JAPANESE IS NOT SILLY, IT IS ONE OF THE COOLES LANGUAGES EVER, SO YOU DON'T DARE SAYING THAT AGAIN!!!
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Does anyone here speak/learn Japanese?
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I don't because japanese is silly
ah~ I long for the day I will finally be able to watch anime and read manga without translation.
I can already do that somehow...
I do that quite often...
I do that quite often...
I cannot tell if you are being serious.My1 wrote:
JAPANESE IS NOT SILLY, IT IS ONE OF THE COOLES LANGUAGES EVER, SO YOU DON'T DARE SAYING THAT AGAIN!!!
My1 wrote:
JAPANESE IS NOT SILLY, IT IS ONE OF THE COOLES LANGUAGES EVER, SO YOU DON'T DARE SAYING THAT AGAIN!!!
Umm...Calm down? He/She has a reason to think like that. Not good at it, perhaps?
I love when I understand a word or phrase without translation! ^^
~-->HARDCORE OTAKU WEEABOO<--~My1 wrote:
I AM SERIOUS WHEN IT'S ABOUT JAPANESE
j/k:p
me too that's one reason why I am learning it, but when anyone even thinks about insulting the japanese language, I cant help but get angry...
@above wtf is otaku???
@above wtf is otaku???
From what I understand an otaku is a person who is interested in anime, manga, videogames and cosplay.My1 wrote:
me too that's one reason why I am learning it, but when anyone even thinks about insulting the japanese language, I cant help but get angry...
@above wtf is otaku???
Some people are proud of it, some people may take it as an offense
Calling you weeaboo could be offensive, but only in the interwebz that works. Otherwise if they called you weeaboo IRL they're probably weeaboos too lol
So, a person outside of Japan watching Anime, reading Manga, and playing JGaems/Listening to JMusic will automagically be a Weeaboo.
If it's a person WITHIN the country, who is Japanese, then they are said to be Otaku, or shut-ins.
If it's a person WITHIN the country, who is Japanese, then they are said to be Otaku, or shut-ins.
I think a Weeaboo is a person who thinks that japan is the best country ever and won't pay attention unless it has to do with japan.Azure_Kyte wrote:
So, a person outside of Japan watching Anime, reading Manga, and playing JGaems/Listening to JMusic will automagically be a Weeaboo.
If it's a person WITHIN the country, who is Japanese, then they are said to be Otaku, or shut-ins.
(When did this become a discussion about otakus and weaboos?)
Japanese I know:
kokoro-heart
higurashi-cicada
inu-dog
neko-cat
baka-idiot (who doesn't know that?)
hakase-professor
sorewa-this is
onii-san/chan-big brother
onee-san/chan-big sister
imouto-sister
yuki-snow
gomen ne/gomen nasai-forgive me/I'm sorry
youkai-demon spirit
tenshi-angel
kawaii-cute
betsu ni-not really/nothing/it's not that
hayaku-hurry/quickly
I still need the use of english subs though, since I'm just learning japanese plus I haven't learned most of the katakana, hiragana, and kanji out there, so if I go on a japanese website (like nico nico douga because some videos are on nico nico douga aren't on youtube)I need Google Translate.
Japanese I know:
kokoro-heart
higurashi-cicada
inu-dog
neko-cat
baka-idiot (who doesn't know that?)
hakase-professor
sorewa-this is
onii-san/chan-big brother
onee-san/chan-big sister
imouto-sister
yuki-snow
gomen ne/gomen nasai-forgive me/I'm sorry
youkai-demon spirit
tenshi-angel
kawaii-cute
betsu ni-not really/nothing/it's not that
hayaku-hurry/quickly
I still need the use of english subs though, since I'm just learning japanese plus I haven't learned most of the katakana, hiragana, and kanji out there, so if I go on a japanese website (like nico nico douga because some videos are on nico nico douga aren't on youtube)I need Google Translate.
i can read katakana and hiragana and i know a few really common kanji, but i still have issues with sentence structure 
Same here xDEphemeral wrote:
i can read katakana and hiragana and i know a few really common kanji, but i still have issues with sentence structure
I always have to repeat myself "the direct object goes first and then the verb" every time I have to do a sentence.
People tease me by talking to me in a chinese-like speech. And some people always confuses chinese with japanese:
"So, you study chinese?"
"Ummm...It's japanese"
"Meh, it's the same thing"
That's the coversation I usually get when someone finds out about me learning japanese.
I used to learn japanese on university courses, but since my major is korean language, learning both languages on advanced level became a tough deal, so i gave up on learning japanese. Still, i know it on basic level and can read hiragana/katakana and few hundred kanji. 
