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| Pure Poison 1 | Wednesday Jan 7 2009, 11:50 AM Post #1 |
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Does anyone know another language? I'm thinking of learning Japanese while I'm bored at work all day. Recommend sites/podcasts/etc if anyone knows of any. Japanese would be cool to learn so that I can play Japanese games and watch anime. |
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| King Hiss | Wednesday Jan 7 2009, 11:52 AM Post #2 |
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I'm slowly learning Japanese by watching a shitload of anime. BAKA!!! |
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| Mazoo | Wednesday Jan 7 2009, 11:54 AM Post #3 |
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I've been wanting to learn Japanese for YEARS, but like most things have never gotten round to it. I have found I have picked up phrases and stuff from watching anime, but don't understand well enough to watch without subs. People with English as a native language say that Japanese is the hardest for us to learn, and the only way to get fluent is to live there. That's a bit off putting. |
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| Pure Poison 1 | Wednesday Jan 7 2009, 11:57 AM Post #4 |
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I have wanted to learn for years too but don't do anything about it so I have decided now is the time to start! Since I am bored at work all the time I may as well use my time productively while I am working. Is it really the hardest? That is one of the few countries I want to go visit but I doubt we would move there anytime soon I will learn slowly! |
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| Frosted Crown | Wednesday Jan 7 2009, 02:12 PM Post #5 |
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i'm fluent in German, French and Afrikaans. If anyone else is, pm me woot woot. |
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| Pure Poison 1 | Wednesday Jan 7 2009, 02:28 PM Post #6 |
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are you being serious? how can you know that many? actually I don't believe you I use to know some german because I did it in high school. Edited by Pure Poison 1, Wednesday Jan 7 2009, 02:34 PM.
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| Cerberus1880 | Wednesday Jan 7 2009, 02:34 PM Post #7 |
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I did German and French at high school. I can count to 10... |
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| NecrisTEWQ | Wednesday Jan 7 2009, 03:12 PM Post #8 |
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I used to know plenty of german, as my Grandparents came to aus from there, but having lived in aus my entire life it just gradually whittled away to naught |
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| Frosted Crown | Wednesday Jan 7 2009, 04:08 PM Post #9 |
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my mother is sth african, so i grew up listening to Afrikaans cos it was spoken in the home. I just picked it up from there. My grandma is a French and German teacher, so it drilled into me. Didn't have alot of choice i'm afraid. Hopefully it will come in use one day. I've travelled in Germany and I did find it alot easier to get around and deal with people. |
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| Scotty Canuck | Wednesday Jan 7 2009, 08:21 PM Post #10 |
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i have books/cd's to learn German & Japanese, but havent had been able to commit time to get into them. it may sound silly, but once youve got a basic grasp of the language read children's books. try not to be as impatient as me when doing so too - unfortunately our minds have been fucked over by the backwards grammar of English, which makes it harder for us to learn new languages. EDIT: Look for a foreign language bookstore for cd's & books. There is a really good one in Melbourne if you are local. |
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| Pure Poison 1 | Thursday Jan 8 2009, 08:22 AM Post #11 |
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Actually there is a Japanese bookstore near Pitt St Mall so I could go there since it is only 10 mins away. I like some Japanese music too so I will start listening to it all the time! Going to start learning from monday onwards yay. |
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| Thumbs of doom | Thursday Jan 8 2009, 01:38 PM Post #12 |
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I wanna learn Spanish, it sound awesome people whop talk fluently in spanish. |
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| branden77 | Thursday Jan 8 2009, 04:07 PM Post #13 |
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know a bit of german, i understand better than i speak it though, and a bit of spanish. |
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| SSBLITZ BLACK | Thursday Jan 8 2009, 09:03 PM Post #14 |
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I know a Bit of Chinese and Indonesian. "Kung He Fat Choi" is chinese for Happy New Year As for Indo 'Satu, Dua, Tiga, Empat, lima, enam......." 1,2,3,4,5,6......and i can't remember anything else
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| Mazoo | Friday Jan 9 2009, 09:44 AM Post #15 |
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I can only swear in various languages. That seems to be the first thing you pick up. My sister in law is Chilean so she speaks spanish, so my brother has learned important phrases like how to call her a little pig (chanchita!!) ![]() He also learned how to say a few other things (which are pretty gross), and used to yell them randomly when he worked at Game. Occasionally he would offend someone who spoke spanish
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| Helii0s | Friday Jan 23 2009, 07:31 PM Post #16 |
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Casual.... like a FOX
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i took japanese through high school, and have also done a community college type course on it. you guys wanting guides - find pimsleurs guide to japanese, generally 'freely' available on the net (if not, I may still have it on my PC somewhere). used that to brush up on it before going to Japan for a trip year before last. Helped un-rust alot of it in my head. Spoke Japanese (really badly) to a few people, and other than them giggling at some stuff i said, I think I managed to get the point across ok. the biggest thing is the speed they speak at, makes it really hard to follow. asking them to slow down is fine though, as a people they love to bend over backwards. I wouldnt want to ever attempt speaking say french to a frenchman and ask them to slow down. sacre bleu! |
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| BrodieOnFire | Friday Jan 23 2009, 09:36 PM Post #17 |
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i did french in yeasr eight fuck that was brutal |
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