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| jcdietz03 |
 Sep 19 2007, 04:40 PM
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Time Waster  Group: Flunkies Posts: 339 Joined: 1-July 07 From: Boston Member No.: 1609  |
How to learn Japanese?
I know a few words from watching anime - All of them are nouns. Verbs are a total engima. Could someone explain Japanese verbs - and maybe give examples of common ones? I am looking for "To be" and "To go" since those are very common. Also - How would you go about translating Japanese text? How do you enter it into a computer even? Is there a dictionary somewhere that will let you "Look up" Kanji? Random stuff I feel like posting: -chan: Not sure what these are called but this one you use with a friend (Informal) -san: Like Mr. or Mrs. in english (Formal) -senpai: Senior. Doesn't have an english equivalent. -sama: Master. -niichan/kasan - Brother/sister - Not used in english. I DON'T KNOW JAPANESE BUT I LIKE TO PRETEND I DO!: Cute. neko: Cat. nya: The sound cats make. Meow in english. sugoi: Amazing inu: Dog henge: Transform jutsu: Technique When viewing subtitle anime the words above are usually used w/ few other words making them easy to pick out. Even when watching multiple times, I can't pick out all the words in complicated sentences (Like the Inuyasha Intro). That's funny - the board system will replace ka_waii with "I DON'T KNOW JAPANESE BUT I LIKE TO PRETEND I DO!" - Thats pretty funny. Good one, whoever came up with it. This post has been edited by jcdietz03: Sep 19 2007, 04:43 PM |
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| Rhiannon |
Sep 19 2007, 10:04 PM
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 I'm really moved by the chicken bone Group: Gods Posts: 2033 Joined: 23-December 05 From: Minnesotablarg Member No.: 4 |
SYLLABARY SYLLABARY SYLLABARY
It's definitely not a good idea to rely on them, but I wouldn't stay away from anime and manga and such. I find manga and games quite useful for practicing. Anyway, I use this site to look up kanji and words when I don't know them. ~~~  |
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| Marionette |
Sep 20 2007, 12:32 AM
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 The Comedy of Errors Group: Knights Posts: 615 Joined: 24-December 05 From: Puerto Rico Member No.: 11 |
QUOTE(Rhiannon @ Sep 19 2007, 10:04 PM)  SYLLABARY SYLLABARY SYLLABARY It's definitely not a good idea to rely on them, but I wouldn't stay away from anime and manga and such. I find manga and games quite useful for practicing. Anyway, I use this site to look up kanji and words when I don't know them. WHAT WOULD JESUS DO JAPANESE DICTIONARY is what I call that site. Manga and Anime can be good for practicing... once you get the basics down. Most people just jump in and go WAI WAI WAI ANIMU though D: ~~~   |
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jcdietz03 Learining Japanese Sep 19 2007, 04:40 PM
Marionette It's because people will abuse if and pretend ... Sep 19 2007, 04:51 PM Sauce XIV Katakana is worlds easier than most other dialects... Sep 19 2007, 05:05 PM Marionette I wouldn't necessarily call it a dialect... bu... Sep 19 2007, 05:26 PM
Ultimaninja Would those Rosetta stone cds on japanese work any... Sep 20 2007, 12:13 AM Rhiannon I recommend against the Rosetta Stone CDs for Japa... Sep 20 2007, 12:23 AM lilcases Ah yes hirigana and katakana... Took me at least 6... Sep 20 2007, 02:12 AM Raijinili I use several translating devices, such as JWPce, ... Sep 20 2007, 04:26 AM Chaos Seraph I hate learning languages. Sep 20 2007, 04:48 AM vahn14 I would get a game or movie with Japanese audio an... Sep 20 2007, 02:21 PM jcdietz03 Thank you for your suggestions. So the first step... Jan 14 2008, 04:06 AM
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