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phreadom:
09 May: 16:14
The forum is different from the rest of the site. It's just made to look like the rest. Some things won't work accordingly.
theshadowtaker:
09 May: 16:07
Why is it that on the forum page I cannot use shout box, and on the home page I can?どうしてあの男は青いですか
cengel:
09 May: 13:51
Japanese people interested in learning french, contact me
Yudan Taiteki:
09 May: 13:26
婚似血和
KaTaNaZ:
09 May: 13:06
子に痴話
tenshisky:
09 May: 10:42
hi guyz
tenshisky:
09 May: 10:42
hi guyz
Mike Cash:
09 May: 09:57
@avi2007: Review your conjugation of "tsukau"
furin:
09 May: 00:27
dirty word... in this case, Mike-san means it for 禁句? はい、tokaiさん :)
akimoto:
08 May: 22:38
仕事。。仕事。。頑張りましょう!
yatrauv:
08 May: 20:53
thanks everyone...arigato gozaimasu! just wanna say that to a friend, Taiteki-san :D
chiyon:
08 May: 20:02
I would say「私(僕)にはため口(ぐち)でいいよ」>yatrauv
Kingyo_Senpai:
08 May: 18:45
I am doing well Takeo Saeki, Thank you for asking
Takeo Saeki:
08 May: 18:34
Woah, this site has really changed since i've last been here. How is everyone?
avi2007:
08 May: 18:30
perhaps you can also say: "keigo o tsukaranakute mo ii desu yo." Even though I am saying this in keigo :p
Yudan Taiteki:
08 May: 15:12
"yobi sutete mo ii" can work; I would advise against telling someone to drop formality, though.
two_heads_talking:
08 May: 15:12
that would be a perfect question to ask in the forums..
yatrauv:
08 May: 13:06
I have a quick question, please...If you want to say to another person "drop the formality when speaking to me." how to say it?
Mike Cash:
08 May: 08:00
I would love to imagine there's no Suntory. "Suntory" is a dirty word where I work.
tokai devotee:
08 May: 06:50
フリンさん、どこに住んでいますか?日本?ここで寒い!(オーストラリア)
furin:
08 May: 05:09
Imagine there's no Suntory. 今日も暑い一日でした。
Kirtar:
07 May: 21:43
(sorry double post). 新 日本 企画 = Shin Nihon Kikaku = New Japan Project = SNK, correct?
Kirtar:
07 May: 21:43
fast question please.
Kudo Masaki:
07 May: 21:08
今晩は
john2:
07 May: 17:52
Oo Imagine if your home was an earth size temple.
soumavamukherjee17:
07 May: 06:12
AI shiteru = 愛してる
Relye:
07 May: 03:32
I'd reccommend checking that article in beginners area on this site, helped me.
Hopefull_Eyes:
06 May: 21:48
Thank you
clay:
06 May: 20:56
If you have Windows and it isn't already installed, try going to microsoft.com and search for 'Japanese IME'
clay:
06 May: 20:56
It depends on your Operating System, but please see the FAQ (small question mark at top right)
Hopefull_Eyes:
06 May: 20:52
This is going to sound dumb but.... Cn anyone tell me what the program for writeing hiragana on your computer is...
Yudan Taiteki:
06 May: 19:25
We can't teach you Japanese; the best we can do is help you learn. But you have to do most of the work yourself.
barahime:
06 May: 18:44
im looking for someone that can teach me japanese please
kawaii_deegii:
06 May: 18:22
あいしてる? is that how you write aishiteru? which is i love you? im not so sure..
john2:
06 May: 17:53
Anyway Any site that can help with russian history in particular lenin?
john2:
06 May: 17:09
Wow a bamboo display! I thought they'd never turn biological. that was a joke.
two_heads_talking:
06 May: 15:16
it could be settling or adjusting to the climate inside your house.. assuming it is what I am thinking of, an internal screen.
katafei:
06 May: 13:34
I bought a bamboo screen today, and I swear to God it's alive. It keeps making weird noises .....
eternaldarkness1291:
06 May: 12:18
hey wats up!!
two_heads_talking:
06 May: 10:58
john2, the nice thing about blogs is that there is no wrong answer or wrong way to do them.
