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martino · 2006-09-28, 16:05

Has anyone managed to pick up some Japanese(spoken) just by watching anime or other stuff spoken in Japanese?

I've have watched about 330 hours(~14 days) of anime in Japanese and by now I'm able to understand the meanings of simple sentences. For example I just shut my eyes while watching for a few seconds, listen to what they're saying and then play it back while watching the subs. I can usually get the basic meaning of the sentence, up to a certain level. Long sentences are just impossible for me to get. Myself I know Slovak, Italian, English and a bit of French and Latin. I never really had problems studying a foreign language. It's more my motivation that fails me. Is it possible to learn Japanese(I mean just on a basic level) whithout actually knowing the writing(kanji and the other ones)?

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martino makes no files now Join Date: May 2006	Has anyone managed to pick up some Japanese(spoken) just by watching anime or other stuff spoken in Japanese? I've have watched about 330 hours(~14 days) of anime in Japanese and by now I'm able to understand the meanings of simple sentences. For example I just shut my eyes while watching for a few seconds, listen to what they're saying and then play it back while watching the subs. I can usually get the basic meaning of the sentence, up to a certain level. Long sentences are just impossible for me to get. Myself I know Slovak, Italian, English and a bit of French and Latin. I never really had problems studying a foreign language. It's more my motivation that fails me. Is it possible to learn Japanese(I mean just on a basic level) whithout actually knowing the writing(kanji and the other ones)? __________________ "Light and shadow don't battle each other, because they're two sides of the same coin"