Is learning Japanese Software Really Worth It?

A question that I have asked and many people have is "does learning Japanese with software program work?"

I think that's a fair enough question, I don't blame people for being hesitant about buying things online considering we get bombarded with so many messages there days that to be honest sound to good to be true, like "earn a million dollar in 2 day with no experience guaranteed!" when I read this type of ads I just think, dude do you really think I am that stupid!! why not just be honest and say "This works for some people and not for others, see if it for you?"....then again that doesn't seem to sell now does it.

Japanese is a fun language and very entertaining culture to learn about, I have had some fun and embarrassing times being introduced to the Japanese culture, and you can read a funny story here: Japanese Culture

Anyway when it comes to learning a new language such as Japanese with software I was skeptical and did my homework. You can find out more about learning Japanese with software here: Japanese learning software

20 million jobs!!

Well I thought I would change the flavor of this post a little an discuss the fact that 20 MILLION CHINESE LOST THEIR JOBS THIS MONTH!!!!!! This figure blew me away and I couldn't help but feel ill. I live in Australia and that is the total population of our country.

Apparently the Japanese economy is struggling too, and the car manufacturers are feeling the pinch with an expected 100,000 jobs to be lost in the next few months alone.

Is Japan heading for a recession, it is hard to say, but one thing is for sure they will be the most likely to bust out of one if they do as the work ethic in Japan is second to nowhere else in the world.

Perhaps a good time to learn Japanese in time for a economic rebound in years to come....for more information about the learning Japanese click here: Learn Japanese Fast

A Glance At Japanese Colors

I caught up with my Japanese friend Yukari recently and over dinner conversation she asked about my car and wanted to know what color it was, and said in Japanese to me "anata no kuruma wa nani iro desu ka" and I replied saying "Watashi no kuruma wa iro desu" which means my car is red!

Pretty straight forward little sentence that is a great way to learn how to use Japanese color words in sentences.

If you aren't not familiar with Japanese colors words then you can watch this fun YouTube video which explains them for you: Learning To Speak Japanese

Japanese Phrases

Well Today I decided to do a quick lesson on some very useful Japanese phrases.

The sentences that we are going to look at are focused on possession, and care worth looking at as they are a little different than in English.

First let's learn how to "My friend"

In Japanese you would say: "Watashi no Tomodachi"

The word 'Watashi' in this instance means "My" and the word "No" indicates possession. Finally the word "Tomodachi" means friend. Easy!!

Well let now check out how to say: "I have coins"

We would say: "Watashi wa koin o moteimasu"

The word :"Watashi" means "I" in this case and the word for coins is "Koin" and finally verb "Moteimasu" is for "have"

OK so the last sentence we will check out today is: "I have a house"

Here we say: "Watashi wa Ie ga arimasu"

This is an interesting translation as you it literally means: "I house there is" and the verb "arimasu" is used for non-living things. If you were to say I have a sister, you would use the verb "imasu". The word for house is "ie"

Well I hope you learned something helpful!!

If you want to learn some more Japanese Phrases I have a free lesson on my website and a 100% free 7 day Japanese audio course for absolute beginners, check them out here: Learn Speak Japanese

Also you can find some more lessons on my tumblr page here: More Japanese Phrases

Japanese Time

Hi Guys,

Today I thought about a really cool topic that is great for people that want to learn Japanese, and that telling the time! So let's get into it

The first thing that you need to learn before you can learn the time is Japanese numbers.

1 - Ichi

2 - Ni

3 - San

4 - Shi/Yon

5 - G0

6 - Roku

7 - Nana/ shichi

8 - Hachi

9 - Kyu

10 - Juu

Great! Now let's take a quick look at how to say the minutes in Japanese as these are not exactly like numbers but I am sure you will see the similarities.

1 Ip-pun

2 Ni-fun

3 Sam-pun

4 Yom-pun

5 Go-fun

6 Rop-pun

7 Nana-fun

8 Hap-pun

9 Kyu-fun

10 Jup-pun

"What's the time now?"

Ok so in order to ask: 'What's the time?' you say 'Ima nan ji desu ka'

Make sure that you don't pronounce the 'U' in desu.

When saying the time you simply say the number and then after it say the word for O'clock, which is 'Ji'. So 5 O'clock is 'Go ji'

Now let's have a look at hours and minutes together:

2:46 would be: Ni Ji Yon Juu Roppun desu. So as you can see you use a combination of numbers to form larger numbers, so 40 was 'yon' and 'juu' together and then 46 adding roppun on the end.


Next you need to know how to same A.M. or P.M.

It help you know if it morning or evening, so to do that all you need to do is add 'Gozen' from a.m. and Gogo for p.m. in the front of the sentence. So 7:12 p.m is: Gogo Nana ji Juu nippun

The last thing I want to show you today is how to say half past the hour. The word we use is "han". So to say 5:30, we say Go ji han desu.

That's all for today, so now you can confidentally ask and tell someone the time in Japanese!

If you want my advice on the best ways to learn Japanese and also grab a 100% free 7 day audio course you can do so on my website here: Rocket-Japanese-Review

I also have another lesson here too: Useful Japanese Travel Phrases