Takoyaki:
05 May: 23:14
@John2: Blog ideas eh? I like photography. How about something you're good at? A hobby of some sort perhaps. Like "Look what I made this week!" or something.
christian6:
05 May: 22:43
Wah wah Wew wew :'(
まったん:
05 May: 16:43
Let it flow~ =]
まったん:
05 May: 16:43
@john2 - Just write whatever you feel like. Write about your day or something that has happened in your life recently.
clay:
05 May: 10:39
Welcome Zoe!
zoe:
05 May: 10:25
hello, 'am juz new here and 'am glad that this site really helped me.. hope to have many friends here! :)
clay:
05 May: 09:46
@Moonshroom--welcome back. Yes, we've been through a lot of changes. More to come!
avsmax09:
05 May: 09:08
so みんなさん おげんきですか。 any boby knows English speaking teacher for Guitar in Chiba けん?
Moonshroom:
05 May: 08:46
Haven't been here for quite some time, did they update TJP's look?
john2:
05 May: 07:41
I'm having problems of thinking things for blogs
tokai devotee:
05 May: 05:36
I think you could also say, 私だけです meaning 'it's just me'
Wakannai:
05 May: 05:00
はい、一人ですということはいい思います
BuddhaGeo:
05 May: 04:18
If my teacher were to ask "Are you the only student today", how would I answer "I'm alone, yes".
avsmax09:
05 May: 00:22
Wakannai & Yudan Taiteki ありがとございました。for having more idea about the 話せ。:-)
Degast:
04 May: 20:15
HAPPY CHILDREN'S DAY
Wakannai:
04 May: 06:34
it is most likely a conjugation of 話す
Wakannai:
04 May: 06:33
話せます could be potential of 話す standard masu form for 話せる. However, 話す is a much more common word than 話せる, if you see 話せ or 話せます
Wakannai:
04 May: 06:21
話せる and 話す some conjugations in common. 話せ could be stem of 話せる or command of 話す
katafei:
04 May: 06:21
I was about t shout the same thing ^_^
hyperconjugated:
04 May: 06:04
話せ is the imperative of 話す, right?
john2:
04 May: 05:38
roseta is starting to siriously confuse me!
NocturnalOcean:
04 May: 04:52
話せ and 話せます as Wakkanai wrote obviously stems from same word, but 話す、離す and 放す are different.
soumavamukherjee17:
04 May: 04:47
whats diff b2n "arigatou gozaimas" and "arigatou gozaimashita"?
Leaftop:
04 May: 04:09
more like let me go!
Leaftop:
04 May: 03:50
when someone you don't like and he/she touched you,you say hanase
古手羽入:
04 May: 03:33
@Wakannai: May I ask what the two words mean? I'm pretty sure that "hanasemasu" does mean "can speak" but what does "hanase" mean?
dominic:
04 May: 03:20
How can I learn to read the names of Japanese cities?
JaimeJapon:
03 May: 23:38
Sry Degast I'm new to all those abbreviations. Ok j'ai 19ans. J'suis un mec ^^ et j'vis aux États-Unis. J'aime beaucoup Japon :) et vous?
Pianogirl123:
03 May: 22:05
omedetou gozaimasu! happy birthday kisshu!
clay:
03 May: 20:41
Happy Birthday, BTW!
clay:
03 May: 20:41
@Kisshu--did you input your birthday in your 'My Account' profile?
Kisshu:
03 May: 18:06
Heeeyyy...it's my bday. Why isn't it showing up? >3<
pluckerpluck:
03 May: 17:53
I've heard that mata ne is more for women. Is that right? I think it was mata na for men??
Degast:
02 May: 19:48
I lay my love on you, this all I Wanna do. . .
Wakannai:
02 May: 14:31
how come every time I edit a shout it dissapears?
Wakannai:
02 May: 14:30
話せ and 話せます are different conjugations of different words, it's not an abbreviation> avs
Degast:
02 May: 13:25
Whatever :p
Yudan Taiteki:
02 May: 12:41
話せます is the potential form of 話す, it means "can speak". You can disagree if you want, but you're still wrong.
marujua:
02 May: 11:47
helo everyone! i want to have a japanese friends hope someone is willing to be my friend...thank you so much!
two_heads_talking:
02 May: 11:12
all hail avsmax09 the omniscient one. all hail the final speaker in matters of conjigation...
avsmax09:
02 May: 09:53
Yudan さん may my knowledge is not that much ..but every language has abbriviation and others might not be knowing that ..
avsmax09:
02 May: 09:48
話します i agree 話すi agree but i dont agree with 話せ???
Yudan Taiteki:
02 May: 09:46
avsmax09, perhaps you should study a little more before you start criticizing others.
Degast:
02 May: 09:26
Oyasuminasai. . .
soumavamukherjee17:
02 May: 06:23
Hi, @yours_ssharma -> are you an indian?
yours_ssharma:
02 May: 03:39
HI...i m new to this forum
yours_ssharma:
02 May: 03:38
Hi, i m new this forum. I m software engineer & trying to learn a Japanese
chikara:
02 May: 02:10
There are plenty of words like 話せます in Japanese. In fact the polite potential form of 話す is exactly like it.
Wakannai:
02 May: 01:58
there is not? My dictionary must lie then.
avsmax09:
02 May: 00:34
tokai devotee there is no word like 話せますin japanese
まったん:
02 May: 00:14
Age/sex/location >.>
JaimeJapon:
01 May: 22:11
what do you mean?
Degast:
01 May: 22:02
Hello Jaime, asl?
JaimeJapon:
01 May: 22:00
Can "おさきに" be used to excuse onself from a dinner table? My book has it used for leaving a meeting before everyone else.
Degast:
01 May: 21:59
Hello world. . .^.^
john2:
01 May: 17:18
it's the way it dances it doesn't tap of a o u e i as often,
two_heads_talking:
01 May: 16:29
is it the way arabic dresses that makes it more pretty than Japanese, or is it more in the way it keeps it's hair that does that??
john2:
01 May: 16:22
arabic is so much more pretty then japanese to be honest, ^^(!
まったん:
01 May: 15:44
@clay - Thanks~
dastly75:
01 May: 13:08
amusing: http://www.purpleslinky.com/Humor/Life/13-Crazy-Examples-of-Why-English-is-the-Most-Hilarious-Language-to-Learn.116147
john2:
01 May: 12:48
a really long syllable, aãȧää̃ạ̈oõʌọöö̃ọ̈eǝẽiïĩyỹhHb,
Relye:
01 May: 05:50
@japan_chan--Douitashimashite = どういたしまして
Relye:
01 May: 04:40
@christian6--There is no L either, doesn't stop you from writing words with L=)
japan_chan:
01 May: 04:30
how do u say your welcome
Wakannai:
01 May: 03:05
ぴったり意味がない
john2:
30 Apr: 18:48
precisely!
christian6:
30 Apr: 18:44
theres no X in the japanese language i thought
john2:
30 Apr: 17:45
Oo the hi sounds like a xi,
Yudan Taiteki:
30 Apr: 17:37
Just need to tune your ear more. The "hi" sound is sort of like "shi" but is different.
Relye:
30 Apr: 16:25
Ahh, thank you very much. Often sounds unlike their actual writing, but it looks more likely like that
Hyperworm:
30 Apr: 12:42
Relye: Zangetsu is cool ;) The line is "Teki wa hitori, omae mo hitori", or in kanji, 敵は一人、お前も一人
clay:
30 Apr: 10:41
@まったん--Congrats on the scholarship!
Relye:
30 Apr: 10:08
"Tenki mashi tori, o ma ie moshi tori," should mean something like "the enemy is one, you are one," anyone know correct writing?
