How well do you speak Japanese?

[MyFirstLvl100]

I pretty much know all the basics.

 

[B_button_member]

I am teaching myself the words and I am working on what they mean.....overall I know most of Japanese...

 

[Cherrim]

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.

 

[Jack O'Neill]

My command of the Japanese language is extremely weak overall. I only had one year of formal schooling in it (wasted the other two on Spanish); I can't read most kanji, and my lexicon is quite limited.

 

[Crystal Clair]

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

 

[Craig²]

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.

 

[Ayano Katagiri]

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

 

[donpatchi-risu]

totemo warui !!

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!!
sencerily
Donpatchi-risu
(Donpachi= machine gun sound) (Risu = Squirrel) (pachirisu)

 

[.Aero]

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)

 

[Delano]

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!

 

[MadeyeMike]

i only know how to say the first 10 numbers :(


does anyone know any free ways to learn the language?

 

[Cherrim]

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

 

[donpatchi-risu]

thanks, i do have a giant textbook to read from, to pass the time and keep it up till another oppertunity comes along.

 

[Natalie♥]

I'm not going to lie, I suck. All I can say is Hi.

 

[Chikara]

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.

 

[Gunn]

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.

 

[Wish]

I am currently reading about it. I am beginning to learn this stuff ^.^

 

[Midori Chi]

After watching anime and looking through a Japanese dictionary I got for Christmas..Ugh..Yeah, I probably couldn't understand if someone were talking to me. I just know the basic only-said-in-anime-and-not-real-life things~

 

[Asche]

I've been learning it for three years, so I'm guessing I'm somewhat decent at it, XDD;;

 

[Nekonron]

I know enough to more or less grasp whats going on in a raw anime episode, although sometimes I can be wayyy off. Probably enough to survive if I was somehow stuck in Japan... I hope... lol