Who's Learning Japanese?

Haha i think I'm going to take a Japanese class so it'll be a lil easier to understand what YUI says.. doing this cuz of YUI again
:gboy


Anywaiz Anyone taking Japanese in here? Was It/Is it Hard to learn??
How many years have you taken it?

Should i quit b 4 i start ? lol

I'm taking an online Japanese class through my school right now and it's not too bad. The concepts of grammar and writing are fairly easy to understand.

The best way to learn a language is not though online classes though (especially when you don't have anyone that's learning it with you so you can practice speaking to one another).

you should really learn hungrydragon-san! it's really fun! there are a lot of things to learn especially their alphabet, they have 3 alphabet and currently I only know how to read and write hiragana, there's still katakana and KANJI! blimey! also their sentence structure is different from us, in the sense that their verbs come last unlike in the English grammar. and yeah the disadvantage of what Li-Mei stated is there (if you're learning alone). but don't get disheartened!

it's really fun! lucky you, you get to have lessons! I'm just learning by myself! I have no time and money yet to have formal lessons! even so, I learn basics and something about it here and there. IT'S REALLY FUN!

DAKARA, GANBATTE NE!

Wow more and more people are learning japanese coz of YUI.. I'm one of 'em too! =P I'm same with Shinjichan, i study alone.. with podcasts. I'm too tired of reading books so i found an alternative..XD but it's fun. Coz the teacher/voice actresses are good. Its not like any other podcast (which are hell boring).. this one is the real deal..lolz and they keep you updated with wats goin on in japan. And they have omoshiroi conversations! I totally recommend this you guys.. Its

Ichimaruichijapaniizupoddo.com

The podcasts are free and they have diffrent levels of difficulty.. i finish beginner lessons and I'm currently on beginner lessons season 2..
You guys might want to check it out if you're into japanese study! ja mata!

oooh! thanks there Kitsy! never resulted in podcasts yet though I've heard of them! I'm going to listen and check your posted link! SANKYU!

oh yeah I'm going to buy a Japanese workbook by McGraw Hill, looks like a good one to me! I'm going to tell you guys after I've bought it tomorrow!

i am currently learning japanese from book called minna no nihongo 1, the grammar, hiragana, and katakana are ok but.... the kanji is killing me... But for those who have studied chinese should not be that bad....

learning kanji is very hard!! i have a Japanese class in my school, but the teacher is lazy. i don't like learning from him. i like learning from my friends who likes japanese too.

haha i'm also learning japanese for YUI.
i'm taking japanese classes right now every friday nights..
it's not like super hard for me, because i know how to read chinese so you know how some japanese words are like similar or even the same so it's okay. i've only been learning for a few months. what i can do now is that i know how to read the japanese, without understanding what it's saying though!
i'm starting to understand more and learned more words..it's really worth to learn it if you really want to.
everytime i feel like giving up, i was like "FOR YUI FOR YUI!" and then i want to continue to learn. hahaha~

lol.. I dont feel so bad now...

I have always had a fascination with other cultures, and the Japanese in particular. I love learning new languages... ( I am a linguist in the US Army) and just when I decided to learn the language, I bumped into this jewel of a singer. So in essence, I too am learning to speak japanese from the inspiration of her and her music.

its great... I looked for a rosetta stone for japanese, but ended up just doing online classes, and a Rocket Japanese course as well.

i wanna take japanese class
but im not sure if i should take online course or
go to school for it ???

Learn Japanese language is so fun!! i don't know why i quit learnin' it 3 years ago..

so i just can read and write hiragana n katakana without knowing what does it means !! well, only a little bit...

:rolleye :rolleye

i used Minna no nihongo too, it's my handbook to learn japanese, but it's hard when u don't have someone to taught u or share ur hard time learnin' that....

When i became fan of YUI, i'm desperate to learn it more :suki :suki :suki :suki

i reckon it really depends on you.If you're motivated enough, then learning the language by urself is a good way to go. Ive known some people who've learnt a whole language by themselves!
But if youre like me, then u should probably take some classes lol.
I tried learning japanese by myself, but Im not motivated enuff :sry
but now I'm learning japanese at uni and im loving it! :clap

thanks for posting the podcast site kits..i think i'll be using it!
i'm gonna have to cram like as much Japanese into me within the next 1.5 months once i'm done with school/finals!

aw man okay so i'm really planning to go watch YUI's concert i've almost figured out my homestay stuff and coordinating how to pre-order concert tickets...and then setting my airline tickets and then i'm set!

is Japanese hard to learn??

no language is easy to learn. There will be some concepts that will be quite a challenge to grasp, but in my opinion, the best way to approach it is to have fun! Think about it, if you can understand Japanese, you can understand what YUI says in interviews and such without the need for a translation! ^^
Here are some websites my lecturer gave us to help us study Japanese:
http://japanese.about.com/od/japaneselesso...artLearning.htm

http://www.uni.edu/becker/japanese222.html

http://subsite.icu.ac.jp/jlp/basic/index.htm

hope this helps!
and remember to have fun! ^^
:clap

you're so lucky!! and Im so jealous ! =P

no language is easy to learn. There will be some concepts that will be quite a challenge to grasp, but in my opinion, the best way to approach it is to have fun! Think about it, if you can understand Japanese, you can understand what YUI says in interviews and such without the need for a translation! ^^
Here are some websites my lecturer gave us to help us study Japanese:
http://japanese.about.com/od/japaneselesso...artLearning.htm

http://www.uni.edu/becker/japanese222.html

http://subsite.icu.ac.jp/jlp/basic/index.htm

hope this helps!
and remember to have fun! ^^
:clap

thx.for the sites..i can only read and understand so little..

im learning Japanese by myself

and me and some friends from school after year 12 r planning on going to Japan for holiday :good :suki :what thats if i can save enough money =O

was browsing and found this link on the principles of language learning.

http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/LANGUAGELEA...es/contents.htm

it explains the basics of languages in general and there are also guidelines and tips for language learners ^^

i just realize something else after studying japanese for a month. ergh... the japanese grammar is very complex. it is easy to understand but when you start to write, you start to mixed up everything. ahhh and the changes in verb te form, ta form, masu form. god i havent even learn kanji yet, damn it is going to take years before i can read japanese......

