Language Studies

May 12, 2022  •  Leave a Comment

Most of you might not know this but, besides outdoor photography, my other passion is learning the Japanese language. I have been studying it for years and am just no getting to the point here I can read it somewhat decently and am getting some speaking and listening practice in on iTalki. This is a great resource for any language you may be learning. The other great resource I've found is JapaneseAmmo on YouTube. It is created by Misa, a young Japanese girl ho speaks perfect English and has really great free online lessons. She covers a lot of things you on't find in the textbooks. Japanese has a lot of synonymous words and knowing when to use which one can be confusing. In addition, like English, Japanese has  a lot of words that usually only show up in written language. Misa identifies these words and explains when to use other synonyms. She gives tons of examples and has a unique system for presenting the examples on screen so you can see what part of the Japanese example sentence corresponds with the same part of the translated sentence in English. Her videos are occasionally quite long. Some rune 40 to 50 minutes but be patient and hang in there. They are long because she is very thorough. By the end you will know everything you need to know about whatever subject she is covering. Her videos are thoughtful, well scripted and often funny. She often plays multiple parts in her on videos to illustrate interactions between people. She puts a lot of ork into each video and, as I said, published them for free. Try them out. If you like them I encourage you to help her keep making them my donating to her Patreon or Kofi accounts. JapaneseAmmo on YouTube


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