After reading about Irina’s experiences of not learning Japanese, some people wonder how I learned Japanese correctly. While I can relate to a few experiences. Things such as picking up word immersion and some I can agree with, such as a language learning partner.
However, I disagree with some methods. Yep, it’s Duolingo, as it’s very […]
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One thing a lot of texts don't bother to explain is that Japanese is a living language, and there's lots of nuance that they just gloss over. These kinds of things are just picked up by Googling, asking a teacher or real person, or figuring out from first principles.
e.g. Katakana is sometimes used to substitute annoying kanji (リンゴ vs 林檎) or for emphasis of keywords in a block of hiragana (サボる vs さぼる), or that kanji in anime/manga like to use special pronunciations with odd furigana (in katakana) on top, like the Railgun in A Certain Magical Railgun (超電磁砲 vs レールガン).
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