Anime - Page 4

Brainmaster07 · 10-17-2003, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laharl

^Heh.

Just as a question, how many people in here have an interest in the Japanese language? I'm taking it in High School and was curious to see if anyone else was, as well.

I love the japanese language... but I really don't want to have to write it so I'm taking german.

I know a little japanese btw, not much. Self taught and all.

Laharl · 10-17-2003, 05:36 PM

Writing it is half the fun! It's really not as hard as everyone assumes.

ThunderClaw · 10-17-2003, 06:57 PM

The hard part is getting the symbols learned. After that the grammar constructs are so amazingly simple compared to English's analretentive construction that you really just have to glance at it and that's that.

I feel really sorry for Japanese and Chinese that learn English, though. Not only do you have an entirely new character set to learn (the alphabet), but you have grammar constructs to bash your head on.

Diabolicus · 10-17-2003, 07:34 PM

which is probably why most Japanese/Chinese have trouble speaking good english and thats why so many self-praising jerks make fun of them.

ThunderClaw · 10-17-2003, 07:43 PM

....thank you for saying something I already said.

And it's 'speaking English well', not 'good english'

Diabolicus · 10-17-2003, 07:46 PM

thank you grammar nazi.

Laharl · 10-18-2003, 01:22 AM

Welcome to life.

Elk14 · 10-18-2003, 12:00 PM

I have studied Japanese for 4 years. plan to learn more languages though. I know both Hiragana and Katakana and I know a significient amount of Kanji. Kanji seems to be the hardest for me, but I learned most of my Kanji from my phone. (yeah, I bought a phone from Japan, and I know it doesn't work here, but at least I got a cool phone!!!) I can take pics and stuff with it, but I can call anyone.
How long have you been studying Japanese Laharl?

Mito · 10-19-2003, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by makdaddy

ok now lets think has anybody heard of........... shaman king........naruto.............Rurouni Kenshin...........One Peice.......Sand Land? all of those are good and Gundam Wing rox and i hate Dragon Ball Z and Shonen Jump is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LMAO, has anyone heard of Yami no Matsuei, or Prince of Tennis? also good, but I want to see who the real otakus are.

Laharl · 10-19-2003, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elk14

I have studied Japanese for 4 years. plan to learn more languages though. I know both Hiragana and Katakana and I know a significient amount of Kanji. Kanji seems to be the hardest for me, but I learned most of my Kanji from my phone. (yeah, I bought a phone from Japan, and I know it doesn't work here, but at least I got a cool phone!!!) I can take pics and stuff with it, but I can call anyone.
How long have you been studying Japanese Laharl?

Like I've said a few times, I'm in my 4th right now. I'm going to take it when I get to college, as well.

Kanji is tough at first, yeah. I'm getting the hang of it, though. Once you figure out the radicals, it's just a matter of being able to remember how you make whatever specific kanji it is. (You can think of what individual radicals make it up. It does help.)

**makdaddy** · 10-19-2003, 06:32 PM

hey laharl what does ur sig say?

Doctor · 10-20-2003, 01:46 PM

yeah I wish I knew too.

Diabolicus · 10-20-2003, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elk14

I have studied Japanese for 4 years. plan to learn more languages though. I know both Hiragana and Katakana and I know a significient amount of Kanji. Kanji seems to be the hardest for me, but I learned most of my Kanji from my phone. (yeah, I bought a phone from Japan, and I know it doesn't work here, but at least I got a cool phone!!!) I can take pics and stuff with it, but I can call anyone.
How long have you been studying Japanese Laharl?

Kanji is just bad. Too hard for me to learn.

Doctor · 10-20-2003, 01:53 PM

heh i want that phone!

ThunderClaw · 10-20-2003, 01:53 PM

You do not want to read something that's pure Kana.

Trust me on this. You'll spend more time deciding between ambiguous meanings than you ever would just looking up Kanji.

Diabolicus · 10-20-2003, 01:56 PM

oh? please explain a little bit. kthx.

ThunderClaw · 10-20-2003, 02:05 PM

Well, for example, if you just saw, say, the verb kaeru in Kana, there could be about a half dozen verbs it could possibly be (that I know of and I'm only in my second year). It would depend on verb type and everything what it could possibly mean. You'd have to go into context and implications and sentance voice...you could probably get the answer eventually, but it would be a real pain.

However, if you just saw a kanji that represented the idea 'to come', you know immediately what the verb means and you can get on with your life.

