English? & Japanese^^

Hey :D 

so, I decided to write my blog in english. Why? Because in english almost everybody can read and understand it ^^ And for those who don't want to read it in english, there is a translator button on the left :D (It will probably have many mistakes, but better then nothing ;) ) 

Actually that was everything that I wanted to tell you guys :P But I thought that I need a longer subject for this post... So I will also write about how I study Japanese :D 

First of all if you are studying Japanese as well you have to learn the two syllable alphabets: Hiragana(ひらがな) and Katakana(カタカナ) ! 

Then I would start with the basics like "hello" or "how are you?" or "my name is..." and stuff like that :) 

And then you can search books or websites for grammar and vocabulary ^^ There are some links to websites I use(d) :D 

https://www.erin.ne.jp/en/ (english, used it at the beginning but it wasn't really "my thing" XD)
http://www.coscom.co.jp/learnjapanese.html (english, didn't used it so much but it looks great ^^)
http://www.nihonsociety.com (german, pretty good ^^)
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~kanji/ (english, to study some kanji)
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/basic (english, good and useful for grammar)
http://www.learn-japanese.info/indexv.html (english, didn't use it so much, don't know if it's good)
http://www.freejapaneselessons.com (english, good but it's too much to learn it so fast.. )
http://thejapanesepage.com/getting-started (english, grammar is really easy explained ^^)
http://www.memrise.com (both, perfect for studying vocabulary :D, also available as an App)

I will show you now how I'm studying at the moment :) 

This is my grammar book(it's in german; sorry for non german speakers). I really like it, because it's really easy to understand and it's also made for self-studying(since I study Japanese by myself :P) 

In this book you will learn the Hiragana and 45 Kanjis(the complicated Chinese characters of which like 20'000 exist :P). But don't worry, you don't have to learn so many. Take it easy ;) 45 are more than enough for the beginning ^^ 

At the beginning of each chapter you will learn new vocabulary. To remember and not to forget them, I always write them on flash cards :D It's pretty useful, since you can use them everywhere(in trains, at home, in cars, at school ;), wherever you want). 

Then I also got a booklet for practicing Kanjis ^^ It's really useful because your kanjis will always look like they should, because there are like " helping lines" :D 

And I also got a App which is called "imiwa". It's a offline dictionary and has also some other stuff, e.g. JLPT stuff XD I really like it and it's really useful and for free! :D 

And I also try to read some Japanese on the internet or watch Anime and stuff like that :D 

just try to surround you with the language :) 

If you have any questions, just ask ;) 

see you :) (じゃね)

Ümmi :D