SidharthTheSlayer
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I would argue that Japanese is one of the easiest languages to learn for a native English speaker due to the grammatical structure and rules being completely different to English. It is perfectly phonetic, meaning that a word will always sound like it is spelled in hiragana.
Not to mention, the Japanese language is highly logical, as its grammar rules are simple and internally consistent. Such is not the case with Indo-European languages.
A Latin language or Germanic language for example would be much more difficult to learn as you will confuse the similar, yet differing rules of one for another more often which leads you to make great mistakes.
Spanish for example, was much harder to learn for me in school. All the conjugatives, accents, different grammar rules etc. were just too unnecessarily complicated.
Japanese, by comparison, is about 3 months of studying the fundamental building blocks of grammar and phonetic alphabets, and the rest is simply memorization of the Kanji and vocabulary in general.
There are also tons of resources for learning how to read and listen to Japanese out there, including anime, video games, manga, light novels etc. which are all pretty good ways of learning and can help you progress from beginner to expert levels.
Given Japan’s dominance in the world today, it would be a valuable skill to have to be able to communicate in Japanese, especially in a career setting. You should learn Japanese, it’s not even that hard.
Check out this guide for some good resources.
Not to mention, the Japanese language is highly logical, as its grammar rules are simple and internally consistent. Such is not the case with Indo-European languages.
A Latin language or Germanic language for example would be much more difficult to learn as you will confuse the similar, yet differing rules of one for another more often which leads you to make great mistakes.
Spanish for example, was much harder to learn for me in school. All the conjugatives, accents, different grammar rules etc. were just too unnecessarily complicated.
Japanese, by comparison, is about 3 months of studying the fundamental building blocks of grammar and phonetic alphabets, and the rest is simply memorization of the Kanji and vocabulary in general.
There are also tons of resources for learning how to read and listen to Japanese out there, including anime, video games, manga, light novels etc. which are all pretty good ways of learning and can help you progress from beginner to expert levels.
Given Japan’s dominance in the world today, it would be a valuable skill to have to be able to communicate in Japanese, especially in a career setting. You should learn Japanese, it’s not even that hard.
Check out this guide for some good resources.
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