Well, have you taken any other language classes before? How familiar are you with grammatical terms? How logical a person are you (like, can you learn one rule, and extrapolate it to use in other contexts--Japanese verbs, adverbs, and adjectives are very closely connected, with similar rules being able to be applied to all. Logic helped me a TON :D)?
I learned the basics first--what nouns, verbs, and adjectives looked like, so that I could enable myself to make my own sentences rather than relying on example sentences. I didn't focus too much on writing, because that was boring to me and I was self-studying XD;
Particularly the second, for good example sentences to add to my repertoire.
I also watched a TON of anime to build up my vocabulary (subbed of course). It was through that that I twigged to the different ways of speaking and such, different pronouns and verb forms for different social situations, and understood those situations too. It's always risky self-studying by using anime because you might come out talking like an old man :(
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Date: 2009-11-13 02:48 am (UTC)I learned the basics first--what nouns, verbs, and adjectives looked like, so that I could enable myself to make my own sentences rather than relying on example sentences. I didn't focus too much on writing, because that was boring to me and I was self-studying XD;
I used the hell out of these two books though:
http://www.amazon.com/Master-Basics-Japanese/dp/0812090462
http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Japanese-Jack-Seward/dp/0844284955/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258079908&sr=8-3
Particularly the second, for good example sentences to add to my repertoire.
I also watched a TON of anime to build up my vocabulary (subbed of course). It was through that that I twigged to the different ways of speaking and such, different pronouns and verb forms for different social situations, and understood those situations too. It's always risky self-studying by using anime because you might come out talking like an old man :(
Hopefully that helps some? :D