I am completely new to the Japanese language, however, I would like to start learning it. I searched this site, but I couldn't find any links as to where to begin. So my question is, where do I start learning the Japanese language? In terms of software (if i need to use it), I am on Linux so I w...

I cannot recall this very clearly so I'm sorry if this is all not correct but someone once told me that the word 友達{ともだち} has the plural marker たち "built-in" and therefore you cannot say 友達たち about friends in a situation where you could normally use ～たち. Is that right? If it is, is there any oth...