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Great tips and interview! I recently got deep into Satori Reader at your recommendation Andy, I find it super helpful for reinforcing the grammar learned in Genki and Quartet. And it’s super fun to read, so it never feels like work!
Hi, Ryanoth! We're so glad that Satori Reader has been useful to you! Combining Satori Reader with Andy's videos and/or resources like Genki and Quartet is awesome. The more angles you can get on a topic, the better. Thanks again for your support and we'll look forward to continuing to work with you!
The idea of assigning some rank or score of importance to each aspect of learning Japanese [referring to when you were talking about pitch accent] is super useful! It would be interesting if you did a video where you enumerated and ranked all the main aspects in order of importance. I like to think of learning Japanese sort of like a game of chess with different stances; the opening, middle game and endgame. Each “phase” requires different knowledge and skills.
Thank you for recommending Satori Reader so much. Through this interview I found out about the Human Japanese e-books and they have been the most pleasant “textbooks” on introducing the Japanese language I’ve come across so far. Even that I’m still half way through HJ Intermediate I can get a lot out of 聞き耳ラジオ. Mr. Rak and his team do amazing work!
Dogen be maulding, lol. Great interview! It's great to see (one of) the person(s) behind resources. I'd take the Kanji Study app as my kanji tool, although context in it isn't as clear as it could be (and having talked with the developer, he sees no reason to change it).
Hi, Tams80. Brian here. We have total respect for Dogen, and I think it's great that he's making people more aware of pitch accent, as it is often neglected. My main concern is that I don't want people to feel like, Oh my gosh, here's this other confusing thing I have to learn or else no one will understand me. In my opinion, you can start down the path to correct pitch accent just by being diligent about imitating the delivery that you hear from native speakers. That's a good practice in general, and exercises like shadowing can help a lot with that. Then later you'll find that a lot of what you learn with pitch accent will come naturally.
@@satorireader "you can start down the path to correct pitch accent just by being diligent about imitating" - Not necessarily. Yes, you could potentially acquire pitch accent without any dedicated study and solely through imitation, but in reality that approach is not guaranteed to work out for everyone. That's because most speakers of non-tonal languages like English won't be able to perceive pitch accent correctly to begin with. And if you can't hear it clearly, chances are high that you won't be able to reproduce it properly either, no matter how hard you try. The ability to distinguish pitch correctly isn't in any way guaranteed to come naturally to non-natives, regardless of how proficient they become in Japanese, so it will usually require some targeted practice to develop an ear for it.
Got a lot of love for Satori Reader. Just discovered that I can read with it whilst I'm at work as well, super happy! ほんまに最高やで～ Excuse the 関西弁, it just happens sometimes 🤭
@@danielwolstenholme9649 Hi, I stopped doing WaniKani at level 52. It took me more that 2 years to get to that level and in reading I still sometimes need to look up some Kanji.. I figured it was more important to see the Kanji in context and become familiar with it that way. With Satori Reader, I write out every episode (第話) daiwa, and translate it first before looking at the printed translation. This is a lifelong involvement. I wish you well.
I use Satori Reader, WaniKani, KaniWani, and BunPro. I need to read more on Satori Reader though. I find reading to be boring a lot of the time sadly, always have.
Around what level of Wanikani and what level grammar would be a good time to start using Satori Reader? I know I can jump in at any time, but was aiming for the point where you don't have to look up every last word.
Hello, Leslie. Brian from Satori Reader here. You can adjust kanji display to accommodate your knowledge, so you can read with any kanji knowledge. It's more about vocabulary and grammar. However, it is also true that vocabulary and kanji are somewhat linked, so I would say that a knowledge of at least a few hundred kanji would be useful to start. In terms of grammar, you can begin to enjoy some of our easier stories like Kiki-Mimi Radio at even a fairly early stage and then grow into more difficult content. Please give the first episodes of that series a try and see what you think!