I think that doing my way is better, coz I met a japanese person yesterday and I could start a talk very good, and there were no prblems, coz I dont think about it very much, coz I have got an instinct for this
i did japanese 101 for all of ten weeks and can sort of talk in rudiments to some native speakers, so it isn't all that hard to achieve some degree of marginal fluency.
i had a discussion once with a japanese student who was learning english - we spoke for a bit about how english grammar sucks, and how english is pretty hard to learn
i had a discussion once with a japanese student who was learning english - we spoke for a bit about how english grammar sucks, and how english is pretty hard to learn
It is, really. We're the only language I can think of where native speakers often have to ask, "Uh, how do you spell that?"Ephemeral wrote:
i had a discussion once with a japanese student who was learning english - we spoke for a bit about how english grammar sucks, and how english is pretty hard to learn
Oh, and though I forgot to mention it months ago, I took the IB AB Initio exam and passed it with a 5. o/ That puts me at either N5 or N4 level. I'm not sure which.
Aye, my Japanese professor went on a tangent during lecture once about the difficult to learn English as a second language compared to learning Japanese.Ephemeral wrote:
i had a discussion once with a japanese student who was learning english - we spoke for a bit about how english grammar sucks, and how english is pretty hard to learn
The number of syllables that can be produced in English is much higher than what can be produced in Japanese, and different combinations of letters are pronounced differently depending on the word. Contrast this to the strict rigidity of the kana "alphabets" and conjugation rules in Japanese, which have a very limited amount of exceptions.
Of course, Kanji is an entirely different beast in and of itself, but even those are relatively systematic compared to English spelling and pronunciation.
I'm so glad that English was my first language.
うん、日本語が好き
二年前、俺の日本語の勉強が始まった
理由は日本語ゲームとアニメと漫画はすごく面白いぞ＾ー＾
二年前、俺の日本語の勉強が始まった
理由は日本語ゲームとアニメと漫画はすごく面白いぞ＾ー＾
sou da yo, ore ni manga wa nai kedo, demo ore no nohongo no benkyou wa tabun 3nen mae ni hajimatta yo.
何をそれ、この「の本語」が？
食べるか？
食べるか？
I cant type kana on this PC so I just use normal letters,...
Still. What is this "Nohongo" thing.
i always thought ぞ was impolite or offensiveUnkind wrote:
うん、日本語が好き
二年前、俺の日本語の勉強が始まった
理由は日本語ゲームとアニメと漫画はすごく面白いぞ＾ー＾
at least that's what i was told anyway!
so is 俺
ore is generally used only in very casual environments, it's quite a masculine/informal version of "I". Generally not recommended to be used unless you're quite familiar with the people you're using it with.
「俺」と「ぞ」は普通の話し方だぞｗ
Edited for various confusions brought on by me being confused by someone's response to another post thinking it was mine. Cleared up.
I don't claim to be amazing at Japanese, but i'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong with what i wrote. This is how i've always talked with japanese friends online. I am aware it isn't that polite, but I wouldn't call it "offensive" at all (look at 俺様 for that). Half the fun of speaking in Japanese is talking in your own way. Have fun.
Basically, Zo is just casual, not always offensive. Ore is casual and masculine, also usually not offensive.
But if you were talking to your boss, girlfriend's parents, the president, or like, i dunno, God, anyone that can fuck you over, you might want to not use them. But you guys aren't any of those things as far as I know.
Edited for various confusions brought on by me being confused by someone's response to another post thinking it was mine. Cleared up.
I don't claim to be amazing at Japanese, but i'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong with what i wrote. This is how i've always talked with japanese friends online. I am aware it isn't that polite, but I wouldn't call it "offensive" at all (look at 俺様 for that). Half the fun of speaking in Japanese is talking in your own way. Have fun.
Basically, Zo is just casual, not always offensive. Ore is casual and masculine, also usually not offensive.
But if you were talking to your boss, girlfriend's parents, the president, or like, i dunno, God, anyone that can fuck you over, you might want to not use them. But you guys aren't any of those things as far as I know.
We got Japanese Class in our school. Got a grading of B.
知らない？の本語は私の一番好きな食べ物だよ。Azure_Kyte wrote:
何をそれ、この「の本語」が？
食べるか？
I learned the first few sets of hiragana
... and then i stopped for some reason, got too busy ;_; motivate me to start back up again!
... and then i stopped for some reason, got too busy ;_; motivate me to start back up again!
you're lookin at 2 weeks 30 minutes a day at the maximumZerostarry wrote:
I learned the first few sets of hiragana
... and then i stopped for some reason, got too busy ;_; motivate me to start back up again!
あははははあぁ、そうか。面白いね。
Took me about 3 hours just continuously writing it.Pokebis wrote:
I sat down with Hiragana for an hour and then knew it.
Katakana took me about 4.
今のThreadは面白いです。
だたら日本語で喋るは本当に良いですねー。
がむばてー
そして日本語を習えもがむばてねー！
だたら日本語で喋るは本当に良いですねー。
がむばてー
そして日本語を習えもがむばてねー！