hi guys it's me judy today we're going
to be talking about how to learn
japanese and since i'm a native speaker
in japanese i'm going to be sharing you
guys my perspectives as a native speaker
and i'm going to be talking about the
mistakes that most of the foreigners
make so before talking about tips let's
talk about why to learn japanese so
firstly i think this is the most common
one it's to enjoy animes without
subtitles when it comes to anime and
when i look to do like english turkish
german or subtitles most of them cannot
really represent the anime itself it's
kind of like changes the meaning of the
anime and i think watching anime without
subtitles is the best thing that you can
ever do in your life and also when it
comes to animes characters have certain
ways to talk and it really build up
their character like how they talk how
they kind of say things really shows
actually their personality and when it
comes to anime it is really important
for example in jojo's bizarre adventure
which is my all-time favorite anime if
you haven't watched that just watch it
the way georgia characters talk is
really different from the day-to-day
life and from the other animes as well
for example in jojo every character says
janaika in japanese we normally say for
example
kind of like that
but in jojo the characters are so
different from the anime they say
they use it it on purposely if you're a
native speaker or if you are fluent in
japanese you will understand jojo
hundred percent if you are reading
subtitles and if you are a foreigner who
doesn't understand japanese or japanese
culture you will understand maybe 50 of
it and still there are a lot of people
enjoying jojo and other animes with
reading subtitles if you're enjoying
anime with subtitles maybe like let's
say five point out of ten you will enjoy
without subtitles ten out of ten it's so
different it is so different to watch
anime with subtitles versus actually
understanding japanese so if you love
anime i would highly highly recommend to
learn japanese because it will change
the whole experience i'm being
productive only to watch anime without
the guild so the second one is to visit
or travel japan so if you're planning to
visit or travel to japan after this
whole situation ends i would recommend
you to learn a little bit of japanese
here and there like some emergency
things japanese people will appreciate
your effort to speak japanese and they
will help you i think 10 times better
when you talk in japanese because when
you ask something in english they will
be probably scared and there will be
probably maybe not to help not because
they're ignorant because they're shy
they're pretty shy when it comes to
english so yeah before visiting japan i
would recommend you to learn in japanese
a little bit because i'm sure that will
help you and the third reason is for
work or academical purpose so if you're
going to be learning for it work or for
academical purpose you really have to
make sure that you know keigo which is
the kind of they you show respect when
you're talking in japanese it is very
hard and when you are learning japanese
for work or academical purpose i think
it would be really really hard for you
but keep going you have that
okay so when it comes to learning
japanese it is really important to know
hiragana katakana and kanji so where to
start i would highly highly recommend
you to start from your pronunciation and
learning hiragana and katakana at the
same time because they will show you how
to pronounce things actually don't don't
ever study japanese in romaji which is
like the latin alphabets because it will
change your pronunciation i think the
pronunciation is the most most most
important thing when it comes to
learning a language don't rush to learn
kanji first because even for japanese it
takes years and years to learn kanji
bots pronunciation katakana and hiragana
these are the really really important
things when you want to improve your
japanese pronunciation
so when it comes to pronunciation as
everybody knows watching animes youtube
videos listening to japanese songs
watching maybe ghibli movies are pretty
good ways to learn japanese and make
your pronunciation better
because in animes and in ghibli movies
you can hear the voice actors talking
pretty clearly their pronunciation is 10
out of 10 so you can really learn from
them but the problem with learning
japanese with animes and the movies is
that most of the words that they use is
not the words that we use daily as
japanese people for example not a lot of
people say
or nantoka
or something they are like the words
that used to use japanese in the past so
actually it depends really on what type
of anime you watch but most of the time
the words and the way that talk in anime
is for making the things fun so most of
the japanese of course don't talk in
that way for vocabularies and for
pronunciation watching movies and animes
is very very important in my opinion but
in order to learn japanese in a proper
way it is really important to
interacting with the native speakers but
how to interact with japanese native
speakers right it is really hard these
days to travel to japan because of the
whole situation and also it is really
expensive to travel to japan because
japan is a pretty expensive country in
my opinion especially if you're coming
from a country like turkey so what you
can do instead you can find native
speakers online because the thing that i
like about my generation is that
internet is everywhere and everybody can
use internet so how to interact with
native speakers the best way to do it
and the most affordable way to do it is
that using a language app so today's
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you can find chinese japanese korean
turkish german english arabic i don't
know whatever language you want to learn
you can find that in hellotalk and what
you can do with hellotalk you can
interact with the native speakers you
can chat with them you can have phone
calls and you can send voice messages
and in the chat system there is a ai
