How do I actually make progress in Japanese? I feel completely stuck.

Hi everyone,

I've been learning Japanese but I'm stuck in a phase I can't seem to get out of.

I can read and write Hiragana and I know some individual words but I can't seem to make the next step. I can't form real sentences, I can't actually speak. No matter what I do, it feels like I'm going in circles.

My goal is to eventually speak Japanese fluently, but I honestly don't even know how to get from where I am now to there.

My questions for you:

• How do you make the jump from individual words to real sentences?
• Where do you even start when you want to learn to speak?
• What method actually worked for you?

Any advice is greatly appreciated! 🙏