How To Impress Your Friends With Spoken Japanese Even If You're A Total Beginner
Click for Readable HTML Version How To Impress Your Friends With Spoken Japanese Even If You're A Total Beginner by Rippasama How To Impress Your FriendsWith Spoken Japanese EvenIf You're A Total BeginnerYes, you really can speak Japaneseif you have 10 minutes to spare each day.The idea of course is to have a wellplanned out learning system that onlyrequires you to set aside 10 minuteseach day for learning Japanese.The key to learning Japaneseis really quite simple. If I wereto summarize it, it would be....L.A.R. (Learn, Apply and Repeat)One of the biggest mistakesmost beginner Japanese learnersface is to Apply and Repeat whatthey had studied before.What's the point of learning newphrases and vocabularies onlyto forget about them later?It's pointless right?Imagine that you're learning alist of 20 new Japanese words.Without apply and repeatingthat list of 20 Japanese words,your chances of retaining themwould be around a mere 10 percent.In other words, that's only 2 words.Without applying and repeatingthat word list, you continueto learn more new words. Again,everytime you learn a new list,you're only able to remember2 words. But that's not all...The more Japanese wordsyou learn, the more confusedand harder you will find Japanese is.Indeed, you will start realizingthat even if you kinda know what'sthe meaning of that Japaneseword, you have no idea how to use it.That's why the Apply and Repeatpart play such a vital role inlearning Japanese effectively.Forcing yourself unnaturally andunwillingly to memorize Japanesewords can only do you more harmin the long run. Learning Japanesewithout a proper plan is likeshooting an arrow without a targetin mind.If you're an absolute Japanesebeginner who want to impress yourfriends with spoken Japanese, here are3 simple Japanese words or phrasesthat you can use on your friendsto impress them.Konnichiwa (pronounced as Kone niche jee waa).This is something similar to "Hi" and "Hello". Youcan say this to your friend whenever you meet him.Just think of it as a form of greeting.Sumimasen (pronounced as Sue mee maa cent).This is the equivalent of "I'm sorry" or "my apology".So the next time you're late on a date or a meeting,just say sumimasen.Sugoi (pronounced as Sue go it - without the t).Sugoi means cool, excellent or awesome. Whenyou want to give someone a compliment, trysaying sugoi!When you meet someone - say "Konnichiwa!"When you hurt someone - say "Sumimasen!"When someone kiss you - say "Sugoi!"Can you see the beauty behind thesimple but powerful L.A.R. system?Learn, Apply and Repeat!The more you learn, you more you needto apply and repeat. The more you reinforcewhat you've learned (by applying and repetition),the better your Japanese will be. Thesecret key to learning Japanese is to havea simple and workable plan that you mustconsistently stick to it no matter what.By applying the L.A.R. system, there's simply no reason whyyou can't remember and master those 3Japanese words, "Konnichiwa", "Sumimasen",and "Sugoi" easily, today!------------------------------------------------------------------------Rippasama is the author of "The Quick and EasyFormula For Learning & UnderstandingNormal Japanese Conversationin Less Than A Week", a free onlinereport available for a limited time athttp://www.learn-japanese-guide.com/learn_japanese/learn_japanese.htmlCopyright 2006-2007 - Rippasama. You are free toreproduce this article as long as no changes are made,the author's name is retained and the link to our siteURL remains active.---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article source: ArticlePros.com
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