Relye:
30 Apr: 10:07
I recently saw an episode of Bleach, where this one phrase caught my mind, something along the lines of...
clay:
30 Apr: 07:26
@Noob--yes; @Bunkey--I'm starting to feel sorry for that man. Idioms don't translate like that.
Bunkey:
30 Apr: 05:02
how do you say 'stick it to the man' and 'dont let the man get you down?' in japanese? (the man as in the system of gov laws,)
まったん:
30 Apr: 02:54
I added English translations to my last 4 blog posts for anyone interested in reading them. f^_^;
JaimeJapon:
30 Apr: 00:43
Can "おさきに" be used to excuse onself from a dinner table? My book has it used for leaving a meeting before everyone else? :( x2 p
JaimeJapon:
30 Apr: 00:38
liujing, je me porte très bien merci. J'ai pas été dans ce cite pendant un bon bout de temps. Je commence à étudier le japonais
Noob:
29 Apr: 20:13
@ Clay ... is that your wife 's voice doing Yuki's story?
clay:
29 Apr: 19:40
That's great!
Noob:
29 Apr: 18:45
wow, i just had a question, and a 2yr old thread answered it for me. Thanks for the search option :)
clay:
29 Apr: 11:21
Frank lives! (Well, he is getting there...)
phreadom:
29 Apr: 07:52
theshredda: -2C this morning here in Michigan. I was shocked when I went to let the dogs out!
theshredda:
29 Apr: 04:55
so cold in melbourne right now...
liujing:
29 Apr: 03:04
bonjour jaimeJapon... ca va?
Wakannai:
29 Apr: 01:20
someone is going to feel the power of delete
chikara:
28 Apr: 23:52
Wow. Spam attack
Lawlite:
28 Apr: 23:27
Anyone that can speak English and Japanese, can you go to the chat rooms right now if your on please and thank you
JaimeJapon:
28 Apr: 20:21
Bah, je suis ton ami cheriexxun!
two_heads_talking:
28 Apr: 12:07
Bunkey, it looks like you said it pretty well actually.. (notice you didn't ask how to say it in what specific language.........
rakka148:
28 Apr: 11:44
hi can anyone speak japanese who has skype and be willing to chat sometime
Bunkey:
28 Apr: 07:00
hey, how do you say 'stick it to the man' and 'dont let the man get you down?' (the man as in the system of gov laws or whateve
clay:
28 Apr: 04:44
@Stefan--thanks! A lot of people have worked hard on it.
Stefan:
28 Apr: 02:36
hey clay! i know you dont know me but i just had to say i like what you did to the place. yoku dekimashita!
p-chan:
27 Apr: 22:03
i hope it's nothing serious
p-chan:
27 Apr: 22:02
@faradandy: hisashiburi desu ne... it's been a long time.. yhea.. what's up with pandion? is it broken again? :(
Ratzenheich:
27 Apr: 13:39
Salut cheriexxun!
cheriexxun:
27 Apr: 09:43
Bonjourrrr. Je veux un ami !
ザイッグリン:
27 Apr: 07:06
I can't internalize『何』swiftly... This topic surely took me a lot of hooplah!
Takoyaki:
27 Apr: 05:01
おはようございます!日曜日また。おやおや、時間が速く行ってる。:'O
x1337magex:
27 Apr: 00:12
your buddy? what KIND of buddy? ;o
theshredda:
26 Apr: 23:36
yeah the new design of TJP looks nice huh
TheTiger:
26 Apr: 22:55
Ohayo gosaimsu .. ^^
141Sakura141:
26 Apr: 21:53
Hey anyone wanna be my buddy?!?!
clay:
26 Apr: 20:57
@Jaime&ザイッグリン--Thanks! Welcome back
delmaino:
26 Apr: 19:26
hi everybody, greetings from buenos aires, argentina!!!
JaimeJapon:
26 Apr: 18:07
I haven't been in the site for a while and I'm very amazed on the changes so far. I'll introduced myself in the forum :)
faradanny:
26 Apr: 15:57
...i wonder why i cant login using pandion.....
john2:
26 Apr: 07:38
日本語ができるか?
