New word/kanji of the day: 乖離

I'm surprised that exact error hasn't happened to me yet

Hey guys, I know nothing in Japanese and I would like someone to show me a way, I started with Erin's Challenge but it seemed a lil too much, I dont even know how to read (and which alphabet to start with), even if I did know, I dont know the meaning of words, so can someone point me to a right direction?

Learn hiragana, then learn katakana

perhaps start with a textbook like Genki to get you on your feet

another person said learn romaji and then learn hiragana & katakana

what do you think about that?

romaji is a waste of time

Learning hiragana is not hard

it'll take a few hours at most to get used to it

allright we'll see, Im studying from here

genki.japantimes.co.jp/site/self/site/hiragana/hiragana.html

I think the best way to learn hiragana is to write it out by hand

Start learning some basic words and grammar and write out sentences in hiragana, by hand, as you learn them

thnks :)

Unfortunately I don't know of any sort of free, comprehensive guide for beginners that isn't plagued by some degree of error or bad reputation

really :O, I thought at 2015 you could learn any language on the net for free with a good tutorial :S

Various textbooks can be obtained as well at prices that vary depending on your moral scruples

i'm still quite slow

question: why do I learn first hiragana then katakana

katakana looks easier?

and I think タイピングの神様 game is in katakana right?

most of what you see will be hiragana

if it isn't kanji

katakana will come easily, don't worry

okay

okay I see

btw is there no fu sound :O

I'm terrible at flick input

I keep going clockwise to display the whole sequence before going back to get what I want

I'm reading a graded learners book

And I'm a bit confused about the following

でも、一つだけありません。

Before that, it describes the things that are in a little girl's bedroom

and after that it says: それは、「ことば」

I understand the words, but the phrase itself makes no sense to me

But, there wasn't just one thing?

Sounds like only 「ことば」 did not exist

"But only one thing did not exist." / "... was not there."

I would interpret that だけ / only as emphasis. But what do I know. :)

no, it goes on to say that the words are coming from somewhere else

hm

from her parents who are arguing

gimme a seck, i'll upload the page

imgur.com/xGkEWBW

ooh, I can actually read that.

I understand everything in the book, except for that phrase. I understand the phrase itself, but not what it refers to.

hm

maybe it's happiness the only thing there isn't in the room?

It does seem to refer to the words.

I'd read it as "There is <this, this and this> in the room. But one thing was not in/from there. That is, 'words'", because the words came from outside the room.

What's the name of the book?

I might wanna get that

It's a collection

shop.whiterabbitjapan.com/products/…

They've got collections for each JLPT level

shop.whiterabbitjapan.com/search?q=graded+readers

I personally think they're awesome, just what I needed as a beginner.

And they come with audio for each of the stories, which helps a lot with listening skills (and god knows I need to work on them)

Seems interesting, thanks. Do you know where they ship from? Japan directly?

Yep, I think so.

何日本女がですか？

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