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I only thing I know by heart is the katakana and hiragana charts...
The only thing I'd recommend would be to practice what you do learn; you'd be surprised on how easy it is to forget things...
Yeah, I'm stupid.
Too lazy... hur hur.
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If you don't feel up to an immersion course, there should still be plenty of language programs available in your area (there's a "mandatory" Spanish one, by the sound of what you wrote earlier, so I'm thinking your local school district has healthy funding).
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Quote:
(it's not alphabetic, it's phonetic)
An alphabet is phonetic. Letters in an alphabet denote phonemes. Katakana and hiragana are syllabaries, where each glyph denotes (wait for it) a syllable.So basically you have no idea what you're talking about.
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Try language tapes or anime or something in Japanese, so you can get used to how it sounds. A lot of language teachers constant talk at you like that so you get used to it even though it means nothing. I listen to French pop music XD If it's something you want to do then go for it, don't let anyone tell you it's too hard
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It's all self-taught, though, because I couldn't find any Japanese classes around here. I know two people who speak Japanese fluently, but they live in my old town in Brazil. I have gotten some materials to help me:
Rosetta Stone (It's quite impressive; it really nails the vocabulary into your brain. The grammar aspect is more difficult, though.)
Japanese for Dummies (Comes with a CD with some recorded conversations. Unfortunately, it only seems to teach "tourist" Japanese.)
Japones em Quadrinhos (This particular textbook-workbook combination is in Portuguese; Originally in Spanish; I know there's a version in English, but I don't know what it's called. Has a Kanji glossary at the back, which is awesome, I think, and a sound effect dictionary (Because it aims to teach through manga) )
Japones: Expressoes Idiomaticas (Japanese idioms translated into Portuguese. I have no idea if there's a version of this in English.)
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Then I'd go ask her a hundred questions, poor woman
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squints1318 wrote:
Je ne parle pas japonais. Although I should. It's a good language to learn.
Especially if you're an Otaku!
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but still I'd love to learn more about it! me and a friend are trying to teach ourselves a little right now, I went to Japan once but I was still quite young back then ^^' should go back o.o
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I know whenever 'it's useless', 'awesome!', 'thanks', 'sorry', 'wait!' is spoken in an anime series, but that's basicly it, I'm afraid :P
(the only reason I know the first one is because High Max said it in MMX6, and I recognised the phase later in a subbed anime. Surprisingly used alot, though.)
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MoronSonOfBoron wrote:
Seeing as you have family in Japan, it would be a good idea to hang out with them so you can immerse yourself not just in the language, but in the culture as well (both are tied together very closely when it comes to any language). Don't feel at all bothered by the fact it uses a different writing system (it's not alphabetic, it's phonetic) - it will exercise your mind and benefit you in the long run. Besides, visiting another country could open your eyes to new interests and possibilities.
Ha ha hah...
I just found out that the kid moved to Korea, not Japan. There goes me again working from an assumption.
I'm finding it really hard finding someway to completely learn japanese from a tutor. So, I might just have to stick with random phrases like Mikker said.
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The only really reliable way to learn a language (other than growing up in a place where it's spoken) is to take classes from a native speaker. You can learn a lot through self study and anime and such, but it's not quite the same. Of course, if you don't have a choice, you can always buy course text books off of amazon or someplace like that.
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Don't worry, Japanese is really not that hard to learn. Because the class was moving so slowly, I self taught myself a lot of stuff. Here is a great site to go to for grammar help: http://www.thejapanesepage.com. I still go there to look for more useful stuff to learn.
It actually makes more sense than English sometimes >_> The only hard part is learning Chinese characters. Getting a Japanese word pad helps a lot. NJStar has a nifty pop up dictionary that you can use to look up words (But after you use it for 3 months it expires
) If you ever come across any Japanese that you don't know, you can type it in and hover your mouse over the words to get a description.
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advancechao wrote:
I know Chinese so it was natural to pick Japanese as a language class
Off topic:
I am actually trying to learn basic Mandarin right now...I find it much easier than basic Japanese. (Expect for the Alphabet of course, but I need a book for that.)
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(Expect for the Alphabet
what alphabet
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fapmachine wrote:
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(Expect for the Alphabet
what alphabetAh, correction, the characters.
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advancechao wrote:
I know Chinese so it was natural to pick Japanese as a language class
Natural, yes, but they are definately not the same language lol, in fact I find they're only a bit similar, but maybe that's just me.
