become fluent in japanese

Been studying Japanese for a long time and would like to improve it so I can communicate with my relatives in Japan. I can already converse with them quite well but would like to be at a level where I can understand the news and other complex matters.

yeahh. i’ve studied it for almost four years and my conversation still sucks. :l since i want to live in tokyo for a significant amount of time, it’d be really helpful. and i love the language anyway. :]

So that I can live in Japan and not have to worry about a language barrier. Those suckkk.

Last time I checked this page is right before I took my Japanese 1 class. Now I am entering my first advanced Japanese course so I have been sticking to this goal. My Japanese is not pera pera yet, but hopefully in the course of this year I can start to communicate a little more.

my goal is to speak japanese

I’ve already immersed myself in Japanese culture; I watch many, many, many Japanese dramas (Although I’ve wasted my time a little with Mandarin and Korean ones as well). I know a few kanji, I have the pronunciation down pat, and I know basic grammar, such as saying something is something or expressing things like ‘The cat saw a rat’ or ‘The cat chased the mouse’. Simple things like that. But I want to learn to express wants and to learn more vocabulary. I just got a book called ‘501 Japanese Verbs’. All the verbs are fully conjugated, with their kanji. I’ve got a rather small guide for problems I may have in Japanese grammar. So I hope I’ll be able to do this. Particles are especially hard for me. Wish me luck~

うち

うち で

ホテル で

うちでたべます。

デパと で

デパと で かいます。

はし

はし で

はしで 食べます。

ナイフ

ナイフ で

フォーク

フォーク で たべます。

ナイフ とフォーク

ナイフ と フォーク で

そして

と

はし で たべます。

東京 で

はし で うち で たべます。

かれは ナイフ と フォーク で たべます。

かれは それ を ナイフ と フォーク で たべます。

東京 の レストラン

はし で 東京 の レストラン。

はしで 東京 の レストラン で すし を たべます。

Need to introduce myself to more anime, manga and music!

こ日は、リンダ さん です。私は オスらリア 人 の女 の子 です。日本語 がすこし わかります。

来種日本 に 行きたいです。

Gosh Next week??? how does one say NEXT YEAR in japanese? help???

rai nen? or something?

こんにちはりおせんせい。
わたしはとうふがすきです。なっとうはすきじゃありません。

あなたはすきですか。

昨日、ロンドン に 行きました が 明 は どこにも 行きません。

kino, rondon ni ikimashta ga kyo wa, doko ni mo ikimasen.

I am now confident with the use of GA and WA to string phrases together in japanese. It expresses a feeling or a reason behind the nature of a particular action you are doing.