which checks your pronunciation and also
your grammar so when you're talking with
a native speaker ai will automatically
show the right way to say the sentence
and we can have a chat we can have a
conversation and then we can have phone
calls etc and also in hello talk they
have a timeline where you can post
things and people will comment on you
for example if you want to check your
pronunciation you can just like say the
word use a like voice record option in
hello talk and you can post it in your
timeline and maybe ask for them is my
pronunciation right and somebody will
comment and somebody will help you and
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i realized that i haven't talked
japanese in this video so let me talk a
little bit in japanese in this video so
that i can prove that i'm a native
speaker
like that so how to learn hiragana and
katakana i think you can learn them in
just one day it doesn't take that much
time the only thing that you have to do
is really to practice right right and
right and right they're not that hard
and what is the difference between
hiragana and katakana so hiragana is
like the basic thing basic alphabet that
you use we don't only use hiragana we
combine them with kanjis and with the
katakanas hiraganas and katakanas are
actually the same thing katakana is an
alphabet that is used for foreign words
for example coffee in japanese
means kohi so let me write both of them
in hiragana and also in katakana so as
you can see i've written it with
hiragana and also with the katakana so
the upper one is hiragana and the lower
one is katakana don't rush with the
kanji we will get there but don't rush
with learning kanjis learn hiraganas and
katakanas and make your pronunciation
better
so let's talk about kanjis so i got a
lot of questions saying that do i really
need to learn kanji my answer is that it
really depends on your purpose of
learning japanese if you want to learn
it for fun if you want to learn it for
understanding animes or movies you don't
necessarily need to learn kanji but if
you want to read something in japanese
or if you want to use that japanese in
japan then you really have to learn
kanjis but you don't have to rush first
because firstly improve your
pronunciation and hiragana and katakana
and communicate with native speakers and
make japanese a habit in your daily life
daily practice is really important first
do that after that worry about learning
kanjis so if you want to do it in a fun
purpose i don't think that you need to
learn kanji however if you want to read
something or if you want to use japanese
for academical or work purpose then you
really have to learn kanjis but the
thing about the kanjis is that even for
japanese it takes years and years to
learn kanjis so i search it real quick
and in order to read newspaper you have
to know thousand and eight hundred
kanjis so it doesn't mean that you will
be able to read every single news that
you'll see but you'll understand most of
the newspaper so you need thousands and
hundreds kanjis to learn that when it
comes to kanjis it is really important
to do practices and there are a lot of
kanjis that has the same pronunciation
but the different meaning how to
understand that is that using kanjis in
daily life which you can do with the
hellotalk when you're chatting with a
native speaker you will automatically
pick kanjis and it will improve your
ability to select the right kanji but
when it comes to kanji it is important
to write write write and write and use
them daily like even me i'm not really
good at kanjis i can read kanjis but i
cannot really write kanjis because i
don't use them daily in my daily life i
don't use kanji i just type so i don't
really write kanjis i'm not really good
about writing kanjis but you know when
i'm typing of course i can choose the
right kanji so i just cannot remember
the kanji itself but do i have any
difficulties in japan when i'm in japan
absolutely not it won't really help you
your phone will help you when you are
trying to write something in japanese
because i type in japanese i look up to
the kanji and i write the same thing
when it comes to kanji if you're doing
for work academical purpose i would
highly recommend you to learn kanjis
practice them use them daily there is no
shortcuts to learn kanji but as i said
if you are learning it for understanding
animes or movies you don't really need
to learn them i can make a whole video
about learning kanjis better and how to
read in japanese and how to watch animes
effectively or how to watch movies and
listen to songs effectively i can do a
video about that if you guys want let me
know in the comments down below but
these are the basic things you have to
really know
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so let's summarize this video first
point screw romaji so latin alphabet and
learn hiraganas and katakanas instead of
them secondly focus on your
pronunciation and while you're focusing
on your pronunciation learn hiraganas
and katakanas at the same time never use
romaji learn like japanese and third one
when you are practicing your
pronunciation and your vocabulary don't
forget to watch animes movies and
listening to
songs and also like j-dramas i think
they're pretty good they're like pretty
sweet so watching j-dramas is also a
good way and fourth one is interacting
with the native speakers you can use
hellotalk to do that chat with them make
phone calls post something on timeline
and use a translator focus your grammar
focus your kanjis and all that stuff and
the fifth step is learning kanjis it's
important to do some practices write
them write them write them use them
daily and type in japanese read in
japanese write in japanese just make
japanese as a part of your life and
that's the summary of the video as i
said if you want a video about how to
read in japanese or how to watch animes
effectively i can make another video let
me know in the comments down below i'll
probably make a video about that i hope
you find this video helpful and let me
see you in my next video bye for now bye