I believe Manga is great resource to understand Japanese language.
It's fun so no need to worry about giving up, you don't need to know how to read kanji (because there is hiragana), and you can read it at your own pace.
Let's take a look at this koma (panel) from SPYxFAMILY. One of my favorites.
セリフ:
べんきょーやぁ〜〜〜〜!!!
オイ!!
OK, you should know that Anya's Japanese is not complete (but that makes this manga very funny...), so it could be hard to understand at first, but it's worth to know it because you might see it somewhere else . Let's break it down.
べんきょー = べんきょう(勉強)= study
やぁ〜〜〜〜!!! = いや~~~~!!!= i don't want to
So Anya is just saying, "I don't want to studyyy!!!". And running away lol.
オイ!!= Oi / Hey!
Loid is trying to stop running-away-Anya by saying this.
And you can see onomatopeia in the middle, "だーっ", it's the sound when someone is running at quite fast pace.
CJ
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