Speaking Japanese – The Importance of Verbs

Speaking Japanese is a challenge, like an endless battle with small victories and many defeats. However, learning Japanese is stimulating and incredibly rewarding. The best way to start speaking Japanese quickly is to learn verbs. In fact the most important thing you can do in order to speak Japanese is start learning verbs. If you can understand verbs you will make great progress with your Japanese in a short period of time. The reason why is in real everyday spoken conversation Japanese speakers more often than not drop the subject and object of sentences leaving just the verb. In colloquial speech Japanese can almost have entire conversations just using verbs if the subject and object is understood by both the speaker and listener. Understanding who or what is being spoken about can be very confusing unless you know and understand verb forms.

Japanese verbs are complex requiring a lot of practice and study to understand them in written Japanese and spoken Japanese. Learning verbs is difficult because there are so many conjugations. However, Japanese verbs don’t have forms to indicate gender, number or person (first, second or third person). This is good for the beginner, but as you progress you will need to work out from context what is being spoken about when among native speakers. This can be quite challenging.

I have noticed that a lot of confirmation is involved in Japanese conversations. A speaker will say something a bit ambiguous or vague and the listener will have to ask a few questions to get to the point of what the speaker wants to say. You may find this frustrating and illogical as you progress with Japanese. By culture Japanese like to avoid confrontation and don’t want to cause trouble for people . As a result they are very careful about what they say and how they say things. To Westerners it does feel somewhat childish and time wasting, but it is something you have to adapt to. So you must also learn that you need a great deal of patience with not only learning the Japanese language, but with actually speaking to Japanese.

So here are two tips for learning to speak Japanese; start learning verbs and understand that there is an art to Japanese conversation that requires patience and cultural understanding on your part. Also, be aware that the Japanese language is changing and evolving, or some might say disintegrating. What you might be learning in a text book may not be useful in Japan. The way young people speak is adding a new aspect to the language. I relate it to a verbal representation of the booming pop cultures of Japan. It is amazing how quickly Japanese come up with new words and expressions. More for you to learn.

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Nicholas Kemp is an online educator and speaks and read fluent Japanese. After living in Japan for 10 years he returned to Australia and started his own online business. He teaches Japanese with the help of his Japanese wife and has produced several multimedia rich products he help people read and speak Japanese.

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