[mizz_J]

Konichiwa tomodachi =) Ogenki desuka??
Watashi wa June (Japanese name) san desu. Onamae wa?
^i dont have the japanese program in my computer so i can't type in japanese. bleh.

i'm only like 15% Japanese, since my mom's half japanese. I grew up speaking Chinese (my dad's chinese & a little Korean) & korean (my mom's other half). Next semester, which is in August, i'm going to be in my 3rd & last year of Japanese class.

[peachy�]

im dying to learn more japanese since my halfbro is half korean&japanese.
i also want to learn to read japanese magazines & stuff so i practiced last 3 months ago till now and im in no progress. TT but. does anyone know how to write 'linda' in japanese? thanks

[putasmileon]

im dying to learn more japanese since my halfbro is half korean&japanese.
i also want to learn to read japanese magazines & stuff so i practiced last 3 months ago till now and im in no progress. TT but. does anyone know how to write 'linda' in japanese? thanks

リンダ is Linda in Japanese.

[Trungy]

Hajimemashite! Watashiwa Trung desu. Watashiwa Betnamjin desu.

Just out of curiosity (and I know it has been asked before), does anybody know how I can type Japanese characters (all of them) on web browsers and other programs, specifically for Mac OSX?

[putasmileon]

Hajimemashite! Watashiwa Trung desu. Watashiwa Betnamjin desu.

Just out of curiosity (and I know it has been asked before), does anybody know how I can type Japanese characters (all of them) on web browsers and other programs, specifically for Mac OSX?

Go to System Preferences -> International and set up the Japanese type function. It should work for all programs.

[babyYUFFIE]

sorry if i'm bothering all of you =[
but..
how do you write..
"who do you think will win?"

[orangecake]

sorry if i'm bothering all of you =[
but..
how do you write..
"who do you think will win?"

誰が勝つと思いますか？

だれ　が　かつ　と　おもい　ますか？

ｄａｒｅ　ｇａ　ｋａｔｕ　ｔｏ　ｏｍｏｉ　ｍａｓｕ　ｋａ？

[keauxz]

Does anyone have skype? I'd like someone to help me with my Japanese through speaking with skype or msn...if someone can help please PM me

[shotamerican]

ＭＩＸＩをやってる人がいるかなぁ！？

よかったら教えてくれ！！

[Trungy]

Does anyone have skype? I'd like someone to help me with my Japanese through speaking with skype or msn...if someone can help please PM me

I would like to practice my Japanese on MSN/AIM as well. I think a bunch of us who wants to practice our Japanese should list their AIM or MSN, and then we'll start contacting each other and hopefully practice our Japanese. Who knows, perhaps once a week, we can gather together in a group chat and converse there as well.

My AIM is KrayZier777, and my MSN is KrayZier777@hotmail.com

[ovaltinejenkins]

question!

is japanese like putting together different symbols, like korean?

like: ㄱ plus ㅏ plus ㅇ equals 강

[dr jung]

question!

is japanese like putting together different symbols, like korean?

like: ㄱ plus ㅏ plus ㅇ equals 강

What you were saing.. ㄱ + ㅏ + ㅇ, is not how it is. It's by syllables (hiragana/katakana) and then there is 한자 (kanji), which you have to know how to pronounce by.. constantly studying..

for example:
가 나 다 라 마 바 사
が な だ ら ま ば さ
고 노 도 로 모 보 소
ご の ど ろ も ぼ そ
and others..

There are two ways to read kanji. One's by itself, the other is when it's attached to another kanji.
example would be:
中. it's either, naka (나카, なか) or chuu (츄우, ちゅう)
naka is when it's by itself, chuu is when it's attached to another kanji (中心, chuushin).