Lol just bought my Genki off amazon
Its really helpful..

Nippongo wa muzukashiku wa arimasen keredomo yasashiku mo arimasen.
:sry He he!!
I'm just showing off.... :sry

It means jap is not very hard but not too easy too....If you work hard....

I've been in jap class for five months...and now i know hiragana n how to construct sentences...

@@ My katakana looks horrible...haha!!!*practise praactise practise*


:clap YEY!!! Spread the YUI love!!!!Learn learn learn!!!

Are you guys taking the Japanese Proficiency test??

Don't forget to tell me when you do... =P

This post has been edited by Esther92 on Mar 30 2008, 03:25 PM

I am learning Japanese. I don't know a lot for now :P I just started a few months ago. Started with reading Hiragana and Katakana before tackling some grammar / vocabulary.

I sooo wanna understand what she is saying in some interviews and Yui Locks. Songs we usually find translations online. Also I wanna learn because watching animes in Japanese is sooo much better lol and I love learning languages :P

I really want to learn Japanese too so I can understand YUI! and all the other Japanese goodies! :D
I might learn Japanese in university this summer as an elective but the course description says its intensive. Has anyone taken Japanese in university? I'm afraid its going to be crazy hard and make me lose motivation in Japanese... hopefully not! I was thinking of just learning it by myself on the internet and with books but that might take too long...

Learning in University might be good to get the bases, but don't expect to be speaking common Japanese. If it's like English at school (I'm french) it's different english than what you actually speak with friends and such. It's more polite forms. I'm sure it's the same with Japanese, a university course is good to get you started but learning yourself might be better after if you wanna speak common Japanese and not only the polite form.

I'm not talking about experience but more about what I heard a LOT.

oh icic, if anyone is planning to learn japanese
minna no nihongo is a good book as it teaches according to the
Japanese Language Proficiency Test(JLPT) standards
theres one more book too.... forgot whats the name x_x
im learning japanese on my own hehe
through the book, and taking the tests, just passed my Level 3
with 82% hehe

edit: ahh the other book is shin no nihongo

I hope to be as fluent in Japanese in a few years as I am in english lol I had to learn english myself school was slow haha fortunately learning alone doesn't bother me

This post has been edited by RiP70R on Apr 8 2008, 02:14 AM

^^ at least ur english is better than mines..maybe..
and i lived in the US..for my whole life..i still cant speak right..

haha for real?

yes..when i talk..its either too fast no one can understand..
wen i talk slow..it has too much of an accent..haha..

Sorry to nitpick, but it should be 'nihongo' instead of 'nippongo'.
Nippon is what you say when you refer to japan, whereas nihon is general.
And when you say 'yasashiku mo arimasen'; yasashiku is an adjective only used to refer to people, and I guess in some respects, words, but other than that you can't refer to a language as 'yasashii'.
Now if you said 'kantan demo arimasen', that would be correct.
But then it'd be contradicting to 'muzukashiku wa arimasen'.

優しい and 易しい have the same pronunciation but different meanings.
易しい means "easy, plain" so you can reffer to a language as "yasashii".

優しい and 易しい have the same pronunciation but different meanings.
易しい means "easy, plain" so you can reffer to a language as "yasashii".

Yeah I guess.
I overlooked the two yasashiis. (haha...)

It's like with tekitou.
One way you use it is being random but the other way is saying iikagen.
Eh, I forgot to listen during japanese school.
x]

i'm learning. so far still doing self learning thru books and stuff...

i have lived in japan for 2 years and that has helped me learn japanese. i now have one of my students that will write to me in japanese and i will reply in japanese. that is also a great way to keep using japanese.

cool! i want to learn japanese too! :good

anyway..does anyone know website that can teach you japanese languange?
:please

uwah..
ore mo! iv been dying to try japanese lessons for a long time now..
hehe.. well goodluck to all of us ^___^

i hv been learning jpnz for 2 yrz from my university oredi,so aftr my nx smstr i will b in advance class.. ^_^V
so far during the elementary it was quite easy coz i noe d basic bt den wen im in in intermediate,so many new form of tense coming up n vocabs.. x_x
d one mkes u headache is changin from "jisho" form to "ta" form "na" form, "te" form etc,coz sum spelling change n wen tryin 2 form long sentences is killing me..i hv no problem in readin n listenin,bt wen writin n replyin lyk native jpnz is quite tricky.. -_-"
so far hiragana n katakana ok,i only master basic kanji...d complex 1 mkes me cry..n ofcoz spelling using katakana n kanji r confusing.. o_O"
i njoy talkin n listenin to d plain style,soundz so cute..d polite style makes me feel so old,hohoho ^0^
ja mata ne~ :-3

Hi I am learning Japanese at my school since year 7 till now (year 11) and I'm loving it! I got 91% and 92% on my Japanese exams last year for semester 1 and 2 XD!

i'm studying on my own but i REALLY REALLY want to take japanese lessons formally..i'm desperate!!

anyways, i know now how to write Katakana and Hiragana..but Kanji is so freakin' HARD!!! uhh..and the grammar.. @@

i'll just do my best!! Ganbarimasu!!