How well do you speak Japanese?

Started by MyFirstLvl100 August 14th, 2007 4:59 PM
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Cherrim

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My classes ended a year ago so I've forgotten a lot of the grammar and the vocabulary that isn't used in fandom. I was top of my Japanese class in the first year and it kind of went downhill from there as my anime obsession subsided into a gaming one but...oh well.

I can still understand the basics of whatever manga or anime I pick up or watch, assuming the former has furigana. :| I kind of suck with kanji but...this isn't about reading, I realize. XD;

I can understand some spoken Japanese, but I suck at speaking it. x_x; I'm really slow with speaking other languages, even if I can understand them well.


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Age 33
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Seen March 24th, 2013
Posted March 8th, 2012
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18.2 Years
I'm ok
I'm pretty good at saying simple sentences like "Kirei desu, ne" (pretty, isn't it) or "Kouen ni ikimashou" (let's go to the park)
I can say "ikanakereba narimasen" (I have to go) and "Nihongo o hanasu koto ga dekiru" (I can speak Japanese) but I've mastered the easier version "Nihongo ga dekiru" (I can do Japanese)

However, when it comes to translating stories and paragraphs, I kinda suck. I'm not the best at kanji (I know 400-500 and forget them sometimes) but I can learn them really easily

I'm good at translating spoken Japanese (when watching Pokemon raws) ironically. Maybe because there's no kanji involved and being able to use romaji.

I also listen to Japanese music and go to Pokesho every single day (unless in a place with no internet) so I can read kana well.

I'm ok
Age 27
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Seen December 7th, 2007
Posted December 5th, 2007
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So-So.

I know the basics and I know the whole -kun -san -chan, etc. thing. I can say simple sentences easily and greeting is a peice of cake. Reading kanji is fairly easy as well, but I'm not exactly fluent.
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I have been learning Japanese for three years now at school. I wouldn't say it's good enough to carry and hold a conversation with someone, but I think I can manage in Japan for a little while. I've been to Japan twice too, so that really tested me when I found out I had some difficulties in understanding. O.o

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ive been taking lessons for 4 years now, because i love anime and want to work in japan as an engineer/industrialist. im good at hiragana and memorizing basic words, but i suck at katakana. yesterday, 2 minutes after i woke up, boku no sensei called and said that i shoud GIVE UP AND NEVER COME AGAIN!! I never got to explain that i couldent make the lesson that week because my grandpa was in the hospital from a HEART ATTACK!! this is 4 years in the making, i can't just give up :(, its not like i took spanish!!! i have a learning disability,whatever happened to patience!!

to anyone that just read that, sugestions would be greatley appreciated!!
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I don't.

Well I'd like to a lot. I had a chance to buy a little english-to-japanese booklet thing, but my mom said, "You won't actually read it, it'll sit on your shelf just like that French book I got you." French is also cool. Parle vou Fransay? (I can't type the little ` above the letters. XD)
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ive taken it for three years and ive taken a trip to japan. im going to continue this year, i want to move to japan and teach english while doing concept art for videogames. がんばります!
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Cherrim

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There are a lot of sites that will teach basic Japanese. Just google it and I'm sure you'll find something. You're better off getting a book of some sort on it, though.

donpatchi-risu - Just keep at it. I don't think they should be able to keep you out of the class if you're willing to learn. Make sure you review all the time and try your best. :x


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I can hold up a pretty decent conversation from what I've picked up while watching anime. I love saying Hello like this: Ko~ni~chiwa! My friends say I sound like a ditzy Japanese girl when I say it XD

I can fake the accent pretty well too.

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None at all. Except the ones those OMG KAWAII NEKO-CHAN DESU~~~~! Japanophiles throw out. Out of all the many languages that this world upholds, Japanese comes to my least favors. I prefer some European ones, exampling German and Greek.
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I don't.

Well I'd like to a lot. I had a chance to buy a little english-to-japanese booklet thing, but my mom said, "You won't actually read it, it'll sit on your shelf just like that French book I got you." French is also cool. Parle vou Fransay? (I can't type the little ` above the letters. XD)
It's "Parlez-vous français?", lol

Nekoron > if you were somehow stuck in Japan, you'll be able to survive, even if you don't speak a word. Why? Because you would have no alternative but to learn it, and it will come fast. It did for me. I was "stucked" there for 11 months, and now I can speak of anything with anyone (well, I'm of course never alone : my forever faithful electronic dictionnary doesn't leave my bag). And understand manga and anime without it.

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Japan, ya don't see much of it here in the far east. (except at the university and in the city)
ironicly, the majority around here is turkish, now thares a languige i can barely comprehend!!
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Posted November 2nd, 2009
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im pretty good...
person 1: konnichi wa! hajimema****e to genki desu ka?
person 2: hai, arigato gozaimasu. anata ka?
person 1: hai, arigato.
person 2: a yo! ichi desu yo! sayonara.
person 1: sayonara

...eh? it bleeps part out though cuz it looks like a swear word
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