Sometimes you find yourself wanting to study a language because of another one.
What is my language goal for this year?
Japanese – Start and explore the language
What do I need the language for?
– To learn the difference between Korean and Japanese, since I consume these languages at the same time a lot.
– To be able to understand the music (almost) immediately without having to look at translations.
– Not needing subtitles for anime and shows I follow on YouTube.
Where am I now?
I am starting to understand a few words of Japanese just by consuming the language thanks to shows and anime. But I am basically a beginner.
Why would I want to learn Japanese? At the moment it is not my plan at all to speak Japanese fluently. I want to be able to do basic things and that’s it, but I have several reasons why. First, I want to understand the similarities between Korean and Japanese. Second, I want to learn more about the rhythm of the Japanese language. I’m reading more and more manga and sometimes I’m curious why the story is structured in a certain way. I fell in love with the Korean language when I saw a K-drama and suddenly started to understand the rhythm of the language. Not only that, I started to understand the entire series a lot better once I figured out how the language worked.
How am I going to study the language?
My goals for Q1:
– Start.
– Learn Hiragana.
Love,
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