Do You Know Japanese? Are You Learning it?

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I've been teaching myself Japanese for about a 2 years, I'd say I'm almost fluent now.

二年前に日本語を学び始まりました。今には、僕が上手にしています。

how did you learn it by yourself i want to learn it D:
Love Japan

I've been thinking about it for a few weeks. Either Japanese or German. Maybe even Latin.

I know a few Japanese words and phrases, most of which I've picked up from subtitled anime.

I've been learning Navajo. Want to learn Japanese but I never have the time (well, I have plenty of time). Give us some info and sight? Did you learn the spoken language, just the written language?.. etc. I know I was told to be fluent you need at least 7 years of hard schooling. But their written language goes onto too many levels.

I am learning it!

Can one of you then translate something for me please?

Phonetically, it sounds like "kee-maash-tah-neh?", and it has been fetured in previews for an anime cartoon called "Lupin the Third".

Thank you.

Japanese has too many issues involved. Mash tah ne.

I don't have the literacy skills to learn Japanese, but I like the fact that you guys are learing a very cool language.

me too!! ! for a while, i could read and write a few basic kanji...but then I got distracted...

I was there in 01 while they where having the summit over there with Clinton (i believe)... That was such a long time ago.

We had 3 small earthquakes in a month. And all I got to hear on tv was....

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b62IowIrN7M[/youtube]

- Although I liked this song better.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBKKqC3ueyU[/youtube]

Hope none of you are weeaboos.

Anyways, I am learning the language (my current special interest.)

I have been to Japan several times (Sapporo, Hokkaido) and hope to go there again. I attempted learning Japanese several times but always stopped or failed that. What I can think about is learning a few phrases for touristic reasons but the language, especially the writing, is just too complex for a non-native to learn. I have come to the conclusion that properly learning to read and write Kanji is almost impossible.

I am having a very good friend from Japan who is currenly working with me on the same projects and even he recommended not to learn Japanese. Because I am a native German speaker, I can recommend to learn German instead and I promise it is easier.

i'm trying to learn but all i can use are free online lessons and the Japanese English dictionary at my school

Frickin' kanji, how do they work? Seriously, though. I know some of that (the kanji and the hiragana). Some, though, I've forgotten. Let's see... The first sentence ends in "-mashita," right? and the second with "-ni shite imasu," right? Not that I remember what that means (except that imasu means "to exist," and is a very common way to end sentences in Japanese)... I recognize some of the others.

Anywho. Yeah, I've learned some Japanese in the past, and every once in a while, I go back to learning it again. If I'm just taking the lessons, though, it's not much useful unless I can retain it, and that means interacting in Japanese (either with someone else who speaks Japanese, and I don't know any, or through watching to/listening to Japanese programs. I'm pretty sure the only Japanese programs I've seen are anime, and I can't remember the last time I saw any. Plus, retaining kanji requires reading and/or writing, and while it seems that some bookstore or another sells books in Japanese, I haven't even gotten books in English in ages).



You could always go with Rosetta Stone, but that's rather expensive if you don't torrent it...

Not that I would know anything about THAT.

http://www.tofugu.com/2009/12/01/altern ... tta-stone/

What they say about Rosetta Stone is just pointless. It's true that it's expensive. The other stuff is mostly crap. It does work, and work VERY well. But there are cheaper alternatives, even free alternatives (listed on that site).

I think Japanese is easier than German (I know the latter and I am learning Japanese)... and my best friend is from Sapporo! Can't wait to go.