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I am going to japan in one year and I need help I need it soon and I need it to be good please you can reach me on here through pms or at man_num1_2004@yahoo.com or at dnangle05@hotmail.com thankyou

Name:Oroneto
Level:Introductory
Communication:Gaia messaging
Hours onlnie:As long as I want!

1. Call me Mizu
2. Introductory sweatdrop
3. PM me on Gaia
4. Im in the east coast of USA and im on nearly everyday (just not Wednesdays during the summer)

1. Mischievous_pixie (don't really like my real name) [19]
2. introductory, I only recognise some words from anime and songs
3. Gaia messages, maybe lateron msn?
4. Pacific standart time...? gawd... what is that again.
Ah, here I found it (well, the time of new york) Guess it's six hours later here in the netherlands than in america, so I'm online each day from about 1 o'clock (night) until 5 o'clock.
It'd be easier to have a teacher in europe...


I want a teacher because I don't understand most of the threads here, I'm the newest a rookie can be. So a lot of explanations.
I don't have the subject at school, that's not even possible.
I thought I'd start by trying to translate songlyrics, so that after a while I'll recognise words and the way they are written (plus it's fun). (don't know if that's a good way to start)
Because I'm so new to this I don't think you're going to have that much work on me, cos I have to learn everything you've learned ages ago.
Give me simple sentences to translate <3.

(just a note, I'm not yet interested in learning the kanji)

1. トーリー
2. Intro - Beg.
3. Gaia please.
4. Don't know. Just keep in mind, I live in Hawaii. If you need to check Hawaii's time, just go to google and put "Hawaii's Time".

はじめまして、Ｓｅｆｆｙです。どうぞ　よろしく　おねがいします。
Hajimimashite, Seffy desu. douzo yoroshiku o-negaishimasu.

I'm not a hundred percent sure whether I wrote the previous sentence correctly or not, but it should be something along those lines.

I'm Seffy, or Doomed or Andreas - whichever you feel comfortable calling me with. I'm currently taking introductionary japanese lessons in real life at a local university, and I feel that while the teacher there is very compitent and knowledgable I need another source of knowledge of the Japanese language to tap from to properly learn it. I need someone to bounce grammar back and forth with, someone to inspire me to do better; someone to tell me when I'm doing wrong and correct me. I don't expect this someone to be perfect because in reality, no one is - not even me. :_D

We're [University, in the] using a book called "Japanese for Everyone" (ジャパニーズ・フォ・エブリワン) which I think is published by a company called Gakken (or something) - (Sidenote: Writing that in... katakana took me a damn long while. Dx).
We've only had four lessons so far, so we've only talked about the most basic of basic grammar and hiragana. I can recognise most hiragana, but I have some trouble recognising some of the more... tricky ones.

And now, a bit about me. I was named Andreas by my parents when I was born way, way back in the distant year of 1986 - which makes me 21 years of age. Despite what you might assume from reading this (refering to my AWESOME knowledge of the English language), I was born, raised and still live in Sweden, and have Swedish as my first/native language.

I am quite friendly, I assure you, and I do not display elitist tendancies (unless I am trying to make a point, or I am being sarcastic) - so don't be afraid to take me on as your pupil! Hells, feel free to just plain add me if you want a friend. O_:

(Fair warning: I overly use hard to disypher emoticons when speaking on IMs)


Name: Seffy / Doomed / Andreas.
Japanese Knowledge Level: Introductionary.
Preffered Means of Communication: Any of my IMs (MSN, Yahoo; and ICQ), over Gaia; IRC, or voice chat (Skype/Teamspeak/etc etc.).
Times Available: Interchangable. I've got a pretty rocky schedule (and very unstable sleeping pattern), but I'm usually free and online most of the time. Usually from 7 or 9 am CET to 10 or 12 pm CET. (CET = GMT +1)