Hello!! ♥

How was your week? I’ve been enjoying my morning walks with my dog. He’s still a puppy, so the walk is more like… walk, stop, randomly run everywhere, long stop, run again… The other day, he made a new friend, a little stray cat. They are too cute together! I hope they can meet again!

Lately I have been going back to watching Anime, it's been too long and still need to find a few series that really hook me back in, as Dandadan is doing, I just looove it sosos much. The animation is *cheff kiss*, the relation between the main characters feels very refreshing compared to other kinds of animes.
I'm also watching Blue Box with is quite entertaining too. I watched a couple chapters of other animes but nothing has really catched on.

✿ This week's drawings

I'm still practicing drawing people, although I mainly use the iPad since is less frustrating to continually erase, and practicing certain things on my sketchbook I kinda feel is a waist of paper, but that's a me thing.
Some of the sketches:

The style is really manga, but I don’t mind too much right now. I just want to keep practicing because I know that, with enough practice, I’ll start developing my own style. It happened before when I started drawing animals, so I just have to trust the process. xD

I’ve also drawn a bunch of little nuggets, obviously inspired by the daily doings of my silly dog (love him so much <3).

✿ My Japanese learning journey

This week, I started the Kanken grammar book. I haven’t finished the reading one yet, but after a month of doing just one hour every morning, I decided to leave the rest of the book for December and focus on grammar once again. This back-and-forth approach has been working pretty well for me so far, as it helps me avoid burnout.

I received some questions on my Instagram, and I want to answer them here too, in case they help someone who is starting Japanese.

What sources can you use when starting?

✿ Grammar
If you’re looking for a book, Genki is a pretty decent option. The first book will take you roughly through the N5 level, and the second through the N4.

However, these books don’t cover all grammar points, which is why I turn to Bunpro. It’s a grammar website that I use to reinforce my knowledge when the books are not enough. Since it's free, you could even use it as your main grammar resource instead of a book.

I also highly recommend Tokini Andy‘s videos, he does an amazing job explaining all the chapters from Genki.
Many people also use Tae Kim’s Guide to Learning Japanese, but I haven’t checked it out, so I can’t comment on it.

✿ Vocabulary
Genki includes a decent amount of vocabulary, but I prefer to use the Anki app. You can try the Tango N5 deck or Kaishi. The first is better if you’re just starting, as Kaishi includes vocabulary from all levels.
There are also lists of N5 vocabulary available online, like this one, in case you don’t want to use Anki.

✿ Kanji
Well… I still need to find a decent way to study kanji, to be honest. So far, I’ve been trying to memorize kanji along with their vocabulary meanings instead of learning isolated kanji readings.
For example, instead of learning the on’yomi and kun’yomi readings for 日, I prefer to learn words that include the kanji, like 毎日 (every day), 日本 (Japan), 一日 (all day), and 日曜日 (Sunday)… and so on.

Feel free to ask anything!

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Have a lovely week! ♥♥
Olga

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