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Does anyone here speak/learn Japanese?

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Ekaru
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Ekaru
Seriously? My teacher sure as heck knows what they mean. We had to create words from the first 25 characters or so with flash cards, and this guy behind me was one of those guys who never paid attention, nor put any effort into it, so he didn't know any words, so I "helped" him by oh so "graciously" tell him to put a 'ha' above a 'ka', and to add one of those thingys to it (good ol' dragging characters for him).

...Needless to say, when the teacher saw that, it didn't go well.

*Ahem* But I am seriously amazed your teacher doesn't know the meanings of at least hentai, of all things......
Echo
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neo@lex wrote:

Echo wrote:

yon/shi nana/shichi kyuu/ku

shi sounds like "death"
shichi sounds too similar to ichi
ku sounds like "suffering"

something like that >.<
I know about 四 and 七, but are you sure ku isn't just a mispronunciation?
I'm sure I read that somewhere before :/

I think it is true since 九時 is pronounced "kuji" and not "kyuuji"
Neo@lex
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http://www.eudict.com/?lang=engjap&word=nine&go=Search
Umumu.
Gabi
2,554 posts
Joined December 2008
Gabi
oishi! (sp?) , tastes good, right? im trying to learn but its going slow.
Yosuke Hanamura_old
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Yosuke Hanamura_old
Personally I took three years in high school, other than that I practice from time to time (when I'm bored).
Atmey
415 posts
Joined October 2008
Atmey
It isn't very practical to learn it in a professional way. I know few words from anime.
An64fan
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An64fan

Yosuke Hanamura wrote:

Personally I took three years in high school, other than that I practice from time to time (when I'm bored).
I envy you. :( Our school only has French, Spanish, and I think German.

And at the local university there are some Japanese courses, but there's a prerequisite of Japanese 20.... Not that I have any idea where I'm supposed to get that, with no classes at high school... And they don't list it in the university classes, only as a prerec.....
FurukawaPan
649 posts
Joined August 2008
FurukawaPan
I was in the same boat as you back in highschool An, with my school only offering programs in French and Spanish and ultimately only got to take Japanese class when I discovered there was a local Japanese language school in Ottawa (OJLS). I would research this in your own neck of the woods, to see if any local schools are offering Japanese lessons.
lukewarmholiday
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Joined June 2008
lukewarmholiday
Hey I hear you guys like Japanese, mind translating this title 東方めどれ～圧縮すぺしゃる！

:3
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Card N'FoRcE
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I studied it a bit on my own, but i don't remember so much >.<
And i almost don't know any kanji >.<
I think i'll start studying it again after high school, i really need to know more grammar, at least to be able to speak something xD

Anyway, i think all the words i know are from listening to animes.
Henkie
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eirrol
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eirrol
I nvever knew peppy is this bored! ROFL!
Pokebis
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Pokebis

eirrol wrote:

I nvever knew peppy is this bored! ROFL!
Ahahahaha-- Wait, what?
WyndII
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Joined October 2008
WyndII
Uhm I now know what are the Japanese for months and days, numbers only 1 - 10 ( ichi, ni, san, yon, go, roku, shichi, hachi, kyuu, juu) lol, I know hiragana. I know nothing about Katakana and Kanji. Except the word Kokoro in Youtube which is in Katakana, I think. I also can't type Japanese symbols here in my computer. I learned how to read hiragana by playing My Japanese Couch DS :| but since my DS died 3 weeks ago...... :(
KawaiiLily
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Orkel
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Orkel
I speak some Japanese, my skills are kinda at the "simple everyday conversation" level. I know the hiragana/katakana and around 70 kanji or so, but I'm still trying to learn the grammatical rules/sentence structure.
Henkie
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Joined July 2008
Henkie

Daniellynet wrote:

I tried to but i cant do it with my parents at home.. (embarassed...) :/
Why would you be embarrased about that ._.
nuudles
iPhone Dev
285 posts
Joined July 2008
nuudles
I studied Japanese for 2 and a half years, then did a study abroad in Japan (Fukuoka and Tokyo) for 6 weeks, then spent 5 months working at a small company in Toyama.

