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Re-purposing the Site

After a period of soul searching I've decided that doing Japanese with video games in not what I want to do with my time. Initially, I was excited about the idea and had some fun coming up with ideas and working on future videos. Unfortunately, it makes learning one of my favorite languages feel like a chore. Japanese no longer had my interest the way it had originally, and that is why I will no longer be attempting to learn Japanese with games. If it comes up naturally, or is somehow related to what I'm talking about, I will still talk about the meaning of certain terms and all. The time it takes to organize an explanation about a language I have not yet mastered (if I could ever master a language, not sure I've mastered English lol), I could dedicate to another hobby of mine. One that is easier to describe and that won't make blogging feel like a drag. It has nothing to do with the amount of views I was getting - of course nobody is reading a new blog with only f...

How to write a basic sentence in Japanese - Part 1

Let's say you just want to say "I am". How would you do that? What are the benefits of using a series like Zelda to learn another language? Chances are you have played at least one game from the franchise in the past. If you try learning with a new game, one you've never played in English, you will probably spend most of your time stuck on names. Being able to distinguish what the names belong to (a person, location, thing, etc.) can get confusing especially in longer sentences. By playing a familiar game, you won't have that problem and you can use that time productively learning new words, learning new phrases, and save yourself the frustration. は  (wa) は designates the topic of a sentence. Even though it's the 'ha' syllable, it's pronounced 'wa' when used as a particle. The first word everyone learns is ' konnichi wa '. A lot of people misspell it as こんにちわ, but it's actually こんにちは, using the 'wa' topic indica...