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[AragakiAyase]

Your post has a lot of really good points, but I still want to learn Japanese if for no other reason than that I find it enjoyable. I'm prepared for the pain that is Kanji because I started learning Chinese but didn't have any interest in it at the time. High context will be unpleasant and onomatopoeia is pretty silly but oh well. Things sounding the same is also kind of difficult but I don't find it terrible, I've found that I'm able to distinguish the sounds well enough.

tldr it's apparent from your post that Japanese as a language has issues but I want to learn it because I think it's fun. Maybe I'll change my mind in a semester or two but that would be pretty atypical of me

[AragakiAyase]

damnit how did this thread get somewhat serious

today nothing interesting happened because it was a lecture and the professor is very strict

tomorrow is a discussion with nice/lenient TAs as usual so we should have some fun then

[Tyson ultima]

Mainly I have suffered the issue of pursuing learning Japanese further myself and when I went to Japan it didn't exactly solve my answers. Speaking to people had been easy since they can understand basic key words or phrases but understanding makes you want to commit suicide.

[dAnceguy117]

teaching nyaaaaaaaaaassistants are the best!!

[AragakiAyase]

Originally Posted by Tyson ultima

Mainly I have suffered the issue of pursuing learning Japanese further myself and when I went to Japan it didn't exactly solve my answers. Speaking to people had been easy since they can understand basic key words or phrases but understanding makes you want to commit suicide.

well when I do go it'll be with a friend whose Japanese is near-native so hopefully it'll be bearable

[Tyson ultima]

Like I said most of japan caters to English speakers. My friend that wrote the article knows someone who has lived in Japan for 40 years and still doesn't know hiragana. You probably wouldn't make many friends unless they are very good at English which is rare.

[choof]

there was a pretty great video I saw a while back about people learning japanese in like 60 days or something

I don't think I'll ever take japanese in a classroom again, given how much weirder your classmates seem to be when compared to the weirdos you get in other classes, like french/italian

[choof]

Originally Posted by Tyson ultima

That isn't exactly true since most of the information can fall flat not to mention a lot of japan caters to English speakers. I can't say I learned much from actually visiting and my friend has learned nothing from living there for 2 years. Yes I have studied for 2 years which is where all my learning has come from.

Also japanese is a very sucky language I have an article summing up my feelings about why it sucks and why 90 percent of my friends that did study it wished they learned another language.

why are you allowing yourself to be baited by mina

[Tyson ultima]

Originally Posted by choof

there was a pretty great video I saw a while back about people learning japanese in like 60 days or something

I don't think I'll ever take japanese in a classroom again, given how much weirder your classmates seem to be when compared to the weirdos you get in other classes, like french/italian

Do you know the results of those 60 days?

[-JiZ53-]

Indo-european best. East asian worst.

[Buta-san]

Your lucky theres japanese at your school. I had to take spanish

[FontSize72LOL]

As someone who also has an interest in learning good ol' moon, I have to say good luck lol. Honestly the only reason i'd take it in a class setting is because i'm terrible at managing my time, and having a place dedicated to learning the language and an instructor to ask questions would be nice. However, i do think there are plenty of "decent" ways of learning the lanuage without the need of going to a class (not that i'm saying you're making the wrong decision or anything).

Honestly i'll admit, i don't have much of an interest in their actual culture, I'm not going to beat around the bush here, ACTUAL Japanese culture sucks. The only reason i'd go through the hell of learning that language is that i'm fond of their entertainment and counter-culture (Amine, Mangos, jRPGs, and VNs), and ALOT of the stuff i want to read/consume aren't translated (Or will most likely never recieve any kind of translation).

[Buta-san]

The generation there now doesnt even have interest of their culture

[choof]

Originally Posted by Tyson ultima

Do you know the results of those 60 days?

yeah iirc the dude's living in japan full time and teaching english

[choof]

wait I'm dumb as shit

becoming fluent in 6 months, not 60 days. but the dude's been there since 2012 teaching english