My Japanese still sucks.
derfington
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Joined April 2009
derfington
おはようございまおうす。おげんきですか。
bagnz0r
bagnz0r
私は日本語を勉強したい :(
Yes, i'm trying to learn Japanese. Unfortunately here in my country it's impossible, unless you want to study Japanese or live in Warsaw.
Derekku
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Derekku
私の名前はデレックチャンです。

I know very little xd
Ekaru
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Ekaru
Learned quite a bit in the past few months.

Also, Kanji can be a pain at times. Whose idea was it to give lots of them multiple readings? ><;
Derekku
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Derekku

Ekaru wrote:

Learned quite a bit in the past few months.

Also, Kanji can be a pain at times. Whose idea was it to give lots of them multiple readings? ><;
Because it makes them "easier"

...

<_>
Echo
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Larto
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Larto
Baah, I'd love to learn Japanese, just because the language is so interesting and different. See, the European languages like Italian, French, English, all derive from Latin, which makes them super similar. And somewhat boring.
Thing is, at the moment I'm learning Latin, English AND Italian at school, so if I tried to learn Japanese too at the moment.. well, I'd probably end up with a nervous breakdown. orz

tldr: No, I've got NO CLUE about Japanese, but I'd love to learn it.
Echo
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English was definitely influenced by Latin, but it's actually a Germanic language, not derived from Latin.
Larto
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Larto
Well, you get the idea, they're super similar anyway.
Echo
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Only certain words. In general, English is much more similar to German/Swedish/etc. than French/Italian/etc.

For example, the verb "to say":

French: dire
Italian: dire
Spanish: decir

English: say
German: sagen
Swedish: säga
Larto
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Larto
Well, my native language IS German. So the only way I can get a more interesting/diferent language than what I already know is to get Japanese or Chinese or Thai or other "weird letter" languages <3
bagnz0r
bagnz0r

Echo wrote:

Only certain words. In general, English is much more similar to German/Swedish/etc. than French/Italian/etc.

For example, the verb "to say":

French: dire
Italian: dire
Spanish: decir

English: say
German: sagen
Swedish: säga
Polish is also European language.
Polish: powiedzieć
LilyPichu
62 posts
Joined July 2008
LilyPichu
Teaching myself Japanese. It reminds me of Korean, a lot. I don't find it too difficult...(so far :cry:).
YukuZetsuji
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YukuZetsuji
I'll go to Japanase Language faculty in the university. :roll:
Ryuukun
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minyeob
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Pokebis
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Pokebis
I'm learning it now, but being a native english speaker makes it a bit difficult because of the differences. Eastern and Western languages are incredibly different so it's difficult to learn one after knowing the other.
Azure_Kite
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Azure_Kite
I started learning it about a year ago. Since English is my native language I found it tricky at first, but once I learnt a bit, the rest started to be understood easier.

Now all I need to do is focus focus focus on learning more kanji... orz
Senbon
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Joined September 2008
Senbon
I'm in my second year of Japanese class right now.

It's going quite smoothly, my teacher is great.

I actually really like kanji while everyone else whines, to be honest. That's +1 to "how much more peculiar Senbon can be."

Hey, anyone learned the Mori no Kuma song? Best song I've ever heard. :D
Echo
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先に「来年日本語を大学に勉強する」って言ったけど、今勉強しないかもしれないと思います。日本語なら、自分で習えますからね。
Gens
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Gens

Echo wrote:

先に「来年日本語を大学に勉強する」って言ったけど、今勉強しないかもしれないと思います。日本語なら、自分で習えますからね。
D:

Topic: I'm not really interested in learning Japanese. :P
Derekku
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Derekku
I think I already posted here but oh well orz

I'm interested in learning </weeaboo> but it wouldn't be the best thing to do right now. I'm already heading towards a college minor in Spanish, so that's enough language for my brain for now...
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