I want to share this infographic, which shows THE HARDEST LANGUAGES TO LEARN (for native English speakers). It's interesting. :)
Well, according to this infographic, Japanese is categorized as HARD language. What do you think? It also means, it is very hard to learn English for me (a native Japanese speaker), right? It is, it is. So I'd be really appreciate it if you would help me with my English!X)
But it won't matter if it is the hardest language, if you really want to learn it.
"If you believe Japanese is difficult, vague, and illogical, it will be for you. But if you focus on the easy, concrete, logical bits first, you will learn much faster, and have a hell of lot more fun along the way. " ~John Fotheringham, Fluent in 3 Months: Is Japanese Hard? Why Japanese is easier than you think!
*Japanese Word of the Day*
I can do it if I do!!!
As you see, it doesn't have a subject. So it can be "YOU can do it" "WE can do it", or someone else can do it. It depends on the situation. Japanese language really loves to omit its subject in a sentence.
*やれば/yareba/ is the ba-conditional form of やる(to do). This form indicates the meaning of "if" "when" or "in case".
*できる/dekiru/ can do
/shoujiki, dekiru ka douka, jishin ga nai/
Frankly, I'm not sure whether I can do or not.
*～かどうか/...ka douka/ whether or not
*ない/nai/ don't have, there aren't ⇔ ある/aru/ to have, there are
We never succeed if we don't try it. ：）