Any one know any Japanese?

[faith_girl]

i do! *pokes siggy*  

[alexmai11]

i know a guy called julian in my class who's japanese, but he doesnt know any =S  

[Ceyon]

I'm teaching myself. But I learn quickly, so hopefully I'll end up quite knowledgeable. Watakushi wa Seiyon. Ha ha ha. Actually, while most people who learn Japanese start with learning to speak/write in romaji, I've gone backwards: I'm focusing on reading first. So I know some kanji, and I'm in the process of memorizing hiragana and katakana. I started with katakana because the characters are less complicated, never mind if it's not used nearly as often as hiragana is.

One thing I want is to know how to WRITE all of them. None of my study resources tell me the stroke order and direction step by step. They all just say, "To keep this basic, we'll just teach you how to recognize them." But you learn the kana and kanji a lot better (plus, you'll know how to write them) if you've practiced writing them. The internet's not too much more helpful, either. The information's scattered, and that's annoying.  

[[[mai]]]

im japanese fillipino
its weird
i understand japanese and tagalog
but i cant speak it

one side of my family speaks only tagalog and english even my older sister!
the other side speaks japanese and a little english
here i am in the middle with only english
[cries]  

[Baked-Not Fried]

I wish...I'm learning though. 3nodding  

[Ceyon]

Well, [[mai]], at least you can understand other languages. I can understand Spanish if I listen hard, and I can understand my mom and relatives when they're speaking in either Tagalog or Hiligaynon by listening to their tone of voice, hand gestures, etc. Just by knowing the little cultural aspects of Filipino culture, I can understand the Filipino languages better than I can understand Spanish, even though I've studied Spanish for 2 years, whereas I have zero Tagalog schooling. It's strange, isn't it? razz  

[shinnoir]

well, in order to speak a language that is not your mother tongue, you have to practice practice, practice... find a partner who can speak the language, and by all means talk in that language... i did that, and it works wonders...

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[enemene]

Japanese was one of the first two languages i learned...and im japanese...  

[[~Lam~]]

はじめまして、私 は ラムネ です。

どうぞよろしく。

私 の 日本語 は まあまあ 女頭 ではありません。

私 は 日本語の 二年生 で 少し日本語 を 知っています。

あの、私 は 中国語 と スペイン語 と 英語 と日本語 を 話す ことが 好きです。  

[kaito_adrian_shigure]

Still studying, if I dont learn soon onee-san Hitomi will kill me! Cripes.....  

[Animaznboy]

[~Lam~]

はじめまして、私 は ラムネ です。

どうぞよろしく。

私 の 日本語 は まあまあ 女頭 ではありません。

私 は 日本語の 二年生 で 少し日本語 を 知っています。

あの、私 は 中国語 と スペイン語 と 英語 と日本語 を 話す ことが 好きです。

((Wow, somebody other than me said Cripes.))

Hello for the first time. My name is Lam.
Nice to meet you.
My japanese is wobly.
My Japanese -(jumble with kanji.)-
Um, I (Chinese, I'm guessing?) and Spanish and Korean and Japanese (Jumbling some more, so much Kanji,) Here blah xd

Not bad for somebody who's had a semester of Japanese if I do say so myself xd . They haven't even taught us Kanji yet.  

[[~Lam~]]

Animaznboy

[~Lam~]

はじめまして、私 は ラムネ です。

どうぞよろしく。

私 の 日本語 は まあまあ 女頭 ではありません。

私 は 日本語の 二年生 で 少し日本語 を 知っています。

あの、私 は 中国語 と スペイン語 と 英語 と日本語 を 話す ことが 好きです。

((Wow, somebody other than me said Cripes.))

Hello for the first time. My name is Lam.
Nice to meet you.
My japanese is wobly.
My Japanese -(jumble with kanji.)-
Um, I (Chinese, I'm guessing?) and Spanish and Korean and Japanese (Jumbling some more, so much Kanji,) Here blah xd

Not bad for somebody who's had a semester of Japanese if I do say so myself xd . They haven't even taught us Kanji yet.

Not bad.

Actually, Real Translation:

Hello for the first time. My name is Ramune
Nice to meet you.
My Japanese is not at all that good.
I am in Second Year Japanese and I know a little Japanese.
I like to speak Chinese, Spanish, English, and Japanese.

Side note:
英語 : eigo (English) (Not Korean)

I'd LOVE to learn Korean though.

Another note to Animaznboy:

You do get to learn perhaps alittle kanji in First Year Japanese. But near the end of the year. (Depends on your teacher) If not, look ahead in the book, it helps... XD

(Note: I'm the Kanji Geek in Class.)  

[flip.renegade]

I'm learning from the Genki series, it's very good ^.^ you might be intrested in that, it comes with a cd so you can hear how you're suppose to sound!  

[[.twisted sunshine.]]

♥♥♥♥

Kanji kills me. D:
But I can speak a little Japanese and write Hiragana and Katakana.

♥♥♥♥

 

[Shari-hotsu]

I need to learn Tagalog, Japanese, and Chinies. Cause I am not American, and I only speek, read, and write English/American...