Talk:Japanese/Lessons/Basic

TraNSLATING Hiranga into romaji
Example: Discourse topic marker は (romaji - wa, literally ha) (The bold is the add-on) Wikisquared 13:24, 18 August 2006 (UTC)


 * This may seem unimportant, but many native speakers when writing in romagi, will write は as ha for the topic marker. They still pronounce it wa however. Ken 13:01, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Is this page to advanced??
At a basic stage, wouldn't it be nice to just introduce greetings, and the main part of basic learning, the Hiragana, Katakana and some (very) basic Kanji.

I think this would be more important at this stage than imperative verbs etc...

Ed -- 04:49, 22 September 2007 (UTC)


 * That stuff is included in the introduction section, but I think the introduction section should just include kana lessons and really basic stuff, while greetings etc. should go here. I think the way the kana is supposed to be taught now is ok. Ikarsik 00:43, 4 November 2007 (UTC)


 * There's only so much that can be learned from hiragana, katakana and basic kanji. I think the 'Starter Less' should be good for people who are just curious.  I've already started a Lesson that needs at least hiragana.  I didn't see this page until I made the lesson, but it can be easily revised with things added to it. --Retropunk (talk) 22:27, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

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I think that the basic section of the book should be able to be used as a learning resource for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test level 4. This way we can use a set list of vocabulary, kanji and grammar. The suggested structure of the section now is good in that the kanji and vocabulary can be introduced in each section, and there are already grammar parts listed under the headings.

A good resource for JLPT : http://www.jlptstudy.com/

also if we structure the book on the JLPT then the other sections, intermediate, advanced, and expert, can be used for JLPT levels 3, 2, 1 respectively. Ikarsik 00:52, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

I also agree with this. I think that we should however include auxiliary vocabulary and other knowledge freely while emphasizing the information necessary for the Japanese proficiency test. This would accomplish the two goals of providing the knowledge needed to pass the exam while including enough information to keep the studious user interested. WongFei (talk) 2:26AM, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

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I think every lesson should include relevent drills at the end to get people thinking and speaking in Japanese and practicing the new techniques. WongFei (talk) 10:39, 5 April 2008 (UTC)