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1. After you learn all hiragana, all katagana and all the variants and combinations, how much time to reach very very basic conversation? Like I will need to start learning words right? Am I learning them in hiragana? Will it take days? Weeks? Etc?

   When people say they learn hiragana and katagana, it looks like they mean able to interpret what they see and hear, rather than being able to write and being able to properly recall the strokes.

2. Is writing each character you learn at least once a day good to remember words that are rare? (Excluding practicing a few times when first learning it, and reading or watching Japanese entertainment.)

   Edit: fixed grammar

3. I have a hard time understanding and using datte for a sentence. The easiest I can understand for datte is to mean ‘because’, because in anime, I often hear it used as such.

   だって、約束を破ったじゃん。(Because you broke your promise.)

   But then, there is ‘too’ as for it’s definition?

   私だってあなたに会いたい。 (I miss you too.)

   Also, only?

   彼だって人間だ。(He is only a human.)

   How do I know which is which? And more importantly, how do I even remember those, if there is no similarity in those definitions?

4. Hello!

   I have 2 questions. 😀

   I’m finishing up Genki 1 and these are from the exercises at the back of the Genki 1 book, on page 335, and its a passage on 七夕.

   1. This sentence was said in quotes, in the passage: おりひめ，ひこぼしあなたたちは一年に一度だけ会ってもいい。それは七月七日の夜だ。What does the それ mean here? I know its not “this”. I’m considering it means “that point in time” or “then”?
   2. For this sentence in the passage: 七夕の日の願いはかなうと人々は言います。I’m confused by its structure/format/order. It really throwing me off. It translate to, “People say Tanabata wishes come true.” Why is there two は? Is と人々は the secondary subject? Why isn’t the sentence written more like this: 人々は七夕の日の願いかなうを言います?

   I really appreciate everyone’s help. Thank you in advance. 😀

5. https://preview.redd.it/ioinyenf8jre1.png?width=87&format=png&auto=webp&s=416f9139acc0f963fd2a1a4ccdafcea4b284eadc

   This is less so a Japanese question than it is a handwriting question, but I figured I’d ask here first. I have this name here that I can’t *quite* make out:
   大山?子先生

   Google OCR thinks it’s either 蕉 or 萬, but I’m not convinced yet.

6. Just got on Kaishi 1.5k after finishing JLAB’s grammar guide based on Tae Kims’s book (also included ~1000 words). Should I just stick to Kaishi 1.5k and learn slowly or are there any other decks I should start on while doing Kaishi? (eg kanji or more complex grammar rules). I’m willing to dedicate ~30min a day. Thanks for any advice in advance .

7. Hello there! I have a question regarding Quartet 1 (Book for intermediate japanese).
   I have seen that, in addition to the textbooks and workbooks, there are these supplementary books (For Quartet 1 is a little red One, for example) that have vocab lists and kanjis. However, when searching, I couldnt find it anywhere to buy.
   Does the supplementary book come with the textbooks or does it need to be bought seperatly?

8. In the below sentence fragment (which is the last line in the song sister’s noise), why is だれにも used rather than だれでも or even だれも？

   もうだれにも壊せないから

   I don’t see how だれ can be anything other than the subject of 壊せない but the に is throwing me off. I don’t really understand what に would mean when used with 壊せる.

9. Why does the stop sign say 止まれ instead of 止めろ? I would have thought it would be 止めろ since it’s the 他動詞 and it’s telling the driver to stop the car.