ザイッグリン:
26 Apr: 04:12
こんにちは! Just came back! I lo~ved the new format on the lessons page! Hoping for more changes!
tokai devotee:
26 Apr: 01:52
久しぶり、Hatori さん!I know what you mean. We need more hours in the day!
Hatori:
26 Apr: 00:40
I feel so guilty. I'm never on TJP anymore. Life takes up too much time. :(
Takashi:
25 Apr: 18:24
Chiyonからの宿題やりましたよ--"Cherry blossom viewing at Japan Mint”, which is called to-rinuke or going through the lane.
clay:
25 Apr: 10:56
@afrolicious--it doesn't automatically change to Japanese encoding?
afrolicious:
25 Apr: 10:47
is there another way to view japanese characters in firefox, other than going to the view menu, encoding etc.
hyperconjugated:
25 Apr: 07:34
sankyuu kurei san ^__^
clay:
25 Apr: 07:13
I'll fix that later today.
clay:
25 Apr: 07:13
Major credit cards, PayPal, checks, money orders, and Western Union
clay:
25 Apr: 07:12
@hyper--I thought it was under Shipping & Information, but I guess it's not there :)
hyperconjugated:
25 Apr: 06:48
I can't find info about payment methods @ thejapanshop.com. Where should I click?
Noob:
25 Apr: 06:20
The view new posts link works fine for me.
banzai:
25 Apr: 06:17
Uhm any1 know why you have 2 login Again when you want 2 go 2 your Control Panel thingy ¿
clay:
25 Apr: 04:57
@Harisenbon--What does it do? Does the page come up at all?
tokai devotee:
25 Apr: 03:06
i see it was a few hours ago, but I'd say "(私は)日本語が書けて、話せます。”
tokai devotee:
25 Apr: 03:03
why are you asking me??
avsmax09:
25 Apr: 00:04
I wonder peaple dont know Where is Roppongi ..this is place where Japan becomes Young in the Night ..near Tokyo
avsmax09:
25 Apr: 00:04
tokai devotee then u tell me what is for "i can write and speak japanese"
Harisenbon:
24 Apr: 22:16
The "View New Posts" link in the forum no longer works for me. :(
clay:
24 Apr: 20:37
Actually, I think I fixed the broken links. Let me know if you spot any others.
clay:
24 Apr: 20:30
I started working on the directory structures, but ran out of time. They will be fixed tomorrow! Sorry.
clay:
24 Apr: 20:30
www.tjp.com/node/55 is the hiragana pages.
clay:
24 Apr: 20:29
Sorry, they work, but you need to put a /node/ before the numbers. For example
Relye:
24 Apr: 18:36
I believe so, if they have worked for you before, something is either wrongor someone have taken them down for working=)
Hisao:
24 Apr: 18:30
oh, hiragana and katakana's pages don't work.. is clay working on them?
Relye:
24 Apr: 18:30
Just a note, Koibito on the nin/jin - 人 doesn't have a translation, might wanna add it=)
Hisao:
24 Apr: 17:21
yea, my friend told me that, reyle i believe you're right. when i used watashi my friend told me its weird and i should use boku
Relye:
24 Apr: 16:56
I believe: Boku - Male, Atashi - Female, Watashi - Normal for female, formal for Male... that's only what I've read tho=)
pam:
24 Apr: 14:23
Shout
clay:
24 Apr: 13:43
The kanji section will be totally redone in the somewhat near future. :)
clay:
24 Apr: 13:43
That should have all 3 kyuu and 2 kyuu kanji
clay:
24 Apr: 13:43
It probably wasn't finished. on the main kanji page there is a link at the bottom for the old pages.
pluckerpluck:
24 Apr: 13:16
Just wondering, why is there no kanji in set 5 of JLPT 3 but there is in all the other sets
clay:
24 Apr: 13:14
@Majik--are you using IE?
