Name: Anonymous 2011-12-15 12:06
I've been learning Japanese for a short while, and I feel like I've been going about it the wrong way.
The shit I've been using is teaching me how to say shit, but I feel like it's building it on... zero foundation.
I mean, there's nothing wrong with knowing how to say KANKOO DESU KA or anything, but it's not teaching me grammar, what I'm actually saying (it just gives me a general English translation like "are you sightseeing?") or how to read or anything, and I feel like it's more of a gimmicky tourist version of Japanese. It's kind of like Rosetta Stone, I guess.
So, I've decided to ask you fellow basement dwellers. I found this particular blog
http://learningjapanesewithanonymous.blogspot.com/2011/07/introduction.html
Should I follow this guy's lead? I've heard mixed things about Namasensei, I've heard about the Genki books but I don't really know shit about them, Rikaichan is a godsend from what I hear, and all that shit.
All his advice seems to be really good to me, so I figured I'd ask someone who actually knows how to speak it what your basic assessment is.
TL;DR should I follow this guys advice to into nihongo?
The shit I've been using is teaching me how to say shit, but I feel like it's building it on... zero foundation.
I mean, there's nothing wrong with knowing how to say KANKOO DESU KA or anything, but it's not teaching me grammar, what I'm actually saying (it just gives me a general English translation like "are you sightseeing?") or how to read or anything, and I feel like it's more of a gimmicky tourist version of Japanese. It's kind of like Rosetta Stone, I guess.
So, I've decided to ask you fellow basement dwellers. I found this particular blog
http://learningjapanesewithanonymous.blogspot.com/2011/07/introduction.html
Should I follow this guy's lead? I've heard mixed things about Namasensei, I've heard about the Genki books but I don't really know shit about them, Rikaichan is a godsend from what I hear, and all that shit.
All his advice seems to be really good to me, so I figured I'd ask someone who actually knows how to speak it what your basic assessment is.
TL;DR should I follow this guys advice to into nihongo?