There could be a multitude of reasons why someone may want to teach themselves Japanese. You could be moving to Japan or taking a holiday there. Or you may not need to speak Japanese at all but choose to in order to impress friends. Being able to converse in another language is something worth doing and will give you great pleasure if you succeed.
Whatever your reasons, mine was because I wanted to learn Japanese for my upcoming move to Tokyo. Considering I was going to be living there for 3 months I felt that I should try and communicate effectively in their language. I am often asked whether I can speak Japanese fluently and am not sure what to tell them.
If you want my opinion, I believe that even though I think I can now communicate well now in Japanese, I still don’t think I know that much. I doubt whether I will ever know it all to be honest. No matter what you learn there’s always more. For me, a big test of how far I’ve got is when I sit and watch a Japanese cartoon or movie and can understand what’s going on. It’s easy in English so why shouldn’t it be in another language as well with practise?
There is still a way to go in my learning but I’m getting there. You are probably wondering how I went from knowing nothing to being able to speak Japanese and watch movies etc. I won’t lie, it took a lot of perspiration and many hours of effort. I am not going to lie to you and say that the journey was an easy one. If you want to learn a language like I have then you will need to fully committed to be able to succeed. But the important thing is that anyone can actually do it they want to.
Making enough time in your busy schedule mixed in with other things is pretty hard to do. However, with a bit of effort you can study while working out at the gym, for example, or going to work.
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