Majik4ever:
24 Apr: 13:02
uh-oh....looks like the layout's messed up. 4'' wide side bar.(where all the log in/ menu stuff is.)
clay:
24 Apr: 08:03
@古手羽入--fixed, thanks for spotting that. As soon as the Video site is over the kanji and vocab section will get a workover. :)
Spoonz:
24 Apr: 06:57
@Potterfreak I'm New to the language too by my friend says Atashi is acceptable for female and Watashi is unisex. am i wrong?
theshredda:
24 Apr: 03:05
to all you anime-freaks NEVER call your japanese 'friends' temae or kisama ok?
Sairana:
24 Apr: 02:23
Confirmed. None of my browser encodings makes the page display correctly. Report it in the Error section of the forum.
古手羽入:
24 Apr: 01:49
It's the only page that my computer won't display the kanji for some reason.
古手羽入:
24 Apr: 01:48
Hi, I was wondering if anyone else was having problems with this page:http://www.thejapanesepage.com/node/650?
chikara:
24 Apr: 00:51
@Triddy: have you looked under groups? There is a study group for each level of the JLPT.
Triddy:
24 Apr: 00:20
I should have been clear, I meant for the JLPT tests.
Strawberry_Juice:
23 Apr: 23:55
http://www.thejapanesepage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=10897 any help is welcome. :)
Strawberry_Juice:
23 Apr: 23:54
Hey, advice on the Japanese SAT II?
yatrauv:
23 Apr: 23:48
a study group here? in this place? sorry i'm new
Triddy:
23 Apr: 23:32
Out of curiousity, is anyone planning to do any study groups this year? It's getting kinda late.
potterfreak0515:
23 Apr: 22:42
Yeah, I did. I know that's not the best way to study, but there was one that was making a big deal out of a girl using ore.
chikara:
23 Apr: 22:37
Did you pick up ore from manga/anime?
potterfreak0515:
23 Apr: 22:36
Which is why I asked. So thank you for helping me!
potterfreak0515:
23 Apr: 22:36
I'm getting a textbook for my birthday, and I can't get a tutor. So right now I'm studying indepently.
chikara:
23 Apr: 22:36
All of the intro level text books I have seen teach わたし as the generic I/me. I can't recall seeing one that teaches ore even for male use.
yatrauv:
23 Apr: 22:35
slower is faster
potterfreak0515:
23 Apr: 22:35
I'm not a man, I was just wondering. And I'm only studying online, but please don't criticize me.
Triddy:
23 Apr: 22:34
It's not an uncommon thing to think that. Our teacher tought us that for some reason.
chikara:
23 Apr: 22:28
If you are a male then *you* should always use ore. How are you studying Japanese?
potterfreak0515:
23 Apr: 21:57
Was only for women or if both could use it
potterfreak0515:
23 Apr: 21:56
Well I know that men have their own things like boku and ore, and I know that women use watashi, so I wasn't sure if the latter
chikara:
23 Apr: 21:52
Another day another newbie necroposter
chikara:
23 Apr: 21:46
What makes you think men can't use わたし?
potterfreak0515:
23 Apr: 21:44
Can men use わたし or is it only for girls?
Noob:
23 Apr: 21:32
oh .. こんばわくれいさん
Noob:
23 Apr: 21:29
I like the shout box, but it isn't a chat room. I'd sure hate to lose it. Why don't you guys try the forums? :)
clay:
23 Apr: 21:29
@iluv_cookie--I did respond to someone about the video site. Wasn't that you?
Noob:
23 Apr: 21:28
@ iluv_cookie Please, if your emailing someone ... keep it personal. This shout box is for other things.
iluv_co0kie:
23 Apr: 21:08
@CLAY -- you did not respond :) im gonna resend my email to make sure you get it.
phreadom:
23 Apr: 17:35
You can download the free version. The paid version just adds more features etc.
