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Tl;dr: Can you recommend me a course for learning Japanese?

I have been turned to the weeaboo side. I must learn Japanese now. It is my destiny.
But all I have is some ancient American video course from the fifties or so, and it's so cheesy it's getting on my nerves. I can't take it any more.
Surely there must be cool new courses around by now, perhaps more anime-oriented? It would be a great way to make learning Japanese more appealing and fun to do.

Pic kind of related.

>> No.7104872

Weeaboos go in /a/. Reported.

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>> No.7104871

>>>/lang/
Please delete your thread since there's enough shit on the front page already.

>> No.7104879

You need to get rid of your "I WANT TO LEARN JAPANESE SO I CAN WATCH MY ANIMU AND READ MY MONGA" mentality, otherwise you will give up fairly soon.

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>> No.7104891

>>7104879
I learned Nip by digging through all the VNs I wanted to read but can't because they will never be translated, downloaded all of those VNs on my computer, and bit by bit with that in mind, learned Japanese to a level that I could read 40-50% of something simple. Kanji was pretty easy to learn for me, even if I didn't know how to pronounce it, at least I knew the meaning, since I'm Chinese.

>> No.7104908

>>7104873
holy shit this image made me rage

>> No.7104911

>>7104879
Nonsense. Learning a language for entertainment is fine. If you're not motivated enough, you'll give up regardless of what your reason for learning the language was.

>> No.7104920

Tae Kim, Kanji Damage, Core 2k, jisho.org
If you care enough you'll figure the rest out. You're welcome.

>> No.7104922

>>7104911

Fair enough.

>> No.7104925

>>7104920
Thank you.

>> No.7104924

>>7104879
Oh, I doubt that.
I've been learning French with minimal support. It's an arduous struggle if you don't get a lot of language exposure and motivation and interaction with other people learning it.
Learning Japanese is a lot easier BECAUSE of the "yay animu and mango" incentive. It really helps.

Anyway, I'm a language nerd, I speak three languages fluently and know the basics of another two, I have a Master's degree in linguistics. I'm not just some naive animu fanboy biting off more than he can chew.

Now can you please just answer my fucking question?

>> No.7104928

Tim Kae
Tangorin
Jim Breen's WWWJDIC
A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar

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>>7104924
>Master's degree in Linguistics
>He thinks he learned something

>> No.7104932

>>7104931
Fuck you.

>> No.7104936

play my japanese coach on the nintendo ds. you'll be able to watch Game Center CX in no time.

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>> No.7104945

The free resources suggested in this thread are enough to get most people here started on native material. Yotsuba is a typical first raw. Fortune Summoners is my favorite suggestion for an early raw because of toggleable furigana, elementary school reading level, and gameplay that requires you to understand basic instructions.

>> No.7104950

>>7104945
Thanks. I don't think I'm up to reading raws yet - I'm only just starting to get the hang of the kana - but I'll remember that for later.
Yotsuba is amazing.

I've been using Anki, too. It's a useful learning tool for arbitrary facts like vocabulary and writing systems.

>> No.7104953

>>7104950
Just suggesting them as less short term goals.

>> No.7104955

>>7104953
I know. Thanks, I appreciate it.

>> No.7104966

If you're into books, many people use the "Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese" for beginner-level learning. I'm sure you could find the e-book somewhere on the internet along with the workbook and CD if you don't want to buy it without trying it out. I also personally like and refer often to "A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters" by Kenneth G. Henshall. Some others prefer "Remembering the Kanji" by Heisig, which teaches kanji meanings via stories but does not teach their pronunciation. I tried it and couldn't really get into it so didn't bother going too far with it though.

Hope this helps!

>> No.7105131

>>7104966
Thanks, I'll look into that too.

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