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« on: February 07, 2008, 08:40:33 pm »

Hopefully, no one is offended by this topic or anything...
Yeah, i don't know exactly where to put this sooo...
I'm thinking of giving you guys Japanese lessons!
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Of course, it'll be kinda hard, since I can't be there to give you guys lessons directly, but i hope you guys will be able to learn something.
Oh, and this is for my benefit too. I really don't have much time, to take lessons, so i can teach and learn as well. =3

So who's interested?
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« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2008, 03:57:36 am »

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« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2008, 08:04:40 am »

I can speak 2 words of Japanese, I can't spell them though...

Something like:
Hayakumiké: Hurry up.
Akuma: Devil.

Might not be right about this, but my friend tought me...

Anyway, I'll be interested in learning a couple of words...
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« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2008, 11:55:40 am »

Aku:Evil
Baka:Idiot
Nande:Why*
Nani:What*
Urusai:Shut up

*Might be mixed up.
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« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2008, 02:58:50 pm »

That would be great!
I'll learn!
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« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2008, 04:16:13 pm »

Aku:Evil
Baka:Idiot
Nande:Why*
Nani:What*
Urusai:Shut up

*Might be mixed up.
No, that's actually quite right.
But Nande can also mean what.

Alright, why don't we start with the japanese alphabet?
Everyone fine with that? Eh heh... thing is, I'm not a teacher so I don't really know how to run this, just thought it'd be fun and a nice way to keep up with my japanese.
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« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2008, 09:35:07 am »

Hey, help us help you.
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« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2008, 09:53:42 am »

Lawl...


I think this is pretty accurate. But then again, it's pointless to learn this if you don't even know anywords to spell.
So study that for the time being, I'm going to get together some words.
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« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2008, 05:43:56 pm »

This is a fortunate--and for me very useful--topic. I don't speak a single word of Japanese, though I do have some knowledge on the grammar.
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« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2008, 06:54:15 pm »

I have a fairly good base knowledge of the language. I can do the important stuff, such as introduce myself, get directions to places, ask if people speak English. And mug someone. >.> Oh, and swear. XD But still, this topic seems like a nice idea. Just a note on that chart though, there are two sets of Japanese letters. The one on the top of each box is called Hirigana. (spelling might be wrong.) That's used for everyday conversation, and all words that originate from Japan. The second one is called Katakana. That's used for all forign words and names. Obviously, it is more important to learn Hirigana than Katakana.
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« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2008, 12:45:03 am »

Ah yea, forgot to mention that. XD
Yeah, the first set of characters is Hiragana and the second is Katakana.
It's like how Amyler explained it. Hiragana is for everyday Japanese words (Like the words dog or cat, where there's a japanese word for it) and Katakana is for foreign words. (Like hamburger (lol, it's called hamubugu) or something like an american name).
The only thing I would correct is, it is equally important to learn both sets of characters, as well as some Chinese. According to one source, I've heard there are more than 40000 different Chinese characters, but if you know at least 2000 you'll be fine...
I can't really teach Chinese, but maybe a few...
ANOTHER THING: If you use English to write out a Japanese word (ex. 'inu' is how you would write the Japanese word for dog in English) It's called Romaji. Most of what I teach will be in Romaji, so you guys can understand how to pronounce the word. I'll try to give it in Japanese as well though.

Yes, well, let's try the first lesson.
To greet another person, you would say: Hajime mashite.
It means something along the lines of: Nice to meet you.
But it would literally mean: This is the first time I'm meeting you.
Because: Hajime is a 'word' for first, and mashite is along the lines of 'meet'
But anyways, you just need to know that's what you say when you meet someone else. Errr... if you're polite.
In return, the person you greet would respond by saying:

WAIT, I'll return with that, I just had a memory blank...
So for now, just practice saying 'hajime mashite.' when you greet others... new.  Or by yourself.
Errrr... yeahhh....
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« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2008, 11:01:35 am »

This might be useful if I ever go to Japan. It's an amazing country from what I've heard.

Hajime mashite.
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« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2008, 11:12:33 am »

This sounds interesting well sure why not! =3  after all I am trying to teach my self Japanese but it's EXTREAMLY HARD  Wink
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« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2008, 03:10:21 pm »

Hajime Mashite, Kirby!  Grin
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« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2008, 03:21:48 pm »

errr...Arigato?
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