Hints for conversation

Although you could express what you feel or what you want to say, if you don't understand what someone said to you, it would not be a conversation.

Here are some hints for listening Japanese conversation.

1.A proper noun is very important.
Many proper nouns are not in a dictionary. But almost conversation includes proper nouns. So, if you have a chance to visit Japan, first, you learn proper nouns like name of town, name of place and etc.

2.Vocabulary is important, disregard grammar.
If you don't know Japanese grammar but know many Japanese word, you will be able to have a conversation.
But on the contrary, you know Japanese grammar but no word, you will never have a conversation.
If you enumerate just only words with disregarding grammar, Japanese people may understand.

3.Therefore you should concentrate on lestening nouns , next verbs in the conversation.
If you could listen just "......hon.......yom..", maybe you would understand someone reads a book.
In the conversation, though you couldn't catch well, you maybe know who is the subject.

4.Numbers.
When you ask someone about something, the conversation may includes prices, distance, time and etc.
The answers may includes numbers.

Do you understand?
Basic points of Japanese conversation are same with other foreign languages.

You had better learn much more vocabulary of nouns, verbs, numbers and proper nouns.
Then concentrating to listen nouns in the conversation and imagine what they say.
After all , imagination is important concept.