It's a beautiful language, I have a hard time explaning to people that japanese doesn't really translate into credible english most times, there's not so many 'unnecissary' words.
At the same time I find it's easier to express how things 'feel' instead of a vagueness I find in english.
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The Onyomi for library, phone, book, and weather, for example, and there are lots more that make memorization easy. Japanese seems to have a lot in common with both Mandarin and Cantonese.
Japanese: Toshokan, denwa, hon, tenki, kanji, manga, sekai, Shinto
Chinese: Tu shu guan, dian hua, bun, tian qi, han zi, man hua, sai gai (cantonese), shen dao
It goes on and on...
And knowing Chinese makes writing Kanji a snap. At the beginning of this year we were learning how to write numbers and the seven days of the week, and it was kind of like this the whole time:
Not to mention that most of the meanings of Kanji have been kept true in both languages, if not changed a little bit. A few don't exist in Chinese so sometimes I was stumped when reading Japanese text. For example, the Ou in Ouendan is not a word in Chinese but it is in Japanese (according to my dad). 
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The self-teaching comes from a number of things - I've picked up plenty from anime and songs, yes, but I honestly couldn't tell you what resources I've used. The only one I specifically remember were Japanese lessons from Planet Namek, when it still existed. XD;
Actually, there are a couple of resources listed in the AL forum, so perhaps those would help? Granted, I haven't actually tried them out, but no harm in checking, right?
Japanese Tutorials
http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/japanese/ (good for basics, has games for practice)
http://www.thejapanesepage.com/ (covers more in detail than the one above)
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advancechao wrote:
It was natural because there's a whole bunch of words that are very similar in their Chinese counterparts. VERY creepily similar
The Onyomi for library, phone, book, and weather, for example, and there are lots more that make memorization easy. Japanese seems to have a lot in common with both Mandarin and Cantonese.
Japanese: Toshokan, denwa, hon, tenki, kanji, manga, sekai, Shinto
Chinese: Tu shu guan, dian hua, bun, tian qi, han zi, man hua, sai gai (cantonese), shen dao
It goes on and on...
The Onyomi for library, phone, book, and weather, for example, and there are lots more that make memorization easy. Japanese seems to have a lot in common with both Mandarin and Cantonese.
Japanese: Toshokan, denwa, hon, tenki, kanji, manga, sekai, Shinto
Chinese: Tu shu guan, dian hua, bun, tian qi, han zi, man hua, sai gai (cantonese), shen dao
It goes on and on...
Well that's a lot to do with the history between the countries, isn't it? (Forgive me if I'm mistaken, it's been a good two/three years since I've touched this branch of History.)
As for speaking it... not yet, but when all goes according to plan (DAMMIT UNI EMAIL ME BACK NOW YOU BITCHES) I shall be next year. :D Preferentially I want to do something with international waters, but with psychology and english lit as the other parts of my combined studies degree, I don't know what. Unless I go to uni AFTER I graduate and get another degree. ><
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I keep trying to pick up bits of Punjabi and Urdu at work but I am soooo rubbish at retaining language as I lack the gene that allows one to *think* in another language.
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This topic comes up every few months. I should probably make a sticky about it or something...
The only really reliable way to learn a language (other than growing up in a place where it's spoken) is to take classes from a native speaker. You can learn a lot through self study and anime and such, but it's not quite the same. Of course, if you don't have a choice, you can always buy course text books off of amazon or someplace like that.
The only really reliable way to learn a language (other than growing up in a place where it's spoken) is to take classes from a native speaker. You can learn a lot through self study and anime and such, but it's not quite the same. Of course, if you don't have a choice, you can always buy course text books off of amazon or someplace like that.
In the FAQ it states that years of study would be required to understand a text-heavy game such as Gyakuten Saiban, is this referring to self-study from a text book, or taking classes from a native speaker?
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fapmachine wrote:
You'd have to be nearly fluent. Can you get fluent with a book?
I don't know... I just posted it.
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Looking to learn Japanese? Well... I found this torrent with a PDF file called Learn Japanese... It's pretty big though... it's about 5.33 MB... I don't think I can upload it but... If you have a torrent program, I can give you the torrent...
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5.33 MB is not big...
My Shadow of the Colossus art book torrent was 236MB. ._.
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