| How To Impress Your Friends With Spoken Japanese | | | | 3 simple Japanese words or phrases that you can |
| Even If You're A Total Beginner | | | | use on your friends to impress them. |
| Yes, you really can speak Japanese if you have 10 | | | | Konnichiwa (pronounced as Kone niche jee waa). This |
| minutes to spare each day. | | | | is something similar to "Hi" and "Hello". You can say |
| The idea of course is to have a well planned out | | | | this to your friend whenever you meet him. Just |
| learning system that only requires you to set aside 10 | | | | think of it as a form of greeting. |
| minutes each day for learning Japanese. | | | | Sumimasen (pronounced as Sue mee maa cent). This |
| The key to learning Japanese is really quite simple. If | | | | is the equivalent of "I'm sorry" or "my apology". So |
| I were to summarize it, it would be.... | | | | the next time you're late on a date or a meeting, |
| L.A.R. (Learn, Apply and Repeat) | | | | just say sumimasen. |
| One of the biggest mistakes most beginner Japanese | | | | Sugoi (pronounced as Sue go it - without the t). |
| learners face is to Apply and Repeat what they had | | | | Sugoi means cool, excellent or awesome. When you |
| studied before. | | | | want to give someone a compliment, try saying |
| What's the point of learning new phrases and | | | | sugoi! |
| vocabularies only to forget about them later? It's | | | | When you meet someone - say "Konnichiwa!" When |
| pointless right? | | | | you hurt someone - say "Sumimasen!" When |
| Imagine that you're learning a list of 20 new Japanese | | | | someone kiss you - say "Sugoi!" |
| words. Without apply and repeating that list of 20 | | | | Can you see the beauty behind the simple but |
| Japanese words, your chances of retaining them | | | | powerful L.A.R. system? Learn, Apply and Repeat! |
| would be around a mere 10 percent. | | | | The more you learn, you more you need to apply |
| In other words, that's only 2 words. Without applying | | | | and repeat. The more you reinforce what you've |
| and repeating that word list, you continue to learn | | | | learned (by applying and repetition), the better your |
| more new words. Again, everytime you learn a new | | | | Japanese will be. The secret key to learning Japanese |
| list, you're only able to remember 2 words. But that's | | | | is to have a simple and workable plan that you must |
| not all... | | | | consistently stick to it no matter what. |
| The more Japanese words you learn, the more | | | | By applying the L.A.R. system, there's simply no |
| confused and harder you will find Japanese is. Indeed, | | | | reason why you can't remember and master those 3 |
| you will start realizing that even if you kinda know | | | | Japanese words, "Konnichiwa", "Sumimasen", and |
| what's the meaning of that Japanese word, you have | | | | "Sugoi" easily, today! |
| no idea how to use it. | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| That's why the Apply and Repeat part play such a | | | | Rippasama is the author of "The Quick and Easy |
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