know will be very helpful for you specifically.

   Using a prebuilt deck or decks is perfectly fine until you get farther along. Tango N5 is good. I’m a fan of sentence cards.