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Come inside yourself

Rosetta Stone that shit.

But don't pay money like a faggot.

It takes a lot of work work and guts. You don't have what it takes.

然o we 缶an 点oint out the mistakes and 笑augh~?
我 好ike undubs 致ause 我 find it faster to 読ead somethings than 待ait for my 脳ain to *click*
ahahhaha 私 had fun with 当his

Read Tae Kim.
Grind kanji.
Read/listen to all sorts of shit.

It's not worth it, just watch fansubs and wait for VNs to be translated

>>3504745
yes the best way is to read and learn what you are taught be your betters

Lesson 1.
俺は猫です
{ore wa neko des}

I am a cat


for an accurate feeling on how to pronounce this watch all movies with Mifune Toshiro.

The end of Lesson 1

Either look up the kabillion Japanese learning sites on the internet and see what you pick up, or buy a couple books (they usually approach the basics quite differently and might complement each other) and see what works best for you.
I really wouldn't recommend Rosetta Stone as a main learning tool. It *works*, but it stubbornly refuses to provide any insights into the language, its quirks or origins, when an occasional, simple explanation could improve the learning process immensely.

>>3504759
Am I an idiot because I actually found (and understood) your post funny?

>>3504745
Im using this on my DS, is working pretty good so far.

>>3504759
Wasn't there some Firefox script that does this to all text? I seem to have forgotten the name though, anyone else remember?

To expand on
>>3504762

(do these first two in the order you like, or at the same time, whatever)

1. Read Tae Kim or some beginner's textbook (or both) for the very basics. DITCH TEXTBOOKS AS SOON AS YOU CAN.

2. Learn the 2042 Remembering the Kanji Vol 1 Kanji. USE AN SRS FLASHCARD PROGRAM LIKE ANKI and get that shit done in 50-60 days. Keep testing afterwards though.

3. Expose yourself to vocabulary and grammar through context. I use the smart.fm sentences to test my reading and passively gain vocabulary and grammar knowledge. Again, USE AN SRS FLASHCARD PROGRAM. Repeat forever.

>>3504809
Characterizer (formerly Kanjilish)

>>3504801
Yes this helps!

Some useful stuff that gets posted over and over again in Japanese language threads:

Genki books
AJATT (www.alljapaneseallthetime.com)
Tae Kim's Guide to Japanese(www.guidetojapanese.org)
Heisig's RTK (book 1 & 3)
Anki (something to SRS with)
immerse yourself in the language (animu/VNs/J-drama/mango/etc)

And I think that's about all. Or I can't remember any of the other shit (excluding Rosetta), but these sites/books/etc will help.

Dude learn Arabic it's the language of the future and can land you a nice job.

I think rtk is a waste of time and energy.

>>3504832
Not after the United States is done with that shitty region. OOH-RAH

>>3504854

Oil, motherfucker, are you aware of it?

Also, Dubai.

>>3504864
Last I checked, Dubai was a horrible ghost-town dystopia. Has it gotten better?

>>3504864
That's why we're there, genius.

>>3504744
> ya i readed dat on aпﻩпtaاk.com two day's ago
Same, OP.

OP here. Thanks a lot, this should get me started.
idk about rosetta, though... Is it that good? I only had the beginner classes, though, maybe that's why I learned reaaaally slow... It was jut repeating stuff I already knew... (kanas mostly)

>>3504895
don't get rosettas stone it is worthless

>>3504844
Why? Do you prefer having to drag out and increase the difficulty of the kanji learning process over years, or get it over painlessly in a couple months?

>>3504801
will need an emulator :P