Hello. I am using Textfugu ( I know it is being updated, but there is no harm using the old stuff) and have just completed the season 8. I have started going over a quick review of all of the material ( practice included) as I understand all of the grammar but I want some more application practice. After doing this I plan to use Genki to cement the grammar, use Lang 8 to practice the grammar and read a few basic books. The one place I am lacking in is speaking practice, So a two part question after this wall of text- 1. Do you think it is worth keeping up with the final review of the Textfugu material or should I go straight to Genki and 2. Any advice on sites I can practice speaking Japanese out loud.
ใใใใจใใใใใพใใๆฅๆฌ่ชใใชใใใพใใๅคงๅฅฝใใ*I pray to God I have got that right- or I have made myself look a complete ***โฆ
Iโm actually studying Japanese at university (double major in History and Japanese Language/Literature) so I donโt really have experience with Textfugu, but Genki is an excellent resource regardless. As for speaking Japanese out loud, Iโve heard that italki is a good option.
On your Japanese comment โใใใใจใใใใใพใใๆฅๆฌ่ชใใชใใใพใใๅคงๅฅฝใใโ, your Japanese was close but slightly off. You want to say that you love learning Japanese, I assume. So, in other words, you want to describe an action โlearningโ as something that you love. To do this, you must make the verb ใชใใใพใ into a noun. This is done by taking the dictionary form โใชใใโ and adding ใฎ to the end of it (Also, to be more polite since you said ใใใใจใใใใใพใ you should add ใงใ to the end of that sentence). The end result is:
Yes, for the sake of simplicity I only gave one answer, but that is also an option if you want to express this idea. In that case, the sentence would be โๆฅๆฌ่ชใใชใใใใจใๅคงๅฅฝใใงใใโ
For the most part, the meanings are the same, but there is a slight difference in grammatical nuance that might be interesting/useful to note. ใชใใใฎ is a nominalization (transformation into a noun) of the verb ใชใใ. However, ใชใใใใจ literally means a thing, โใใจโ, concerning learning, โใชใใโ. ใชใใ is modifying a noun instead of becoming one. English speakers will usually nominalize verbs (making gerunds) to express these kinds of ideas, so I feel that for new learners the first way is easier to comprehend grammatically.