Riarle3:
23 Apr: 17:02
ya, but it costs $20
theshadowtaker:
23 Apr: 16:33
migraine
Relye:
23 Apr: 14:01
You should use lrnj.com then=) it's an amazingly fun and easy way to learn them
sakura18:
23 Apr: 13:55
*get
sakura18:
23 Apr: 13:55
i no some i just need to et better at it
Relye:
23 Apr: 13:51
you should try the Slime Forest game on lrnj.com I think
Relye:
23 Apr: 13:50
Ahh, tyvm Oni, sakura18, I'm not certain if you mean ou don't know any, or you just need to be better, but if you're new to it..
sakura18:
23 Apr: 13:43
i need to be more fluent in kanji though
Oni:
23 Apr: 13:42
juu will work too
Oni:
23 Apr: 13:42
jyuu
sakura18:
23 Apr: 13:41
i will become da first african american japanese singer!!!!
Relye:
23 Apr: 13:38
Not fluent in hiragana, what's the romaji version?
Oni:
23 Apr: 13:35
じゅう=十
Relye:
23 Apr: 13:35
One more, when writing a word ike my name, 'Relye' would that be something like れらいえ, Re-ra-i-e
Relye:
23 Apr: 13:33
Currently using IME, and when I type 'ju' and press space, the kanji for ten doesn't appear... Is 'ju' romaji for ten?
two_heads_talking:
23 Apr: 13:11
in other words, it's a being verb.
two_heads_talking:
23 Apr: 13:10
desu = is, am, are etc.
akastevie:
23 Apr: 12:22
I believe "desu" means "is"
caggiano64:
23 Apr: 11:41
Konnichi wa Tomodachi! O-genki desu ka?
Jetsi:
23 Apr: 10:37
I see "desu" in many different places. What would be the most common enlglish translation of it?
Spoonz:
23 Apr: 06:43
or thats unfortunate?
Spoonz:
23 Apr: 06:42
tokai devotee:
23 Apr: 06:37
あぁ。。しまった!
Spoonz:
23 Apr: 06:25
14th of next month :(((
tokai devotee:
23 Apr: 06:21
hopefully pay day isn't too far away ;-)
tokai devotee:
23 Apr: 06:20
Sorry
Spoonz:
23 Apr: 06:18
haha so now i need to wait until pay day until i get my good textbook :(
tokai devotee:
23 Apr: 06:11
- in my opinion, that is
tokai devotee:
23 Apr: 06:09
Spoonz, the grammar lessons on this site are a good place to start, but nothing beats a good textbook
ザイッグリン:
23 Apr: 05:51
Guilty of Yudan Taiteki-san's comments... me...
Spoonz:
23 Apr: 05:39
no i don't :/ i realise the text book i have sucks..
tokai devotee:
23 Apr: 05:33
Do you have a textbook? That's usually a good place to start
Spoonz:
23 Apr: 05:20
actually now that ive memorised hiragana and katakana.. im pretty confused at what to do next. i dunno what grammar to focus on
Spoonz:
23 Apr: 05:01
@chikara I've memorised both hiragana and katakana. i'll try out the grammar, but i was hoping to get the whole reading fluency.
Sairana:
23 Apr: 04:38
Agreed, Yudan. There is a recent-ish thread about pitch. Y'all should search for it.
Yudan Taiteki:
22 Apr: 22:27
There is not enough space in the shoutbox to discuss these issues.
theshredda:
22 Apr: 22:05
@pianogirl yeah i'd just go with context as well. how often people talk about both bridges and chopsticks? rain & candy? hehehe
theshredda:
22 Apr: 22:00
nah just wanna hear people's opinions. Is it highly important or is it just for the sake of not sounding 'foreign'
Pianogirl123:
22 Apr: 21:44
pitch accent? i've never read that that's very important... for words that have the same syllables i would just go with context
Yudan Taiteki:
22 Apr: 21:37
I hope people are not seriously expecting to learn Japanese via the shoutbox.
theshredda:
22 Apr: 21:34
I heard 1 in 5 japanese words require the 'pitch accent' and varies between dialects. so....
theshredda:
22 Apr: 21:33
Pronunciation vs Pitch accent???
chikara:
22 Apr: 20:04
@Spoonz: Which kata did you memorise?
