A question to those who know a lot of Japanese. How long did it take you to start thinking in… - Feed Post by Aristide
A question to those who know a lot of Japanese. How long did it take you to start thinking in Japanese? A time where you didn't have trouble forming your own sentences (beside basic ones with SOV). I'm quite having the trouble as I'm deprived of many significant things in the language; being with conjugations, words, and others. Also, what have you used rather than studying words to help you get there?
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This is my story and in no way does it mean that you will have a similar experience. I studied Japanese intensely for about a year and then went to an exchange program in Osaka for 8 weeks. When we arrived they made us sign a contract that we would not speak our native tongue for the entirety of the eight weeks. Even though I studied for a year prior I could not form my own sentences and could only translate what was in front of me or what I had heard. Three weeks into the program I started to form my own sentences because I went to a party and wanted to talk to a cute girl. I think what I am trying to say is I needed a person that I could talk to that I wanted to talk to before my brain switched to speaking Japanese.
