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> But... why? I started it for two reasons. First there is close to no easy to read content when you begin learning Japanese and there is demand for such thin

> But... why? I started it for two reasons. First there is close to no easy to read content when you begin learning Japanese and there is demand for such thing. The second reason is to see how far I can go like this. It is a sort of thought experiment like you say in your comment. I discovered after I started that Hans Ørberg something similar for Latin ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_%C3%98rberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_%C3%98rberg ). His Lingua Latina has been quite influential.

gryson 6y ago
Have you tried more traditional textbooks? I understand there's a desire for an easy-to-use interactive app, but I've never come across anything remotely as good as a textbook like Minna no Nihongo (I used this book 20 years ago when I started learning Japanese - maybe I'm biased?). You can see sample pages here: https://omgjapan.com/products/minna-no-nihongo-shokyu-1-honsatsu-2nd-edition-beginner https://omgjapan.com/products/minna-no-nihongo-shokyu-1-hons... It is 100% in Japanese, but it has a companion book with translated grammar notes if needed. The majority of the book is excellent content in the form of dialogs and readings designed for beginners. I suppose the exercises work better in a classroom setting...
arata 6y ago
> First there is close to no easy to read content when you begin learning Japanese and there is demand for such thing. If you know the alphabets (that is kana), you can try the easiest graded reader such as [1] and progressing from there. It assumes little to no grammar knowledge and comes with illustrations and narrated audio that you can follow along. [1] https://tadoku.org/japanese/book/4155/ https://tadoku.org/japanese/book/4155/
adrianN 6y ago
I buy Japanese children's books from amazon.co.jp, but there are also the NHK Easy News. Normal textbooks also have simple texts. Tatoeba has a large number of Japanese sentences with audio and translations to various languages.
ad404b8a372f2b9 6y ago
I find this approach fascinating, it's simple yet so intuitive! I hope you keep going.

gryson 6y ago

Have you tried more traditional textbooks? I understand there's a desire for an easy-to-use interactive app, but I've never come across anything remotely as good as a textbook like Minna no Nihongo (I used this book 20 years ago when I started learning Japanese - maybe I'm biased?). You can see sample pages here: https://omgjapan.com/products/minna-no-nihongo-shokyu-1-honsatsu-2nd-edition-beginner https://omgjapan.com/products/minna-no-nihongo-shokyu-1-hons... It is 100% in Japanese, but it has a companion book with translated grammar notes if needed. The majority of the book is excellent content in the form of dialogs and readings designed for beginners. I suppose the exercises work better in a classroom setting...

arata 6y ago

> First there is close to no easy to read content when you begin learning Japanese and there is demand for such thing. If you know the alphabets (that is kana), you can try the easiest graded reader such as [1] and progressing from there. It assumes little to no grammar knowledge and comes with illustrations and narrated audio that you can follow along. [1] https://tadoku.org/japanese/book/4155/ https://tadoku.org/japanese/book/4155/

adrianN 6y ago

I buy Japanese children's books from amazon.co.jp, but there are also the NHK Easy News. Normal textbooks also have simple texts. Tatoeba has a large number of Japanese sentences with audio and translations to various languages.

ad404b8a372f2b9 6y ago

I find this approach fascinating, it's simple yet so intuitive! I hope you keep going.