Hi everyone. I've started learning Japanese not long ago using Tae Kim's guide as my main resource. Its a really good guide but I felt like I wanted a textbook to guide me along my learning journey.
After googling, it came down to two choices, namely and not surprisingly, genki and minna no nihongo. Some people said that minna no nihongo is better in that it exposes you to more japanese (making it more challenging as well) so that when you are in Japan, you can actually understand and communicate with the locals there better. Is that true? If thats true I would like to go with minna no nihongo as my aim of studying japanese is to communicate in japanese and be able to read light novels/mangas/passages.
Also there is the Japanese version of minna no nihongo and there is an asian version of minna no nihongo. Which version should I get?
I think i will get "A dictionary of basic japanese grammar" as an extra reference book in addition to minna no nihongo or genki. It has really good reviews.
Please advise me! I tried searching the forums for the differences between the asian edition of minna no nihongo vs the original edition but to no avail.
After googling, it came down to two choices, namely and not surprisingly, genki and minna no nihongo. Some people said that minna no nihongo is better in that it exposes you to more japanese (making it more challenging as well) so that when you are in Japan, you can actually understand and communicate with the locals there better. Is that true? If thats true I would like to go with minna no nihongo as my aim of studying japanese is to communicate in japanese and be able to read light novels/mangas/passages.
Also there is the Japanese version of minna no nihongo and there is an asian version of minna no nihongo. Which version should I get?
I think i will get "A dictionary of basic japanese grammar" as an extra reference book in addition to minna no nihongo or genki. It has really good reviews.
Please advise me! I tried searching the forums for the differences between the asian edition of minna no nihongo vs the original edition but to no avail.