@ThatYuta Also, this post made me think of Newfoundlanders here in Canada. I can barely understand them when they speak in their dialect, but most of them can speak in a more standard dialect that is understandable to non-Newfoundlanders.
@ThatYuta An interesting way to show the importance of pitch accent might be to show the importance of the stress accent in English. Might I suggest a video of someone speaking English without any stress accent to show how hard it is to understand? To me, it sounds like a drunken slur.
@ThatYuta The pitch accent in Japanese is just as important as the stress accent in English. A few mistakes are fine, but if you completely ignore them, it becomes VERY difficult to understand what someone is trying to convey. I prefer learning a word’s pitch by hearing it used in context.
@ThatYuta I personally didn’t find Kanji hard, but I’d say what’s difficult would depend on your native language. As an English speaker, speaking in the proper pitch and using “mora” rather than the stress accent and“syllables” used in English can sometimes be challenging.
@mattvsjapan I use the 12 key; It’s so much easier. I always hit the wrong key in my phone when typing in English, as the buttons are way too small, and I have sausage fingers. I wish there were a keyboard similar to the 12 key for Japanese but for English. It seriously needs to be a thing.
@ThatYuta I completely agree. I’ve tried the isolation method, and though it worked with simple words, most of which were nouns, I feel learning them through context is the best approach. Not only will you learn what type of situations to use them in, you’ll also pick up on their nuances.