If you find the right animes I think you'll make it longer than a week ;p
I would start with sound, speaking and romaji, getting mixed up in those symbols right away is a recipe for burnout! Just my two cents.
If you find the right animes I think you'll make it longer than a week ;p
I would start with sound, speaking and romaji, getting mixed up in those symbols right away is a recipe for burnout! Just my two cents.
My bigger concern is remembering that I decided to learn it and then practicing it frequently enough that I don't suddenly find that I've made it multiple weeks without having practiced anything.
I'm a little masochistic in that sense, they're the most appealing part of the language for me. Not to mention that I can objectively practice them without the validation of a third party.
And I'm not exactly starting from zero with Japanese as I've watched a lot of anime and I generally don't watch dubs. I mean a lot of anime. Enough so that there are phrases I hear and I know what they mean. When I hear Japanese spoken, I'm able to distinguish the syllables aurally. Unlike with when I started Chinese and had no such advantage.
Sweet! Watching a lot of the content is a great head start - Japanese is much easier on the ear than Chinese as well.
We were just watching 'Up on Poppy Hill' last night, thats a Studio Ghibli movie - highly recommended their whole collection is, although you've probably seen them!
I found any foreign language to be equally difficult with regard to listening. After some training I can make out syllables and generally spell things out using a romanized form, but I'm still hit or miss on tying what's said to what it means in any language other than English.
Chinese is probably the one I understand (aside from English) the best when it's spoken. Even though I had three years of Spanish in high school.
Edit: I've seen quite a bit of Studio Ghibli, but I don't think I've seen that one...
One of the greats!