How To Learn Japanese For Beginners In A Short Time

How to learn Japanese for beginners (freepic)

YOGYAKARTA - Mastering Japanese does not only open the door to enjoying Japanese entertainment more deeply, but can also increase your career opportunities.

Many multinational companies operate in Japan, making Japanese language skills a highly appreciated added value.

This article will show how you can start a journey to learn Japanese that is fun and useful.

Reporting from the preparing page, here are some tips for beginners to be fluent in Japanese:

Although there is no definite period of time, language learning expert Benny Lewis believes it will take 400 to 600 hours to become fluent. He explains that if this is the first foreign language you learn, it can reach 600 hours.

However, the reality is it depends on the effort you will make to raise your Japanese level.

To see fast progress, you need to start practicing every day! There are hundreds of applications and learning strategies that are useful for helping you learn language in a busy schedule and finding learning speeds that suit you.

The best way to learn Japanese is to start by studying the alphabet. There are three basic writing systems that you need to learn to be able to read Japanese, namely Hiragana, Katana, and Kanji.

The ability to read Hiragana is very important for all beginners. Hiragana is mainly used for Japanese native words and consists of 46 characters or 51 phonetic characters. This is key to understanding how and why Japanese words sound like that.

Since most characters have only one pronunciation, Hiragana is quite easy to learn. No doubt, once you study Hiragana, you will create a strong foundation required for the original sound accent.

Compared to Hiragana, Katana is used for non-Japan words or loan words (words adopted from foreign languages). This includes technical and scientific terms, as well as the names of several plants and animals.

Katata can give you more problems than Hiragana because it won't be used frequently, especially at the beginning of your language learning journey. As your level increases, Katana will appear more frequently. However, only being able to read Katana is enough for a beginner.

Kanji consists of thousands of Chinese symbols representing all words, ideas, or phrases. Many students believe that studying Kanji is the hardest part of the process.

On the other hand, this part is one of the most important aspects of learning Japanese. Knowing basic Kanji will allow you to understand, speak, and write simple Japanese.

If you want to master grammar perfectly, you have to forget everything you know about English grammar because they are very different.

Unlike many Roman languages, Japanese only has two forms of time: The past and non-past (now and the future). However, there are two forms of Japanese, namely polite and innocent (used for casual conversation).

Also read the article that discusses 6 Japanese Language Learning Applications with an Interesting Learning Method

Are you wondering what is the fastest way to learn to speak Japanese? That's easy! Start with a list of the most common words and expressions.

Knowing basic phrases like "Hello", "How are you?" and "happy to meet you" allow you to start speaking Japanese and quickly join the conversation with the original speakers.

Language learning applications will be very useful when you start learning Japanese. Here are some popular apps for learning Japanese:

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