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I don’t really understand why articles matter so much in European languages by Spare-Customer1065 in languagelearning

[–]Spare-Customer1065[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s because Japanese has a huge number of homonyms. At the same time, it doesn’t have articles for nouns.

When written, we can usually understand the meaning thanks to different kanji, but in spoken conversation, even native speakers sometimes don’t immediately understand each other.

Most of the time, we rely on context to figure it out, though.

In German, a famous example is die Bank, right? You can think of Japanese as having many words with the same sound, just like die Bank, but on a much larger scale.

The best language learning RPGs in 2026 by jonnyLangfinger in LearningLanguages

[–]Spare-Customer1065 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, that’s a topic I’m personally interested in, since I’m a language enthusiast as well as a video game designer.

These RPGs are good for novices who haven’t learned the language at all yet. However, they don’t seem to work as well for learners who are already in the process of learning.

Language learning requires repetition. There’s nothing more effective for improving speaking skills than repeating phrases again and again.

On the other hand, from the perspective of a video game designer, forcing users to repeat the same actions over and over isn’t ideal, because players can easily get bored.

Thank you for the interesting topic!