Well, it was pointed out that I used words in a weird way or something like that. Like, I would say, "I will wait inside the bus stop," rather than, "I'll wait at the bus stop," or something like, "I arrived at class" rather than, "I got to class,", because I didn't know the word "got". I'm sure what you're saying was a part of it, but I think the main thing wrong was my word choice rather than politeness.Pokebis wrote:
It might be the way you say it. I'm apparently usually too formal when I talk in other languages, but that's probably because I don't know many informal ways of saying things and I can't tell what's going to be broken or not.
That being said, I may speak too formally in English as well, but I try not too.
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わたし は 日本語 を すこし わかる こと が できます
Did I made that sentence right? ^^;
Did I made that sentence right? ^^;
mochiron, ii desu yo.
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sorry but my computer is still incapable of typing kana...
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sorry but my computer is still incapable of typing kana...
Thank you!My1 wrote:
mochiron, ii desu yo.
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sorry but my computer is still incapable of typing kana...
Same here, I used a site in order to type that sentence OTL
http://www.wandel.person.dk/japanese.htmlMy1 wrote:
onegai URL wo ore ni tsutaetekudasai!
I use this one pretty often.
But I know there is another... I'm going to find it.
EDIT: Oh! I found it!
http://gate2home.com/Japanese-Keyboard
I know!My1 wrote:
すごい!
even if this search-and-click takes a while...
もし漢字を使えばスペースが必要じゃありませんよ。Micaela Mousiki wrote:
わたし は 日本語 を すこし わかる こと が できます
Did I made that sentence right? ^^;
kana de kakushite kudasai, takusan no kanji wo wakaranai desu yo...
Daru wrote:
もし漢字を使えばスペースが必要じゃありませんよ。Micaela Mousiki wrote:
わたし は 日本語 を すこし わかる こと が できます
Did I made that sentence right? ^^;
Hmmm... I'm not good reading kanji ^^;
But reading the bits of the sentence, It has to do with the space, right?
that is something OI got too, maybe he/she wants to say that in oroginal japanese spaces arent used or something like that.
but for unsertanding I still use them...
but for unsertanding I still use them...
"If you're using kanji, then you don't have to put spaces in."Micaela Mousiki wrote:
Hmmm... I'm not good reading kanji ^^;
But reading the bits of the sentence, It has to do with the space, right?
lit. "If (you) use kanji, then spaces are not required"
Of course, as with my previous statement, I'm not too confident in my word choice here, so it may sound weird to a native speaker.
Japanese is written with no spaces, but they're usually put in to make it easier for beginners who don't know kanji and read sentences with only hiragana/katakana, or for signs or messages written entirely in kana.
Ah! I see ^^Daru wrote:
"If you're using kanji, then you don't have to put spaces in."Micaela Mousiki wrote:
Hmmm... I'm not good reading kanji ^^;
But reading the bits of the sentence, It has to do with the space, right?
lit. "If (you) use kanji, then spaces are not required"
Of course, as with my previous statement, I'm not too confident in my word choice here, so it may sound weird to a native speaker.
Japanese is written with no spaces, but they're usually put in to make it easier for beginners who don't know kanji and read sentences with only hiragana/katakana, or for signs or messages written entirely in kana.
Thank you, I didn't know about that. Next time will write with no spaces, then.
as you see, when you wont use kanji, then you can (and if you ask me you should) use spaces coz when you are no natve speaker, it is xTremely hard to figure out where one word ends and where the other begins.Micaela Mousiki wrote:
Ah! I see ^^Daru wrote:
they're usually put in to make it easier for beginners who don't know kanji and read sentences with only hiragana/katakana, or for signs or messages written entirely in kana.
Thank you, I didn't know about that. Next time will write with no spaces, then.
I know about and still using spaces, coz it is easier to read...
Yeah, I usually use kanji in "watashi" or the days of the week, numbers and some other simple things like tree, river, forest, etc.My1 wrote:
as you see, when you wont use kanji, then you can (and if you ask me you should) use spaces coz when you are no natve speaker, it is xTremely hard to figure out where one word ends and where the other begins.
