you were born in japan? that's really cool. how long did you live there? i'm studying japanese right now. well, actually, that's not quite true... ;) i'm taking the class right now, and i SHOULD be studying, but oh well... whateva. :D
Re: japanesequeenstevieFebruary 21 2004, 23:31:07 UTC
ah, it's not that hard, but you actually have to study at some point, which is something i have a problem with. and the reason that you HAVE to study is that it's so not like any other language, except maybe chinese, but i doubt you know chinese (i sure don't), so you really can't bullshit it at all. i used to take french, and you can bullshit that, you know, make up a word taht sort of *might* be right, or you can think of any latin words you might know or spanish words or whatever, and you might be able to get something right. and if you're writing something, you can kinda scribble, b/c it's still english letters. whereas, with japanese, you pretty much have to know the words or you can't make up anything at all. the good thing though, is that a lot of words come from english, like more slang-ish/colloquial words, but that's very good, and makes it a lot easier than it could be. overall, tho, it's been not that bad, and it's really a cool language. i don't know, i don't think that made sense, but whateva. hope it helped... :)
eh, it's not that hard. i've found that i actually have to study, though (which is sad, lol), b/c it's realllllly hard to bullshit japanese. like, if you don't know a word, often you can't just make up one that is probably right. you're just like, uhmmm... but the good thing is, a lot of words are taken from english/american society. that's a VERY good thing. hehe. but anyway, i hope that made sense. :)
oh god. sorry i just commented like the same fucking thing twice. yesterday i commented, but for some reason it didnt show up that i commented, or i thought it got deleted or something, so i just commented agian. oh well. fuck technology.
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i didnt live there long though
i dont even remember it
thats cool i might take japanese in high shcool
is it hard?
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