I think this is the simplest way to explain. I'm sure Tamago86 or orangecake or someone can explain in more detailed for you^^

[Tamago86]

question!

is japanese like putting together different symbols, like korean?

like: ㄱ plus ㅏ plus ㅇ equals 강

Unlike Korean Japanese hiragana and katakana (2 of the 3 scripts used) is almost completely phonetical, everything is pronounced as it's written no matter where it is in the sentence
Kanji is a different story though like dr jung pointed out

[dr jung]

So Tamago86, do you still study Japanese? like. memorize new Kanji, and reuse whatever you know.
For me, although I would still know what it means and remember the pronounciation, it's so easy to forget how to write one when I don't use it for awhile. Agreed? Haha =X

[putasmileon]

So Tamago86, do you still study Japanese? like. memorize new Kanji, and reuse whatever you know.
For me, although I would still know what it means and remember the pronounciation, it's so easy to forget how to write one when I don't use it for awhile. Agreed? Haha =X

Yeah that's true for anything. I stopped using English as my primary language while living in Japan and now in Hong Kong. Whenever I talk to people, I can't think of the right word as easily. And Kanji, ahh don't get me started. Some of the more complicated or rare ones get lost like that --

[cookiecutter]

i got ALOT of learning to do!
hahaha i should learn korean 1st but whatevers. (:

[Tamago86]

So Tamago86, do you still study Japanese? like. memorize new Kanji, and reuse whatever you know.
For me, although I would still know what it means and remember the pronounciation, it's so easy to forget how to write one when I don't use it for awhile. Agreed? Haha =X

yep if you don't use it you lose it...well once you get to an advanced level you'll probably never forget things below intermediate level, and you won't need to study as much to retain it either..You'll notice beginning language courses in college like at the 100 and 200 level meet almost every day, ones at 300 level may meet every other day, and ones at 400+ level may only meet once a week, because a classroom can only teach you so much. Anyways yea I still learn new kanji once in awhile, because I read books and newspapers, but the majority of the time it's just new vocab that uses kanji I already know ..It's like how we could still learn new words by reading books too in English. Japanese books tend to have really random kanji you might only see once in a blue moon though or funny usages of common ones to make it more artistic

And for writing kanji, unless you don't use Japanese for an extremely long time remembering ones you have already cemented in your brain shouldn't be too hard. I wouldn't blame you if you didn't know / remember how to write things like 薔薇 (bara - rose) though

[nuwera]

こんばんわ みんな 私わアンゲル です
I clicked this topic in order to learn Japanese .. I'm dying to be fluent in Japanese .. One day I will

~Angel~

[Trungy]

yep if you don't use it you lose it...well once you get to an advanced level you'll probably never forget things below intermediate level, and you won't need to study as much to retain it either..You'll notice beginning language courses in college like at the 100 and 200 level meet almost every day, ones at 300 level may meet every other day, and ones at 400+ level may only meet once a week, because a classroom can only teach you so much. Anyways yea I still learn new kanji once in awhile, because I read books and newspapers, but the majority of the time it's just new vocab that uses kanji I already know ..It's like how we could still learn new words by reading books too in English. Japanese books tend to have really random kanji you might only see once in a blue moon though or funny usages of common ones to make it more artistic

And for writing kanji, unless you don't use Japanese for an extremely long time remembering ones you have already cemented in your brain shouldn't be too hard. I wouldn't blame you if you didn't know / remember how to write things like ?? (bara - rose) though

You mention leveled courses. Where do you take your advanced Japanese courses? I'm currently taking the beginners course at Boston Language Institute (you've probably seen their ads all over the T), and while I'm sort of optimistic about how much I'll learn, I've come to the realization that I may have to go to a difference school to become fluent in speaking, listening, reading, and writing.

I know Harvard teaches several level of courses, and I was contemplating taking courses there (for both Japanese and Vietnamese for sometime in the future). However, I'm not even sure if I'm allowed to register for that course at Harvard. Any suggestions?

[akira53]

How would you say illegal? Such as: snakes are illegal in Hawaii (yeah they are, so sadly, I've never seen a snake before XD)