Hmm, the question was "you're on the island until you can SPEAK it again", so do you actually need Kanji to fulfill that requirement? I don't think so. However, if you want to use Satori Reader, it is definitely necessary to learn them.
I keep hearing about Human Japanese but it doesn't seem like it's supported on new versions of android and hasn't been updated since 2019. Is there a good alternative to it available for android phones?
I'm not sure, I use it on my phone with the newest version of Android and it's been working fine. You could always just use the computer version I guess. I had to for the intermediate version that doesn't work on my phone.
@@coolbrotherf127 I suppose I would have to use it on my PC then. It just doesn't come up at all when I search through the playstore on my phone and when I pull it up in a browser google says that it's not compatible with my version of android.
Satori Reader is an AMAZING product for upper beginner and intermediate Japanese learners. I HIGHLY recommend checking out it out. Try it out FREE, or Get a discount HERE: www.satorireader.com/account/subscription/new?referralToken=CMWASGDD
(p.s. This is NOT an affiliate link)
Every time i study Japanese, a genie snaps his fingers
Hahahaha
😬 Yikes bro
He’s so soft spoken and seems very kind.
Great tips and interview! I recently got deep into Satori Reader at your recommendation Andy, I find it super helpful for reinforcing the grammar learned in Genki and Quartet. And it’s super fun to read, so it never feels like work!
Thank you @Ryanoth! I'm glad you are finding Satori Reader helpful! =)
Hi, Ryanoth! We're so glad that Satori Reader has been useful to you! Combining Satori Reader with Andy's videos and/or resources like Genki and Quartet is awesome. The more angles you can get on a topic, the better. Thanks again for your support and we'll look forward to continuing to work with you!
The idea of assigning some rank or score of importance to each aspect of learning Japanese [referring to when you were talking about pitch accent] is super useful! It would be interesting if you did a video where you enumerated and ranked all the main aspects in order of importance. I like to think of learning Japanese sort of like a game of chess with different stances; the opening, middle game and endgame. Each “phase” requires different knowledge and skills.
Also I love the "shaky font" throughout, idk what else to call it but it was cute!
Thanks! I like that too. =) I'm going to use it more. heh
I 100% agree with Brian's points about pitch accent! This was a fun video, looking forward to seeing the rest of your convo with Brian. :D
Thank you for recommending Satori Reader so much. Through this interview I found out about the Human Japanese e-books and they have been the most pleasant “textbooks” on introducing the Japanese language I’ve come across so far. Even that I’m still half way through HJ Intermediate I can get a lot out of 聞き耳ラジオ. Mr. Rak and his team do amazing work!
I've decided to learn Japanese 4 months ago and your FREE ressources helped me aloot, Arigatou UwU
@ピーター 私はオッドタクシーが好きです!!!
Dogen be maulding, lol.
Great interview! It's great to see (one of) the person(s) behind resources.
I'd take the Kanji Study app as my kanji tool, although context in it isn't as clear as it could be (and having talked with the developer, he sees no reason to change it).
Hi, Tams80. Brian here. We have total respect for Dogen, and I think it's great that he's making people more aware of pitch accent, as it is often neglected. My main concern is that I don't want people to feel like, Oh my gosh, here's this other confusing thing I have to learn or else no one will understand me. In my opinion, you can start down the path to correct pitch accent just by being diligent about imitating the delivery that you hear from native speakers. That's a good practice in general, and exercises like shadowing can help a lot with that. Then later you'll find that a lot of what you learn with pitch accent will come naturally.
@@satorireader "you can start down the path to correct pitch accent just by being diligent about imitating" - Not necessarily. Yes, you could potentially acquire pitch accent without any dedicated study and solely through imitation, but in reality that approach is not guaranteed to work out for everyone. That's because most speakers of non-tonal languages like English won't be able to perceive pitch accent correctly to begin with. And if you can't hear it clearly, chances are high that you won't be able to reproduce it properly either, no matter how hard you try. The ability to distinguish pitch correctly isn't in any way guaranteed to come naturally to non-natives, regardless of how proficient they become in Japanese, so it will usually require some targeted practice to develop an ear for it.
