Thread: so you want to learn japanese?

Aparently Corean people in North Carolina Think if you are born in America your not Considered Corean. Other than that were nice people unless your a hybrid like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T84rXduuzaU

Originally Posted by Digital_Eon

Ways of writing, not dialects - and hiragana and katakana are easy. Not only do they not look the same, but they function as alphabets. It's not like you add one line to change the letter (like they do in Korean).

i know...i learned a little japanese...but when it really comes down to it...u dont use katakana much, u use hiragana a good portion...and u use a lotta kanji. and we both know kanji = the lose...ahaha.

Yeah, you haven't - because in my experience, Japanese people are friendly. The Koreans at my school are fairly exclusive (unlike the Japanese I know, they don't have the excuse of being recent immigrants... but hey, I could have met different people too).

Oh, and there's Hanul, which says a lot. =P

=\, like i said its from personal experience. I was saying that as a fact, just whats happened to me. And Hanul...he's just got a lot, i mean A LOT of nationalism for corea/korea. Not sayin it's a bad thing.

God, I hate nationalism. I mean, we're all nationalistic (and don't lie, you ARE!), but I hear so much hypocrisy around it - especially (no offence) with Americans. Like when they say that Japan's too nationalistic, can't have that, etc. - yeah, and we're talking about America, need I say more? Can't we just all accept that WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY! and that's okay?

Kanji isn't that hard... I mean, you get furigana with books, so it's okay~ and you get to know some after a while (words like watashi/boku from reading, and kimi from music lyrics) without even having to study the kanji. ^_^

Heheh, I love new immigrants. ^_^ In a conversation - you can *only* be Japanese or Canadian:

Them: So, where are you from?
Me: Uh... Canada.
Them: Oh, cool!
Me: ...yeah, so I guess you're from Japan. Judging from the Engrish. So do I look like an Asian with plastic surgery? o_O

Oh, but the Engrish is great~ Catchy, too.

Originally Posted by Digital_Eon

God, I hate nationalism. I mean, we're all nationalistic (and don't lie, you ARE!), but I hear so much hypocrisy around it - especially (no offence) with Americans. Like when they say that Japan's too nationalistic, can't have that, etc. - yeah, and we're talking about America, need I say more? Can't we just all accept that WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY! and that's okay?

Kanji isn't that hard... I mean, you get furigana with books, so it's okay~ and you get to know some after a while (words like watashi/boku from reading, and kimi from music lyrics) without even having to study the kanji. ^_^

nationalism...it happens. Thats why i said it's not a bad thing...just it's there. And besides, wouldnt it be weird to have nationalism for another country?...it wouldnt just make sense...ahahah. Think about it...say i'm american, but i have nationalism for France....it's so like...."WTF?!"...ahaha.

kanji isnt that hard...until u get to characters that have like 15 strokes...ahaha! The highest is 23? i think...something like that..20 some...ahaha. Suxxors...and if i remember correctly, to be considered literate in kanji, u need to know over 600 kanji characters?...somethin like that. =\

I don't lie about my nationalism. I'm afraid of my nationalism sometimes, but I don't lie about it. Don't ask me how nationalistic I am, it's really scary how nationalistic I am... >.>

Originally Posted by Digital_Eon

God, I hate nationalism. I mean, we're all nationalistic (and don't lie, you ARE!), but I hear so much hypocrisy around it - especially (no offence) with Americans. Like when they say that Japan's too nationalistic, can't have that, etc. - yeah, and we're talking about America, need I say more? Can't we just all accept that WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY! and that's okay?

Kanji isn't that hard... I mean, you get furigana with books, so it's okay~ and you get to know some after a while (words like watashi/boku from reading, and kimi from music lyrics) without even having to study the kanji. ^_^

Heheh, I love new immigrants. ^_^ In a conversation - you can *only* be Japanese or Canadian:

Them: So, where are you from?
Me: Uh... Canada.
Them: Oh, cool!
Me: ...yeah, so I guess you're from Japan. Judging from the Engrish. So do I look like an Asian with plastic surgery? o_O

Oh, but the Engrish is great~ Catchy, too.

Nationalism disgusts me. It's sickening. We're all humans, who gives a fuck where you were born? Considering how much harm has come of nationalism in the past...

American or not if youre overly nationalistic you need something better to do with your time then sit there wondering how awesome you are.

i only know a few words i learned form mangas-and thats only the phonetic version
baka & aoi which mean idot
hime-which i think means princess
and i recently read that yaki means fried
thats about all i know

...... aoi means blue...

hmm... Konichiwa = hello
nandayo = what?
hai ya ku = hurry up? (not sure)
urusei = shutup

i know more i just cant remember... T_T