I wouldn’t recommend DUOLINGO as a starter. YouTube videos will explain the alpha Beth and the structure of a sentence. Then, move to duolingo for phrases and covorsatilns. I think LingoDeer is also another app you can use
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Get a real life teacher, wiht the pandemic, maybe try out zoom meetings. I think it's best to ask a person instead of an app as you may have certain questions that a machine just can't answer properly
Imo, get dictionary app on your phone/tablet. Get one with kanji (for jap) drawing where you can draw the kanji and let the app translate it. For the language itself you can search for any learning website (it's free). I use wasabi for Japanese. And then just watch a lot of anime, k-drama, listen to jpop, kpop to familiarize yourself with the language. At least that's what I'm doing. Hope that helps. Best of luck
Omg ya'll thank you so much for your suggestions. I'll be sure to try all that and see if my dumb ass can really do it lmao
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