That could be cool. But unless I had significant business dealings with Japanese

Sep 20, 2024
9:13:12am

LeftOfNormal Truly Addicted User

companies, it being cool wouldn't be a sufficient return on my time's investment.

I'd do better to learn Spanish, French, Mandarin or Arabic as a matter of pragmatism.

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I want to learn Japanese so bad

Icelandic Cougar

9:07am

Everyone learns it bad before they learn it well.

Shihan

9:11am

Do it! And if you can spend time there. It helps with the pickup of the language

Ojiisan

9:12am

Also, anime is the worst place to learn Japanese.

Shihan

9:16am

That could be cool. But unless I had significant business dealings with Japanese

LeftOfNormal

9:13am

Shhh-Don’t tell the missionaries who learn Japanese that it takes 5 years.

kalifi

9:15am

Well being in the country for 2 years definitely accelerates the process

Icelandic Cougar

9:18am

We lived it and already know that.

Schultz is back

9:28am

I suspect if you tested RMs of Spanish vs. Japanese you'd find a big difference.

OrsoNero

9:30am

RE: I suspect if you tested RMs of Spanish vs. Japanese you'd find a big

dut99002

9:59am

How do you feel your level was when you finished your mission?

OrsoNero

10:00am

I don’t disagree. I don’t think I said other wise.

kalifi

10:32am

Ko-knee-chee-wah!

Q-grr

9:20am

Ohio

SV Coug

9:22am

Bit the wax tadpole.

LeftOfNormal

9:28am

Are-eee-gah-toe (I sank you)

Q-grr

9:33am

RE: I want to learn Japanese so bad

Rusty Crab Daddy

9:22am

Hey, I've watched some of her YouTube videos (KemushiChan)

SV Coug

9:50am

RE: I want to learn Japanese so bad

Strawhat4life

9:26am

Or this one

cheezedawg

9:30am

Remember Sayonara means farewell, but the truly honorific way to say goodbye is Kusaionara.

shokupanmanbo

9:27am

It’s pretty polite though, so I only really used the ku form with old ladies

Ojiisan

9:32am

ha ha

dut99002

9:54am

Here are a couple more:

Ojiisan

11:35am

This is how I would start.

OrsoNero

9:36am

I would add that learning 'kana' is at least as high a priority as kanji.

SV Coug

9:47am

Your specific advice is undoubtedly a lot more helpful than mine.

OrsoNero

10:00am

Yeah. Icelandic came from the mish. But i started learning japanese once.

Icelandic Cougar

10:11am

pretty impressive if you do.

calvindyer

9:48am

Could be useful if you ever get on a Japanese gameshow.

dut99002

9:57am

"Learning it is a 5+ year process"

durandal

10:13am

RE: "Learning it is a 5+ year process"

Icelandic Cougar

10:45am

RE: "Learning it is a 5+ year process"

durandal

10:48am

Absolutely. Being completely immersed in a language and culture 100% helps.

Icelandic Cougar

11:18am

I was mostly just joking about how hard Japanese is.

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