Hisao:
22 Apr: 19:30
こんにちは、みなーさん。
JWMcFarlin:
22 Apr: 18:49
Start with ももたろさん。 See how you do.
Sairana:
22 Apr: 18:36
@Christian777: Sort of. It becomes 10x faster with words and constructions you are familiar with, IMHO
christian777:
22 Apr: 18:29
although, reading the book would be good practice to improve your fluency with the characters.
christian777:
22 Apr: 18:20
Spoons, sairana is right. Grammar is tons different than english.
Sairana:
22 Apr: 17:58
@spoonz, you'll want to learn a bit of grammar before diving into even children's books.
christian777:
22 Apr: 17:39
Hey guys, what's up. Anyone got interesting comments? Christian6, nice Screen Name!
YumiAoki:
22 Apr: 16:30
=] I guess you could search ebay for Japanese children books. I did that.
Spoonz:
22 Apr: 15:42
Hey everyone. Finished memorizing hira and kata does anyone have any stories to read?
Kira Princess:
22 Apr: 11:26
>>>Secret. Shadow u r a besties fren!!!
clay:
22 Apr: 11:01
@iluv_cookie, Did I email you? I get a lot of emails, but please let me know if I didn't respond :)
christian6:
22 Apr: 08:29
or study partner wich ever works best send it response through a message instead of here
christian6:
22 Apr: 08:29
who wants to be my tutor?
Blossom:
22 Apr: 07:09
Hi everyone!
theshredda:
22 Apr: 06:19
anywaysssss
Wakannai:
22 Apr: 00:58
Yay. Influenza sucks, esp with intermittant internet.
iluv_co0kie:
21 Apr: 21:00
CLAY-- please reply to my email about the books lol
john2:
21 Apr: 19:51
who what where why when which how?
RanPeleg:
21 Apr: 18:04
Yoroshiku, minna-san.
Hollypop:
21 Apr: 17:28
Thankyou for the advice! Though it seemed to spark an arguement xD oh dear! But thanks <3 x
john2:
21 Apr: 17:01
I'm not sure what i like less ideological being honest only when it's kind, or being honest because you can hurt others as an excuse. I think both are really pathetic
two_heads_talking:
21 Apr: 11:55
welcome back Mike Cash..
Yudan Taiteki:
21 Apr: 09:36
In any case, the shoutbox really is not good for Japanese questions; space is too limited. That's what the forum is for.
Yudan Taiteki:
21 Apr: 09:36
There's a certain amount of irony involved in having to ask how to say "I can speak and write japanese."
ザイッグリン:
21 Apr: 09:18
Or is that possible?
ザイッグリン:
21 Apr: 09:18
I am a bit puzzled how to use [I can (do this and that and hamana~hamana...)] as two or more -できます
ザイッグリン:
21 Apr: 09:10
Ok then... so what's 'I can speak and write Japanese'?..
Mike Cash:
21 Apr: 09:09
And that's a charitable assessment.
Yudan Taiteki:
21 Apr: 07:44
avsmax09: No, that means "If Japanese writes, then I can speak."
Noob:
21 Apr: 06:16
It's a really trendy spot. Real "Artsy".I'ts kind of like a city in itself.
akimoto:
21 Apr: 04:47
六本木 is it a nice place?
chikara:
21 Apr: 02:52
@tokai devotee: Roppongi Hills is in Roppongi (六本木) which is an area of Tokyo
theshredda:
21 Apr: 02:01
its where people yell at each other thus the shout box. jeje
Harisenbon:
21 Apr: 01:51
Clay, I always liken the shoutbox to watching a train wreck in slow motion. ;)
christian6:
21 Apr: 00:39
konban wa minna san
tokai devotee:
21 Apr: 00:03
where's roppongi hills?
avsmax09:
20 Apr: 23:59
anybody from Roppongi Hiils ? and want to be my ともだち ?
avsmax09:
20 Apr: 23:57
日本語 が かく と はなす が できます。
avsmax09:
20 Apr: 23:56
'I can speak and write Japanese' is 私は
john2:
20 Apr: 23:00
explains why I never found one in the archive.