Laharl · 10-20-2003, 02:11 PM

About my sig:

There is a translation for it up at GameFAQs. It's the one written by "EChang", I think.
It's what Ky says to Vemon upon a win.

And I'm too lazy to go look it back up.

As TC was saying:

The "te" form of both "iku" (to go) and "iu" (to say) are "itte". Now, if oyu don't have the Kanji present, it's up to you to figure out which verb is used. In that case it's a little easier to figure it out seeing as the verbs are so different, but this is not an isolated case.

Doctor · 10-21-2003, 10:41 AM

heh too much for me.

Diabolicus · 10-21-2003, 10:42 AM

Oh ok thanks TC and Laharl.

10-17-2003, 05:36 PM	#62
Laharl FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV Age: 40 Posts: 1,821	Writing it is half the fun! It's really not as hard as everyone assumes. __________________ SIG PICTURES: POINTLESSLY TAKING UP BANDWIDTH SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE INTERNET

10-17-2003, 06:57 PM	#63
ThunderClaw FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 341	The hard part is getting the symbols learned. After that the grammar constructs are so amazingly simple compared to English's analretentive construction that you really just have to glance at it and that's that. I feel really sorry for Japanese and Chinese that learn English, though. Not only do you have an entirely new character set to learn (the alphabet), but you have grammar constructs to bash your head on. __________________ You fail.

10-17-2003, 07:43 PM	#65
ThunderClaw FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 341	....thank you for saying something I already said. And it's 'speaking English well', not 'good english' __________________ You fail.

10-18-2003, 01:22 AM	#67
Laharl FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV Age: 40 Posts: 1,821	Welcome to life. __________________ SIG PICTURES: POINTLESSLY TAKING UP BANDWIDTH SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE INTERNET

10-18-2003, 12:00 PM	#68
Elk14 FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 26	I have studied Japanese for 4 years. plan to learn more languages though. I know both Hiragana and Katakana and I know a significient amount of Kanji. Kanji seems to be the hardest for me, but I learned most of my Kanji from my phone. (yeah, I bought a phone from Japan, and I know it doesn't work here, but at least I got a cool phone!!!) I can take pics and stuff with it, but I can call anyone. How long have you been studying Japanese Laharl? __________________

10-17-2003, 07:34 PM	#64
Diabolicus FFR Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Raving Posts: 948	which is probably why most Japanese/Chinese have trouble speaking good english and thats why so many self-praising jerks make fun of them.

10-17-2003, 07:46 PM	#66
Diabolicus FFR Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Raving Posts: 948	thank you grammar nazi.

10-19-2003, 06:32 PM	#71
makdaddy FFR Veteran Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Raleigh NC Age: 34 Posts: 1,688	hey laharl what does ur sig say?

10-20-2003, 01:46 PM	#72
Doctor FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 379	yeah I wish I knew too. __________________ Shi Boraka!! Doc12ca@hotmail.com

10-20-2003, 01:53 PM	#74
Doctor FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 379	heh i want that phone! __________________ Shi Boraka!! Doc12ca@hotmail.com

10-20-2003, 01:56 PM	#76
Diabolicus FFR Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Raving Posts: 948	oh? please explain a little bit. kthx.

10-20-2003, 02:05 PM	#77
ThunderClaw FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 341	Well, for example, if you just saw, say, the verb kaeru in Kana, there could be about a half dozen verbs it could possibly be (that I know of and I'm only in my second year). It would depend on verb type and everything what it could possibly mean. You'd have to go into context and implications and sentance voice...you could probably get the answer eventually, but it would be a real pain. However, if you just saw a kanji that represented the idea 'to come', you know immediately what the verb means and you can get on with your life. __________________ You fail.

10-20-2003, 02:11 PM	#78
Laharl FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV Age: 40 Posts: 1,821	About my sig: There is a translation for it up at GameFAQs. It's the one written by "EChang", I think. It's what Ky says to Vemon upon a win. And I'm too lazy to go look it back up. As TC was saying: The "te" form of both "iku" (to go) and "iu" (to say) are "itte". Now, if oyu don't have the Kanji present, it's up to you to figure out which verb is used. In that case it's a little easier to figure it out seeing as the verbs are so different, but this is not an isolated case. __________________ SIG PICTURES: POINTLESSLY TAKING UP BANDWIDTH SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE INTERNET

10-21-2003, 10:41 AM	#79
Doctor FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 379	heh too much for me. __________________ Shi Boraka!! Doc12ca@hotmail.com

10-21-2003, 10:42 AM	#80
Diabolicus FFR Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Raving Posts: 948	Oh ok thanks TC and Laharl.

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