Learning Japanese.

[Mcjon01]

But... if you can't read Japanese in the first place.... :<

But you know what it says because the show is talking it out to you. And you know what the show is talking out to you because it's right there in the subtitles!

[AggroAnnabelle]

Pls. :<

Please what? You aren't making sense.

[Bittersweet]

But you know what it says because the show is talking it out to you. And you know what the show is talking out to you because it's right there in the subtitles!

But isn't it really hard for matured brains to learn a new language via total immersion? I thought that sort of thing became markedly less effective after about age 5...

[Mcjon01]

Bah, don't remind me. Fucking toddlers think they're so great. Magic brains and nobody cares if they shit their pants. What a life. And my advice is perfectly reasonable for anybody at an intermediate state who's listening isn't quite up to the task of following along solely by ear, but who's reading isn't good enough to handle more complicated kanji.

[Tobias]

I can do basic hirigana even if I would probably have to hump the pause button some to read subtitles, though I have yet to start on the kanji sections.
did you have anything in particular in mind mcjon?

[Bittersweet]

I can do basic hirigana even if I would probably have to hump the pause button some to read subtitles, though I have yet to start on the kanji sections.
did you have anything in particular in mind mcjon?

This is basically me. I need to get back into Pimsleur because that seemed to be pretty good.

[Mcjon01]

Honestly, at best anything you try to watch right now is just going to make you more used to hearing Japanese, you probably won't learn much of anything. I mean, you can still do it, but even stuff for babby is going to be made for authentic Yamato babbies, not faker gaijin babbies. Hard to make recommendations for total beginners. Best advice is that if it's not made for learners, make sure it's interesting, because that's all that's going to get you through it.

[Tobias]

hmmm. all right, thanks for the honest advice, ill just go back to rosetta lessons. its tiring, but I do make progress, and I guess thats all I can really ask for.

[BananaShiki]

That thing never worked for me. Using Ixrec's guide and http://japaneseclass.jp/ has been pretty useful, though.

[Bittersweet]

Honestly, at best anything you try to watch right now is just going to make you more used to hearing Japanese, you probably won't learn much of anything. I mean, you can still do it, but even stuff for babby is going to be made for authentic Yamato babbies, not faker gaijin babbies. Hard to make recommendations for total beginners. Best advice is that if it's not made for learners, make sure it's interesting, because that's all that's going to get you through it.

Due to the nature of things I've watched the most, I've become much more familiar with the accents of yakuza and various Japanese bad guys. Is this a bad thing?

[ZidanReign]

It's an anime forum. We all read Japanese.

Can't tell if sarcastic or serious...

[Lycodrake]

I have Rosetta Stone but haven't picked it up in a while.
Subbed anime definitely have helped me recognize common phrases, though...I think. Maybe.

[Mcjon01]

Due to the nature of things I've watched the most, I've become much more familiar with the accents of yakuza and various Japanese bad guys. Is this a bad thing?

Not if you can roll your r's.

[Bittersweet]

I can and do! I have a skillful tongue after all...

[AggroAnnabelle]

Can't tell if sarcastic or serious...

Why would it be sarcastic? I didn't say anything sarcastic.

[Paitouch]

I can and do! I have a skillful tongue after all...

Was... Was this some kind of pass at Mcjon?

[Bittersweet]

Ehehe.

[Mcjon01]

...恥ずかしいよ。

[AggroAnnabelle]

...恥ずかしいよ。

ROFL!

[BananaShiki]

ＭｃＪｏｎはかわいい～