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Sep 20, 2024
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durandal
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"Learning it is a 5+ year process"
Every missionary that served in Japan:
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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.
durandal
11:21am
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