How I learned Japanese | Speaking fluent Japanese in 6 months

I learned Japanese in 6 months by immersing myself in the language as much as I could. I will share with you my story on how I practiced Japanese. I hope this video helps you on your journey to becoming fluent in Japanese!

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[abbudi]

thanks for putting japanese subs while you spoke japanese, i can understand it now

[Jady]

Hello Talk is really good for making Native friends and it’s free. Also don’t use romaji to learn use katakana and hiragana because it helps you with pronunciation. Like です not des-su
Edit: listen to a lot of podcasts I recommend Nihongo con teppei it’s completely in Japanese and it’s short conversational episodes. And it’s pretty easy to follow when u have a good enough vocabulary and sense of grammar.

[heleneelinor]

So cool! I started learning Japanese during lockdown and I’m also documenting the journey on Youtube. ☺️ I feel like once you know Hiragana and Katakana you can progress quite quickly, depending on how much time you can dedicate to learning the language.

[loopislancaster]

I use Hello Talk, Speaky and Tandem to find Japanese friends. I am not consistent with my studies at all and that resulted in me taking months of 'break' from Japanese after studying for like... What... 15 minutes. But when you get to know someone interesting (which in my case I found some through those apps I mentioned, I started texting in Japanese every single day.) Yeah, my grammar is all over the place and my topic typically revolves around food... Which is a great topic by the way. But my point is, I suggest you guys to find Japanese friends to talk to, every single day. You'll find yourself going nuts when you realize you could understand what they're asking you or telling you.

Um hope that helps someone!

[xsweetcloud]

I'm half Japanese too but moved to another country when I was 14 and my Japanese became awfully rusty, and I'm going back to study my own language again so I can relate to your struggle of learning our own language 😅 I really admire your hard work and I'm glad to know I'm not the only ハーフ re-learning.
Claps to all your improvement and hard work!!! Keep on going!!

[Nathan-sqxv]

I’ve been studying for 3 weeks I memorized hiragana and I’m like 40% done katakana

[wilfredjohnson]

"Speaking fluent Japanese in 6 months" and other jokes you can tell yourself

[rafimalik]

i started learning japanese since a year ago, and only progress a little even though i have so many japanese friend in my university. Youre right, we need to use Japanese even its our friend.

[mutownik]

About watching movies or show in foreign languages I really recommend watching them with this language subtitles, I learned English this way and it really helped me ubderstand language more and at the same time fixed a lot of spelling issues that I had. I think this rule is especially true when you are learning Japanese, you can pick up kanji easier and make you more fluent with reading and sentence structure.

[jackm]

Currently learning Japanese and started learning the Hiragana and Katakana!! Right now Im doing 4 symbols of hiragana a day until I finish Hiragana and can move onto Katakana!!! Getting there but I'm not going to rush myself . Great video bro, keep it up

[matthendricks]

How to be fluent in 6 months? Have a japanese parent and also add 20% of lying about how long it REALLY took you.

[carlosalbertobertaud]

I discovered your channel and I loved it, thank you for giving us encouragement to the students of this beautiful language. Saludos desde México.

[jo-vuyr]

i really wanna study abroad in japan too lolz! according to the app i use im 9 percent fluent hehe so im excited!

[awandererabroad]

I started learning a month ago, I’ve got a good grasp on hiragana and some katakana, I watch a lot of anime and Japanese stuff on Netflix! I also have a language partner on tandem, any other help that can be sent my way would be appreciated - I’ve found tandem is very good!

[jamesatem]

I am currently learning Japanese and I cannot read anything because I am still learning Kanjis.

[RedYumaCosplay]

I try to watch as much as I can with Japanese subtitles via Netflix. I listen to music read manga light novels books newspapers etc all in Japanese more now than I was before. I cut on Japanese subtitles if they are available on videos here on youtube as well. I have changed my reason for studying on different occasions because I reached the goal I set. I needed two years of a foreign language to graduate high school (2000-2002 fall semester of my first three years of high school). Next I wanted to be able to watch anime without subtitles (did it within a year 2012-2013). Now I want to be able to communicate with my relatives in Japan in Japanese not only through text but through speaking next time I visit. I could actually practice with my mom.

[brandonbejerano]

VRchat is a good spot to find people who speak Japanese. You don't need VR, it's free, and you can make friends on the way.

[juliusseizure]

I’ve been learning chinese since last august and having massive success. I use it daily to watch videos, read, and chat with my Chinese friends. I can understand most of the frequent words and grammar, but I wanted to know how I would tackle less frequent, more specific words like toothbrush or ball. Did you look up every word that you encountered in your immersion? I tend to only look up a word if it jumps out at me, otherwise I continue watching even though I might not understand 100%.

[futuredeath]

Nice video bro, great tips. Subscribed!

[materialbalance]

Wait so you are conversationally fluent and intermediate level?