Great video! Andy is a really good interviewer.
Got a lot of love for Satori Reader. Just discovered that I can read with it whilst I'm at work as well, super happy! ほんまに最高やで～
Excuse the 関西弁, it just happens sometimes 🤭
Thanks for the kind words, Lacerations! We are ほんまにうれしい to have you studying with us! :-)
Great video. Thanks Brian and Andy
Thanks Cimpy! I'm glad you enjoyed it. =)
another great video! ありがとう！
thank you andy!
I learned Kanji with WaniKani. It’s a great resource together with Satori Reader.
Where are you up to with your studies now? I'm early on, level 7 wanikani and learning N4 material. Great fun!
@@danielwolstenholme9649 Hi, I stopped doing WaniKani at level 52. It took me more that 2 years to get to that level and in reading I still sometimes need to look up some Kanji.. I figured it was more important to see the Kanji in context and become familiar with it that way. With Satori Reader, I write out every episode (第話) daiwa, and translate it first before looking at the printed translation. This is a lifelong involvement. I wish you well.
What a fascinating and calm man
Nice content, I will subscribe now 👍
I use Satori Reader, WaniKani, KaniWani, and BunPro.
I need to read more on Satori Reader though.
I find reading to be boring a lot of the time sadly, always have.
What's the name of that buisness book? One of my ways to motivate myself is to make a list of books I want to read once I can
Are (either of) you two involved in the Human Japanese app? Love your videos!
Brian is the creator! 😊
im an english speaker who studied english for years, I come across words I don't know constantly when I read! Lol
What would be YOUR extra 2 resources?
ブリアンさんとほぼ同じく、日本人の彼女（できたら）か友人と。。。アンキ？見当たる漢字を簡単に覚えるようにアンキを使うしかないと確信していますから。
でもいつかはちゃんと仕事ができたら悟りリーダーを使ってみたいですね 😌
A dictionary of basic Japanese grammar and Genki 2 for me :D
Around what level of Wanikani and what level grammar would be a good time to start using Satori Reader? I know I can jump in at any time, but was aiming for the point where you don't have to look up every last word.
Hello, Leslie. Brian from Satori Reader here. You can adjust kanji display to accommodate your knowledge, so you can read with any kanji knowledge. It's more about vocabulary and grammar. However, it is also true that vocabulary and kanji are somewhat linked, so I would say that a knowledge of at least a few hundred kanji would be useful to start. In terms of grammar, you can begin to enjoy some of our easier stories like Kiki-Mimi Radio at even a fairly early stage and then grow into more difficult content. Please give the first episodes of that series a try and see what you think!
Hmm, the question was "you're on the island until you can SPEAK it again", so do you actually need Kanji to fulfill that requirement? I don't think so. However, if you want to use Satori Reader, it is definitely necessary to learn them.
Now English speaker can understand our English's learner struggle.
Who is laughing now Steve ? You laugh at me accent me laugh at your Japanese.
YASSSS
I don't think that you should laugh at anyone's attempts at learning a second language.
What are those two Kanji resources he recommended? I can't understand it. One of them was WaniKani, that much I heard clearly.
The other one is Kanshudo. ☺️
@@ToKiniAndy Ah.. Thank you very much.
I keep hearing about Human Japanese but it doesn't seem like it's supported on new versions of android and hasn't been updated since 2019. Is there a good alternative to it available for android phones?
I'm not sure, I use it on my phone with the newest version of Android and it's been working fine. You could always just use the computer version I guess. I had to for the intermediate version that doesn't work on my phone.
@@coolbrotherf127 I suppose I would have to use it on my PC then. It just doesn't come up at all when I search through the playstore on my phone and when I pull it up in a browser google says that it's not compatible with my version of android.
Wowowowowoowowowwwww
I’m getting really sick of these videos where people ask what products and resources they recommend event of just pushing their own shit