I’ve learned the japanese numbers. 一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六… but, they don’t register into my head when I see actual numbers. I see 53, I think fifty-three. Not ごじゅうさん (go ju san). So while driving to work, I tried a little game, any numbers I saw, I’d try to think of their japanese saying. And boy, there are tons of numbers everywhere you look. A few days of that, and it seems there are some good effects, numbers pop in much easier.

I have been wanting to learn japanese for a while, and only until recently I gave myself enough determination to do so. I’ll try to describe my journey, the choices and the progress I make, to hopefully reach an acceptable Japanese level of fluency (as in being able to converse, and think, in japanese, not being able to write a book…). Here’s where I start: June-July 2010: First grasp of the language with Pimsleur Japanese I, II and III.