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 Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:14 pm
I know roughly 70 words so far (a tutor would be nice!)
anyone else?
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Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 1:52 pm
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Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 2:05 pm
¬.¬ BLAST! I must learn! Teach me o' wise one! xd
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Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:04 pm
Oh, hello, John! Hello, Kirei-chan! biggrin
Anyway.
I've got nearly two years of Japanese in school on me – 1A, 1B as independent study/credit by exam with a 93 on the final, and 2 this year – so I could give some tips when they're needed.
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Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:09 am
Ohayou! May 5th-desu. I can speak some japanese although and i can only write the romaji style, so kanji, hiragana and etc is out.
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Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:39 pm
はい, 日本語 を 話します. ちょっと...
Lol, actually this is my 3rd quarter of taking japanese, but I know about...200 or so kanji I think?? Still working on some of the conjugations, but yeah.
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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 3:44 pm
ooooooohh i wanna learn!! biggrin blaugh rofl 4laugh scream
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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 3:50 pm
that's so cool that you guys know kanji! I only know how to write "happiness", "love", and "harmony" because it was on a poster my boyfriend bought for me~
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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:46 pm
Hoshijin no Joukai Lol, actually this is my 3rd quarter of taking japanese, but I know about...200 or so kanji I think?? Still working on some of the conjugations, but yeah. Oh, yay! I don't see much of this level around these days… how refreshing!
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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:55 pm
For those who are interested, here are the directions for enabling your comp to write in hiragana. (this is just for PC. As far as I know, it may be different for mac users)
Control Panel -> Regional and Language options -> Japanese -> Apply -> OK
Then, when you go to type something, make sure you have the cursor on the page and click the "EN" that should be in the bottom-left corner and select JP. An "A" should show up. Click it, then select hiragana and type away!
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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 1:35 am
ああ、そうです。日本語はとてもむずかしいです！私は毎日べんきょうします。がんばってよ！
I'll translate for you: "Ah, I see/is that so. Japanese (language) is very difficult. I (have to) study everyday. Good luck/work hard!"
See? It's very basic. I don't actually know that much Japanese. I'm still far from being basic. And my accent sucks. -___-;
Anyways, I tried that pc tools thing, and it works good, except the characters type funny on gaia posts, so I first need to type it into word then copy and paste. Just a heads-up in case anyone else wants to try it.
As for learning Japanese, from what it seems, a lot of people try to learn at first, but then drop out after a while. sad You really need determination to learn it. If you're serious about learning it, then I suggest you first learn/memorize the hiragana/katakana charts, because you will be using them a lot. Start by memorizing maybe 5-10 (10 if you're learning the one's with maru or tenten after it) and then constantly check yourself to make sure you don't forget them. Flash cards are a good learning tool as well.
Anyways, がんばって! (ganbatte!)
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Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 8:38 pm
Hoshijin no Joukai ああ、そうです。日本語はとてもむずかしいです！私は毎日べんきょうします。がんばってよ！ I'll translate for you: "Ah, I see/is that so. Japanese (language) is very difficult. I (have to) study everyday. Good luck/work hard!" See? It's very basic. I don't actually know that much Japanese. I'm still far from being basic. And my accent sucks. -___-; Anyways, I tried that pc tools thing, and it works good, except the characters type funny on gaia posts, so I first need to type it into word then copy and paste. Just a heads-up in case anyone else wants to try it. As for learning Japanese, from what it seems, a lot of people try to learn at first, but then drop out after a while. sad You really need determination to learn it. If you're serious about learning it, then I suggest you first learn/memorize the hiragana/katakana charts, because you will be using them a lot. Start by memorizing maybe 5-10 (10 if you're learning the one's with maru or tenten after it) and then constantly check yourself to make sure you don't forget them. Flash cards are a good learning tool as well. Anyways, がんばって! (ganbatte!) If the characters aren't working on the internet, go to View -> Encoding -> Auto-select Then it should work fine 3nodding A lot of people find Japanese (and other non-Latin languages) daunting because of the alphabet. It's one of the hardest parts, but once you have it down it's a lot of fun blaugh
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Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:05 pm
I actually thought the whole new writing system made for an easier transition than I would have with the usual alphabet in a different language… I guess it's just a sort of fresh slate for me. I wouldn't be seeing English letters and automatically associating them with English pronunciation, therefore having a hard time pronouncing the other language correctly… with the new letters, I could automatically connect each character with its proper pronunciation with no weird transition. It's its own thing.
Did that make any sense?
Anyway, basically, I personally think having different writing systems makes things easier.
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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:01 pm
I have completed 3 years at college of Japanese study, and starting my fourth in Sept. I know some, so I could help if you wanted.  You should probably start by memorizing hiragana if you don't already know it, then move to katakana, followed by simple kanji.
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Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 11:16 pm
John Laurain ¬.¬ BLAST! I must learn! Teach me o' wise one! xd Kuukuu- It says Hai Soudesu. :'D. which means yes I do. I speak Japanese
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