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 Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:25 am
Hey my names CJ and i was looking to see if anyone was willing to tutor me in learning how to speak Japanese. Im gonna be going to Japan this summer coming up (if i get enough money and without a job thats kinda hard) but ive wanted to learn Japanese for myself and for if i ever go somewhere and i really need it ya know? Well if there is anyone out there that could help i would love that biggrin
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 8:51 pm
i'll be more then happy to teach you. let me know if you are atill looking for someone
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:29 pm
dark night of the souls i'll be more then happy to teach you. let me know if you are atill looking for someone Really? Yay! Yes im still looking biggrin
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 10:03 pm
hehe..okies!! how much do you know??? cause i cant really start teaching you til i know how much you know biggrin
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 10:20 pm
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 10:36 pm
ok....what words do you know?? do you know any characters...ie hiragana??
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 10:41 pm
ummmmm uhhhhhhh.....*sigh* no
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 10:56 pm
okies. so we will start from scratch smile check out this site: http://www.myjapaneselessons.com/mjl/HiraganaQuizServletthat should help you learn your hiragana and then you can take the quiz when you feel you know them all. some words you will need to know: konnichi wa = hello sayounara = goodbye (polite) jya mata = cya (casual) namae wa = my name desu = is eg. namae wa jess desu (my name is jess) sai = age i think that will do for now....so learn those words, learn your hiragana and let me know if you are having any trouble. i will post some more words for you when you think you have these ones down pat smile mrgreen
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 1:12 am
Ok so i dont know what im doing on the quizes...im sorry im just way confused by it sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:06 pm
hey, sorry i havent written for a while....been out fighting bushfires. ok, i will explain about the website later cause i need to go to a lecture so i will tell you what you need to do with the website. thats prolly not a good one to start off with, sorry sad
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:10 pm
No dont be sorry or anything. You have a job as a Fire Fighter and saving things is more important than this ok? So if you cant get on for a while, its ok cause i completely understand why ok? Just take your time alrighty, cause ive got all the time in the world kk?
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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 1:17 am
haha, yea sorry about that. redface ive been pretty busy fighting the fires.. wahmbulance ...did a 12 hour shift and didnt get back till 11pm. and im sooo tired sad but anyways, i will have a look for a better website for you to learn the hiragana and when i find one i will post it for you. i have also been busy working on one of my major assignments which is worth 40% of my final markings....so yea...but thats finished now. hehe. anyways, i will look for that either later tonight or tomorrow. cause im still really tired from the fire. whee
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:36 pm
when i figure out how to put japanese on here then i can show you the types of characters you will be learning.
with the writing there are 4 types of writing, but one of them is never used in japan. first off you will learn hiragana, this is a phonetic syllabary in which the symbols *characters* are curalinear in style. so this means that the hiragana characters are cursive compared to the other characters.
the next form of writing is katakana. this is the second syllabary used primarily for foreign names and places and words of foreign origin. eg. Canada.
These characters are also really straight compared to the hiragana, but they have the same reading and meaning.
the third type of writing is kanji. this is based on chinese characters and ideologies with each conveying an idea, and most characters have more then one reading.
the forth type of writing is romanised japanese. this is still japanese but in a form of writing that people from anywhere *pretty much* can read. so for eg. watashi wa jesu desu. this means i am jess...it is in english format but japanese.
Do you understand everything so far?? i hope im not confusing you.
so for eg. using all these formats....except the romanised japanese cause it isnt really used in japan anymore.
watashi wa Kanada ni ikimasu. I am going to canada.
watashi = i/me
wa = particle *usually comes after watashi* I will explain a bit more about this particle later
Kanada = Canada
ni = particle *will explain a bit later on*
ikimasu = to go
i have some work to do so i will post some more stuff for you when i come back online later. if you like i can post something every day or every couple of days to get the ball rolling. i hope you understand this and next post will be the first lesson, and please tell me if your confused or have any questions and even some feedback on how im teaching you would be good so i know where to improve. smile thanks
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:11 am
Thank you XD
Yes i do understand a little.
Its sinking in....trust me.
That would be cool if you posted something different something everyday or every couple days or even when your free too because i dont want this to get in the way of your job because being a fire fighter is way more important than this alrighty?
I promise ill tell you if im confused or not gettin it ok?
I do have one question tho.....
Do you use the book Japanese For Busy People?
Just wondering because i went out and bought that and started reading it like yesterday soo yea.....
Feedback?
Well some for now is....thank you so much for being my teacher and.....shoot i dont know what to say yet...im sorry sweatdrop
But yea i might be on later tonight because i have to work at 5 so i dont know when ill get off ok?
xd xd Thank You again!!! xd xd
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:00 pm
lol....yes, its my pleasure teaching you.
Godemonite
Do you use the book Japanese For Busy People?>
yes i do. my dad gave me this book years ago and i have been using this for a basic with my teaching cause i have a student here that i go out and teach every week so i use this book for basic stuff and expand on it and use examples and the like.
thats good. really good.
Well some for now is....thank you so much for being my teacher and.....shoot i dont know what to say yet...im sorry> aaawww....shucks redface thats ok smile
im really happy to be teaching you. 2 reasons, cause i love helping people out where needed and secondly cause it gives me a kind of an idea if i wanna teach it or just stick to being an interpreter. so thanks for being my student smile i will post your first lesson either later today or tomorrow.
the stuff about the characters was just an intro. so yea. anyways, talk to you later
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