Learn the Japanese Language

Konichiwa! In this article we are going to cover the three alphabets that are used in speaking Japanese. and also we will be looking at the grammar differences that English speakers will need to keep in mind

Konichiwa! When you learn to speak Japanese, you will also have to learn a new sense of formality in speaking. Your grammar and vocabulary will change depending on the person to whom you are speaking and the social situation in which you say it.

Konichiwa! For those who are used to the English alphabet and sentence structure, Japanese grammar may seem intimidating at first. Some believe that Japanese is the hardest language in the world to learn, but much of its perceived difficulty is based on how different it appears from English and other Latin-based languages. Once you begin [...]

Konichiwa! Japanese is spoken by around 130 million people in Japan, as well as around the world. One of the fascinating things about the language is that its origins are somewhat uncertain and there are several different theories as to why the language, the vocabulary and the grammar came into existence and are as we [...]

Konichiwa! Unlike the English language, Japanese does not have a single universal alphabet that is used by all speakers of the language. There are actually three different alphabets which are used with Japanese: kanji, hiragana and katakana. A fourth alphabet known as rōmaji is also used by a number of non-native speakers; rōmaji is a [...]

Konichiwa! Formality in language is a concept that English speakers sometimes have trouble with. In English, there is typically very little difference between the words that are used when speaking to a child and when speaking to an adult. Formality exists based on the things that are said, not in the words used to say [...]

  Konichiwa! Though Japanese may appear intimidating at first, the structure of the language is actually rather straightforward. Unlike English and some other languages, Japanese words are written phonetically so they are pronounced exactly how they are written. This is one of the things that can make conversational Japanese easy to learn; knowing the pronunciation [...]