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Swerty
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09 May 2008, 8:04 am

Hey, I'm Swerty and I have been studing Japanese for 2 years now. I heard from alot of people that they would like to, if you would just respond back with either a privite or a public message on this forum If You do I will try my best to help you in your endevors! Or If you know Japanese too maybe you can help me with mine or help me teach others like I said just respond Plz!! !! !! !!

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09 May 2008, 8:31 am

I'd love to.

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09 May 2008, 2:12 pm

I'm starting a class in June, I'll be taking it for three years

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09 May 2008, 2:16 pm

Sometimes I get so frustrated at the games that don't come out over here that I'm tempted to learn it :roll:

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09 May 2008, 2:28 pm

how do the pronounciations work

E = ay / as in hey
I = ee / as in he
A = au / as in brautenheimer
L = r / as in ret*d language (jk :lol: )

thats about all i know

do correct me if wrong :wink:

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09 May 2008, 2:31 pm

Trugen wrote:

how do the pronounciations work

E = ay / as in hey
I = ee / as in he
A = au / as in brautenheimer
L = r / as in ret*d language (jk :lol:

)

thats about all i know

do correct me if wrong :wink:

OH YES, AND DO TEACH ME

PM,
OR BETTER YET

TEACH ON HERE!! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

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09 May 2008, 3:45 pm

supahneko wrote:

I'm starting a class in June, I'll be taking it for three years

DAMN YOU. I'm beyond jealous right now. I could use it for so many things, more than I could use German, perhaps. (I brought German up due to the fact that I actually want to work for either Ableton or Native Instruments when I'm old enough. So, obviously, it'll be quite useful.)

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09 May 2008, 4:09 pm

Trugen wrote:

how do the pronounciations work

E = ay / as in hey
I = ee / as in he
A = au / as in brautenheimer
L = r / as in ret*d language (jk :lol:

)

thats about all i know

do correct me if wrong :wink:

Japanese transliterations in the Latin alphabet tend to be pretty straightforward. Vowels are pretty much like the Spanish ones. Consonants are pretty much what they look like (except careful - there are no "soft" g's). "j" is like "jam".

There are a few pitfalls to keep in mind. Double consonants are "long" (i.e. hold them for longer than you would normally).
Likewise, vowels can be "long" or "short". A long vowel is pronounced exactly the same as a short one except you pronounce it for more time. If you don't do the long vowel, you may not be understood. For example:
chizu - map
chiizu - cheese

t/d are never "tapped" like they are in English. That is, you wouldn't say wudder (water). If you pronounce it that way, it may sound like an r.

There are no stressed syllables. The accent is pitch based (although no matter what I type here you will mangle it). This may take a while to pick up, but try hard. Because nothing sounded worse than people who can't lose the English stress system. Don't be afraid to imitate native speaking styles.

Any specific questions?

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09 May 2008, 4:12 pm

Ive always loved agglutinative languages, Especially if they have Ergativity . Nonetheless Japanese is not on my list of languages to learn as opposed to Turkish/Tatar and I even wanna resume studying Hungarian.

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13 May 2008, 1:09 pm

Ive been taking chinese for 2 yrs now...

So i could probably understsnd you.

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13 May 2008, 1:15 pm

Japanese is cool along with Korean because very interesting languages to learn.

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13 May 2008, 1:54 pm

Trugen wrote:

how do the pronounciations work

E = ay / as in hey
I = ee / as in he
A = au / as in brautenheimer
L = r / as in ret*d language (jk :lol:

)

thats about all i know

do correct me if wrong :wink:

I think you are trying To pronounce The vowels Which are:
A= as in AHHHHH (screaming sound)
E= as in a in ate
I= as in e in eat
O= as in mow
and
U=as in oo in moo

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13 May 2008, 1:58 pm

Relicanth7 wrote:

Ive been taking Chinese for 2 yrs now...

So i could probably understand you.

Even though there are some loan words from Chinese in Japanese I don't think that we would be able to understand each other

PS: Great job on the Chinese I'd think That would be a lot harder than Japanese

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13 May 2008, 2:02 pm

ihitterdal wrote:

supahneko wrote:

I'm starting a class in June, I'll be taking it for three years

Hey, My friend is learning German as well as Japanese I bet you could do it if you tried HARD or try learning German first than I maybe able to help keep it up!!

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13 May 2008, 2:03 pm

[quote="SabbraCadabra"]Sometimes I get so frustrated at the games that don't come out over here that I'm tempted to learn it :roll: [/q
Just pm me if you want help

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