learning japanese?

Question

i have learned quite a few phrases by using romaji and i find it really easy.i want to learn japanese to communicate .is it still worth learning it if i dont learn the symbols straight away?...i will learn them once i have mastered the language fluently.

what is your opinion?

Answer 1

Of course!!! Romanji always comes first and then you can learn the hiragana and katakana litlte by little and then the kanji characters. The key to communicating is not reading characters, but producing and understanding language. Besides, if you go to Japan most everything is in romanji. Keep doing what you are doing!! Good for you!!!

Answer 2

"...I will learn them once I have mastered the language fluently."

That's a silly thing to do. It's like learning the English language perfectly (which takes years and years to do), but never even bothering with your ABC's, though you had plenty of time to get them down considering no one picks up a language fluently in a short period of time.
No one would find you very intelligent once they learn that (even if you might be able to speak okay), you can't read or write even the most simplistic of words. In order to be considered fluent in a language, after all, you need to be able to comprehend reading, writing, AND the spoken language.

If you're not willing to invest time now at the *start* of your learning career to learn kana and even some of the most basic kanji, you probably won't bother if you were to even reach fluency (which I doubt because most books, after a certain level, write without your precious romaji as help because they expect you to be able to read what any normal first grader in Japan can read).

Answer 3

i agree with belie. japanese is not easy like you say, maybe learning simple phrases may be easy but your pronunciation probably sounds horrible. when i started learning we did some simple phrases and sentence structures but at the same time we learned hiragana. then katakana, then some simple kanji such as numbers, simple verbs (eat, drink, go, come, etc.), but we were always learning a little of both speaking and reading/writing. i know many people who can speak fluently because their parents are japanese but they can only read/write hiragana/katakana and hardly any kanji. well, anyway at the very least, learn hiragana/katakana because those are easy and then some simple kanji, but don't wait to start studying the characters until you are fluent. there is no logic in that.

Answer 4

learn how to speak the language 1st then try to read it. jeez im trying to do the same thing as you and i only know 2 words! damn

Answer 5

sure! being able to read it (in ro-maji) and speaking it is enough. I mean, I'm Japanese and I'm STILL learning to write it!! lol

Answer 6

soak yourself into Japanese Entertainment. Listen to Japanese songs, watch anime, etc.

Answer 7

first try to learn the language... and study hiragana and katakana little bit at a time... that is wat i did. study in romaji until you feel comfortable studying in hiragana

Answer 8

first learn how to make cool hair like japanese

Answer 9

hyjuj8

Answer 10

dont try