Japanese Week 1 – Passed Bronze 1! Introductions, days of the week, 1-10 💸 “Learning While Earning”

🎥 Speaking Japanese: Bronze 1

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🧾 Intro / Reflection
I’ve been learning Japanese on and off for about a year and a half, but this week I hit the reset button using my personal ranking system. Bronze 1 went by super fast but this time, I’m tracking everything publicly.
Japanese is probably the only language I use YouTube for additional help in learning a language. I mainly used Japanese Ammo with Misa.

I also stack beer money apps while I study, so it feels like I’m monetizing my learning journey just a bit. Not a bad combo. 👇

💸 Earn While You Learn
I like to stack beermoney while I study languages, most of these apps are super low-effort and just give me a nice bonus on top of learning. It’s not job-replacement money, but it adds up, especially since I’ve become more introverted. 👇

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📚 What I Learned This Rank
✅ Bronze 1 Complete:

Category	Covered
Greetings	✅
Personal pronouns (I, you, he/she)	✅
“To be” verb	✅
Days of the week	✅
Numbers 1–10	✅
Please / Thank you / Yes / No	✅
Basic SOV sentence structure	✅

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🧠 Examples of What I Can Say Now
Here’s a few sentences I can confidently say in Japanese now:

• Konichiwa, Andy desu (I’m Andy)
• Amerika-jin desu / Chūgoku-jin desu (I’m American / I’m Chinese)
• Kyō wa getsuyōbi desu (Today is Monday)
• Hai, iie, arigatō / arigatō gozaimasu, onegaishimasu (Yes, no, thank you, please)
• Ichi, ni, san, shi, go… (1, 2, 3, 4, 5…)

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📝My Japanese notes

✏️ Sentence structure

Subject-Object-Verb (SOV)

👋 Greetings & Self-Intro

• Konichiwa – Hello
• Andy desu – I’m Andy
• Hajimemashite – Nice to meet you
  

🌍 Nationality

• Chuugoku jin – Chinese
• Amerika jin – American
  nation + jin (person) = nationality

🙋 Yes / No / Politeness

• Hai – Yes
• Iie – No
• Onegaishimasu – Please
• Arigatou / Arigatou gozaimasu (formal) – Thank you
• Dou itashimashite – You’re welcome

🔢 Numbers 1–10

• Ichi – 1 | Ni – 2 | San – 3 | Shi/Yon – 4 | Go – 5
• Roku – 6 | Nana/Shichi – 7 | Hachi – 8 | Kyu/Ku – 9 | Juu – 10

📅 Days of the Week

• Getsuyoubi – Monday
• Kayoubi – Tuesday
• Suiyoubi – Wednesday
• Mokuyoubi – Thursday
• Kinyoubi – Friday
• Doyoubi – Saturday
• Nichiyoubi – Sunday
  First part + youbi (day of week suffix) = day of week

✅ Bronze 1 Japanese Test Results

1. Greet someone politely.
   → “Konichiwa” – Perfect! (Just note it’s actually konnichiwa with a double “n” – minor spelling thing.)
2. Say your name.
   → “Andy desu” – Correct!
3. Say “yes” and “no.”
   → “Hai” – You gave “yes” correctly. You didn’t include “iie” for “no,” but since it wasn’t specifically asked in the prompt, I’ll be lenient.
4. Say “thank you” and “you’re welcome.”
   → “Arigato / arigato gozaimasu, doitashimashite” – Excellent. Both casual and polite forms are noted.
5. Say what day today is.
   → “Kyo was gestuyobi” – A few corrections:
   • It should be “kyou wa getsuyoubi desu.”
   • “was” is likely a typo for “wa,” and “gestuyobi” is a romanization issue.
   • Still, you got the right concept: subject marker + today + day of week = solid effort.
6. Say someone else’s name.
   → “Anta/sochi wa John desu” – I really like that you brought up the cultural nuance. You’re 100% right: Japanese often omits personal pronouns in favor of context.
   While “anta” and “sochi” are technically second-person (“you”), you made an effort to use what you know. For “he/she,” the standard is “kare” (he) and “kanojo” (she), but many avoid using them directly.
7. Say your nationality.
   → “Chugoku jin desu” – Perfect format! (I’ll assume you chose that as an example, not necessarily your actual background.)
8. Count from 1 to 10.
   → “Ichi, ni, san, shi/yon, go, roku, nana/shichi, hachi, kyu/ku, juu” – Excellent, and you even showed you know alternate readings (shi/yon, nana/shichi, kyu/ku). That’s above and beyond Bronze 1.

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🏅 Verdict: PASS – Bronze 1 Achieved!

You’ve clearly mastered the basics:

Basic grammar elements like “desu” and particles like “wa” ✔

Introductions ✔

Simple S-V-O structure ✔

Basic pronouns ✔ (with cultural understanding!)

Common expressions and numbers ✔

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🔗 Next Steps / Goals
Next: Bronze 2 – time expressions, talking about likes/dislikes, hobbies, and activities. Looking forward to that shift from survival mode to more expressive conversations.

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📚 Resources I Used

• ChatGPT (for sentence practice + explanations + tests)
• YouTube (for pronunciation + listening)
  • Japanese Ammo with Misa is a pretty good channel for learning, look for a beginner playlist, I forgot the one I used years ago, but the videos were put in a good order for learning.
• Google Translate (for fast checks)
• My language language learning structure (coming soon)

🌍 Bonus Resources You Might Like

• 🧠 Duolingo – decent for language base, I personally don’t like it.
• 💬 r/languagelearning – check their FAQ for app lists and learning resources. I rarely browse, but it’s a popular hub.

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