learning japanese

[Meriru]

I guess if english is your first language, Japanese seems difficult to pronounce. sweatdrop  

[Shasita]

I guess it is. It's really easy to pronounce when Dutch is your first language though. So I don't really know what it is like not being able to pronounce things.... sweatdrop
But I gues listening and practicing a lot helps... I mean.. you can learn pretty much anything if you just put enough effort in, right? ^_^

 

[Sontasia]

English is my first language and I don't think that Japanese is difficult to pronounce. At the moment, I just don't speak it fast enough yet. Practice does make it easier, but I think it is also important to listen to the spoken language as much as possible because that will make it easier to pronounce Japanese. Even if you are a complete beginner and can't understand a word of Japanese, just listen to the news or watch an anime in Japanese, anything that will get you more acquainted with how the language sounds because it will help.  

[Neverending Marchen]

Sontasia

English is my first language and I don't think that Japanese is difficult to pronounce. At the moment, I just don't speak it fast enough yet. Practice does make it easier, but I think it is also important to listen to the spoken language as much as possible because that will make it easier to pronounce Japanese. Even if you are a complete beginner and can't understand a word of Japanese, just listen to the news or watch an anime in Japanese, anything that will get you more acquainted with how the language sounds because it will help.

I couldn't have said it better myself... xp
Singing Japanese songs would help as well. Probably why I'm already zooming through writing Hiragana... sweatdrop  

[Crooked_Imagination_13]

Meriru

I guess if english is your first language, Japanese seems difficult to pronounce. sweatdrop

I have actually learned to pronounce things quite well and i grew up in a family that speaks english and spanish!  

[WiccanLovely]

I'm actually learning Japanese with RosettaStone myself. I've been listening to J-rock, watching anime in Japanese and J-Dramas for a few years now and I know it helps when you submerge yourself into the culture. If you have a passion for the place you're learning the language of it makes quite a difference.  

[Meriru]

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Meriru

I guess if english is your first language, Japanese seems difficult to pronounce. sweatdrop

I have actually learned to pronounce things quite well and i grew up in a family that speaks english and spanish!

I mean if English was your only language and then you suddenly try learning Japanese. It seems pretty difficult. You know Spanish, and since Spanish has pronunciations close to Japanese, it becomes easier for you to pronounce Japanese words.  

[Ellembri]

Meriru

Xxdeadxxsoonxx

Meriru

I guess if english is your first language, Japanese seems difficult to pronounce. sweatdrop

I have actually learned to pronounce things quite well and i grew up in a family that speaks english and spanish!

I mean if English was your only language and then you suddenly try learning Japanese. It seems pretty difficult. You know Spanish, and since Spanish has pronunciations close to Japanese, it becomes easier for you to pronounce Japanese words.

It's the way the vowels are pronounced. English has a mighty plethora of vowel sounds and they are very specific in circumstance but Japanese, like most OTHER romantic languages, have set vowel sounds. More often than not they are much the same sounds. *^_^*

In short, if you are bilingual by any means, it becomes easier to learn a third language.  

[Isha_Neko]

English is my first language & I've never and any real problems with pronunciation.  

[Rizzi Chan]

Well I think that with pronounciation, you have to get the vowels down pat. And with the 'Rs' you have to roll the 'L' and the 'R' together, so it would be like saying 'Rlyo'.  

[Trini Dayana Tsukino]

Liru The Werewolf95

I need help I am trying to learn japanese,but i need help pronouncing it.
I already got the basic stuff down like the color, some words, and numbers 1 through 20

its easy. im not native of japan(im hispanic mexican american) but the most R's sound like L's. you can practice by looking up anime theme songs and looking the lyrics up on animelyrics.com. thats how i started. i also started by looking up videos on youtube with the lyrics.  

[Gabby_lover19]

Liru The Werewolf95

I need help I am trying to learn japanese,but i need help pronouncing it.
I already got the basic stuff down like the color, some words, and numbers 1 through 20

a-ah
i-ee
u-oo
e-eh
o-oh

These are basic pronunciation sounds, the best thing to do is to break up the word and take your time sounding it out. heart  

[Novelo_Maus]

here's some local talk you can try out:

ちょっとまって(chot-to mat-te): Just a minute
マジ?(ma-ji): No kidding?
ほんと(hon-to): Really?
いいよ(ii-yo): It's OK.

Fun fact of the day: If you're talking to a native Japanese person, be very careful as to how you present yourself. They will take what you say personally. Also, do not go extreme with your emotions. That includes here in the forums.  

[chrisahari_AMC]

the best way to learn pronunciation i watch anime and listened to songs.
I learned that i pronounced like long e  

[akahanasmile]

This website has a lot of audio that you can use for practice.
http://www.ncsu.edu/project/japaneseonline/JpOnline.htm