Learning Japanese Archives

22May

22 May 2023

Is It Hard to Learn Japanese?

Japanese, simply in terms of the vocabulary, the structure being very different from say English, if you're an English speaker, is going to be more difficult. However, there are a number of things that make Japanese easier, in my opinion.

14Mar

14 Mar 2023

Korean vs Japanese vs Chinese

Learning Chinese, Learning Japanese, Learning Korean

Korean vs Japanese vs Chinese, ever wonder what the similarities and differences are between these three languages and how should we go about learning them? To what extent can learning one help you with the others? Let me share my experience in learning these three Asian languages. How I Learned Mandarin, Japanese and Korean […]

02Aug

2 Aug 2021

5 Tips to Help You Learn Japanese

Learning Japanese

If you are going to learn Japanese, you need to decide why you are learning the language. I learned Japanese because my work took me there in 1971. I lived there for nine years, mostly during the 1970s. I learned in Japan, surrounded by the language, on my own, largely by listening and reading and using […]

02Jun

2 Jun 2021

How I Learned Japanese

Learning Japanese

*** This post is a transcript of a video on my YouTube channel. Studying English? Here’s the transcript as a lesson to study on LingQ. Back in 1968, I was sent to Hong Kong by the Canadian government to learn Mandarin Chinese. I spent a year learning Chinese and then the idea was […]

28Jul

28 Jul 2020

Learning Japanese Verb Endings

Learning Japanese

Today I want to write about Japanese verbs and Japanese verb endings, but first I want to make a confession. I write these blog posts based on topics that cross my mind for whatever reason. I write them without an awful lot of planning because I find that, when it comes to language […]

22Jan

22 Jan 2019

A Quick Overview of Japanese for Beginners

Learning Japanese

A Quick Overview of Japanese for Beginners at First has been transcribed from Steve’s YouTube channel. You can download the audio and study the transcript as a lesson at LingQ. Hi there, Steve here. Today I want to talk about Japanese. I’m thinking of doing a series on different languages, which I would call Steve’s Easy Introduction […]

27Sep

27 Sep 2018

How Hard is it to Learn Japanese and Can You be Fluent in 3 Months?

Learning Japanese, Learning Languages

How Hard is it to Learn Japanese and Can it You be Fluent in 3 Months has been transcribed from Steve’s YouTube channel. You can download the audio and study the transcript as a lesson at LingQ. Hi there, Steve Kaufmann here. Today, I’m going to talk about a subject that has come up before and that is […]

30Jul

Learning Japanese Is Not Difficult

Learning Japanese, Learning Techniques

This is a transcript of one of my YouTube Videos – To keep up with my latest thoughts on language learning, subscribe to my YouTube Channel. Hi there, Steve Kaufmann. Today, I want to give you a very brief introduction to Japanese. I was asked to do this in Chinese from one of my Chinese-speaking viewers, […]

29Jul

Language details: How to say “I” in Japanese?

Learning Japanese, Uncategorized

We had a lively discussion at my YouTube channel about how to say “I” in Japanese. In my recent video Learn Japanese an Introduction, I used the following sentence to illustrate how the Japanese language works. 私はカナダ人です. (I am Canadian) . I pronounced　”私”　わたくし rather thanわたし。A number of people who follow my YouTube channel, all of them non-native speakers, […]

27Jul