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Re:Ask HN: Most effective way to learn a new language (not t... by s4vi0r on Monday December 05, 2016 @04:54PM (#13110058)
How far would you say you got at the end of 6 months? I took a Japanese 101 class a couple years ago and still remember some basic phrases/verbs/etc and how to read katakana and hiragana as well as probably 50 or so kanji. Been thinking about getting back into it so that I can at least use it at some semi-basic conversational level for my trip.
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Re:Ask HN: Most effective way to learn a new language (not t... by chowraid on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @11:12AM (#13115677)
I would say that I got to the point that I was able to understand the majority of the words on Japanese songs and movies. The reading part on the other hand was another story. Talking I was at a elementary level. I was able to defend myself somewhat.
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