I know about and still using spaces, coz it is easier to read...
And I normally use those in a sentence, so yeah ^^
I wonder how do I say " I wish *Insert noun here* " ?
not sure but you maybe can go around it with the noun "wish"=negai
I learn by myself, I know higarana and katakana and also all kanji from JLPT 4 to JLPT2. At the moment trying to read all JLPT1's kanji.
I'm such a weeaboo
EDIT: I mean JLPT
I'm such a weeaboo
EDIT: I mean JLPT
You would generally use the form:Micaela Mousiki wrote:
Yeah, I usually use kanji in "watashi" or the days of the week, numbers and some other simple things like tree, river, forest, etc.
And I normally use those in a sentence, so yeah ^^
I wonder how do I say " I wish *Insert noun here* " ?
[noun]が欲しい。
lit. want [noun].
「欲しい」is an i-adjective that modifies the noun, meaning "want". However, it's not used as a verb like in English, but as an adjective, so the actual usage is different, and it conjugates as an i-adjective.
You can also use the 「たい」ending for the stem of verbs to communicate desire to do that verb. For example, 「昼ごはんを食べたい」, where I used the 「たい」ending attached to the stem of 「食べる」 to say "I want to eat breakfast" rather than "I eat breakfast". This ending also conjugates.
OK! Thank you very much!Daru wrote:
You would generally use the form:
[noun]が欲しい。
lit. want [noun].
「欲しい」is an i-adjective that modifies the noun, meaning "want". However, it's not used as a verb like in English, but as an adjective, so the actual usage is different, and it conjugates as an i-adjective.
You can also use the 「たい」ending for the stem of verbs to communicate desire to do that verb. For example, 「昼ごはんを食べたい」, where I used the 「たい」ending attached to the stem of 「食べる」 to say "I want to eat breakfast" rather than "I eat breakfast". This ending also conjugates.
Oh, sorry.My1 wrote:
can you let me understand it too???
Here are the kanji I used:
食べる
たべる/taberu
to eat (v.)
欲しい
ほしい/hoshii
want (adj.)
犬
いぬ/inu
dog (n.)
昼ごはん
ひるごはん/hirugohan
breakfast (n.)
I don't because japanese is silly
I rearranged them to be in grammatical orderDaru wrote:
Oh, sorry.
Here are the kanji I used:
欲しい
ほしい/hoshii
want (adj.)
食べる
たべる/taberu
to eat (v.)
犬
いぬ/inu
dog (n.)
昼ごはん
ひるごはん/hirugohan
breakfast (n.)
I don't because japanese is silly
LOL, I did expect you to say that again.GladiOol wrote:
I don't because japanese is silly
(Yummy cake btw)
JAPANESE IS NOT SILLY, IT IS ONE OF THE COOLES LANGUAGES EVER, SO YOU DON'T DARE SAYING THAT AGAIN!!!
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！
wwwww
That's about all I can say in japanese
(very useful though)
That's about all I can say in japanese
(very useful though)
Here is another thing you can easily learn in japanese:Mr Color wrote:
wwwww
That's about all I can say in japanese
88888
Translation
*clap clap clap clap clap*
I didn't know 8 is clapping in Japanese.
The moar you know.
The moar you know.
OnosakiHito wrote:
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！
がんばって＊
ありがとうございました。ｗ
I know only this word, やらないか
日本語難しすぎてけど漢字は面白い
Shall we do it?0814587134 wrote:
やらないか
what, kill each other?those wrote:
Shall we do it?0814587134 wrote:
やらないか
i bought a book and downloaded a pdf file from the internet. i learned some stuff but stopped because of kanji
but i try to study sometimes
but i try to study sometimes
Not if you study hard.makkura wrote:
日本語難しすぎてけど漢字は面白い
“sama” “daisuki”……………………