The most important things you should know before you start learning Japanese. Lesson 1

Let s start the first session of the beginner s course in Japanese language learning. The most important thing to remember in learning Japanese is that the subject is omitted. If two people, Ken and Yoshio, are having a conversation, and Ken asks Yoshio a question, Ken is asking for Yoshio s opinion of course. けんきのうテレビ見たよしお見てないなんか面白いのあった If you write it as it appears in the Japanese text けんあなたは昨日テレビをみましたか よしおいいえ私は見ていませんテレビでなにか面白いものがありましたか But no one has this kind of conversation in a close relationship. けんきのうテレビ見た You can forcefully rephrase Yesterday TV watched in English The word you is omitted. There is no such thing as Did. よしお見てないなんか面白いのあった Watched not. Something interesting exist There is no such thing as Is. When two people are talking, you and I are omitted. And the important thing is not to convert English directly into Japanese. The shortcut to improve your Japanese is to take apart the English, rearrange it in Japanese word order, and learn the stran