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Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:22 pm
by Taiga
You REALLY need to make your posts clearer o.o

I am most definitely going to Akihabara though.

Also... I have a few friends Japanese friends; one in Tokyo and one in Saitama. This should mean I get a little less outcast while I'm there. =p

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:26 pm
by lazysunside
My Uncle is living around Japan so i have a place to stay if i go there

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:03 pm
by Nagato
Pandemonium wrote:This should mean I get a little less outcast while I'm there. =p
"Outcast"? No one is going to refuse your money if you walk into a store a want to buy something :roll:

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:08 am
by Taiga
Maybe outcast was the wrong word... I meant in the way of finding people to talk to. o.o

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:16 pm
by Nagato
Pandemonium wrote:Maybe outcast was the wrong word... I meant in the way of finding people to talk to. o.o
もしこれを読んで出来れば、人々と一緒に話されることは問題ないよ ;)

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:24 pm
by Taiga
moshikowo... and i give up at the kanji =D

Oh well.

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 7:20 pm
by Nagato
It basically says: "If you can read this, you won't have any problem talking to people." :P

Learning time:
Spoiler:
Moshi kore wo yonde dekireba, hitobito to issho ni hanasareru koto wa mondai nai yo.
'Moshi... -ba' is a form of 'if.'
'Yonde' is the '-te' form of 'yomu (読む),' 'to read.'
'Dekireba' is the '-ba' (if) form of 'dekiru (出来る),' 'to be able'
'Hitobito' refers to individuals within a group, maybe translated as 'each person.'
'to issho ni' is basically 'along with.'
'Hanasareru' is the "passive or causitive" form of 'hanasu.'
'Koto' turns 'hanasareru' into a noun clause, allowing it to be conjugated as such. 'Koto' is one of your best friends in intermediate Japanese :3
'Mondai' is 'problem.'
'Nai' is 'not.'
'Yo' is something you'll just pick up on.

And the quicker you can drop romaaji altogether, the better.

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 8:43 pm
by Taiga
Thanks, some of the stuff in that is quite useful =p

My hiragana is good... so i rarely need romaji unless typing into IME.

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:06 pm
by lazysunside
.... My Japanese: over all is bad except grammar

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:04 am
by Taiga
Bad japanese EXCEPT grammar?

That's like... being perfect but not knowing any words.

Watashi ha FISH ON CHIPS?

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:00 pm
by lazysunside
I know. i could have talk normal life Japanese but i dun know any vocab. Time to take class since its hard to study Japanese in Real typing such as this ようこそ

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:36 pm
by Kagami
figured i'd start learning japanese as a language elective at uni, since im watching all this anime, listening to japanese and reading the subtitles

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 3:12 pm
by Taiga
Yeah, I intend to do it at Uni also. If I don't have time I'll do a course IN Japan.

Most English language schools abroad don't seem to require you know THEIR language.

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 3:33 pm
by Nagato
lazysunside wrote:I know. i could have talk normal life Japanese but i dun know any vocab. Time to take class since its hard to study Japanese in Real typing such as this ようこそ
Believe it or not, my vocabulary is crap, too. On the internet, you can fool everyone because they can't see you thumbing through your dictionary, but in real-life I don't do so great in face-to-face conversation :|

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 3:59 pm
by Taiga
Haha, oh well... I can hopefully rely on Takashi's English skills a bit *prods him*

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:41 pm
by lazysunside
True, true well said Nagato. When i was talking with Japser, iuse that things too

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:09 am
by Kagami
I aspire by the end of the year to have a better understanding of the Japanese language. Since I know squat at the moment, that aint gonna be hard :D Wish me luck ppl!

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:29 am
by Nagato
We should probably start some kind of 'Learning Japanese' thread...

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:04 am
by Taiga
Probably. Sounds good to me.

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:58 am
by lazysunside
Lets do it, everyone

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:14 pm
by Taiga
I now want to die inside =D

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:16 pm
by lazysunside
Died by Heart Attack... Its Kira jugment for bad people

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:18 am
by Kagami
ill help in anyway i can, which wont be much. maybe as a guinea pig?

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:28 am
by Taiga
For what?

I think we've completely lost the topic now.

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:33 pm
by Shamisen
Pandemonium wrote:For what?

I think we've completely lost the topic now.
Maybe so... but the topic starter is as random as this conversation is..
but also as interesting ... :shock:

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:24 am
by Taiga
It's impossible to stay on topic here, isn't it? I guess it's expected of a Suzumiya Haruhi forum.

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:14 pm
by lazysunside
Yup thats right. Since Haruhi would do the same i think

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:41 pm
by Taiga
That's jist the point, yeah =p

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:02 pm
by Kagami
37 degrees C is too bloody hot

hows that for off topic?
Im gonna have to turn off the PC to keep this room cool

Re: An oldie but goodie

Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:11 pm
by Shamisen
xsirhc wrote:37 degrees C is too bloody hot

hows that for off topic?
I'm gonna have to turn off the PC to keep this room cool
It's - 6 C here all you have to do is open the window to cool off :mrgreen: