Posted by Wazuki
Well first you should google for there two things hiragana and katakana. These are japanese alphabetes. Wonder y 2 of them? Well hiragana is used for normal japanese words and grammatics. Katakana is used to write down foreign words which can sound as if they were not. For example word pen in japanese would be pen and taxi would be takushi. (if you dont want to be laughet at by japanese say sound "shi" more sounding like "si". Well your homework is to learn these alpabets by heart.(what a pain?). Then we can continue with grammatic basics
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Posted by haynesycop
sounds complicated im not sure i am clever enough for this
Posted by Wazuki
Coppy, its not hard but you have to study aLot
Posted by axxxr
mmmm....right ok?
Can we start with the basics wazuki....like alaphabets and numbers.
try and make it as easy and simple as possible for us to learn.
Posted by Wazuki
I said google for katakana and hiragana. They are alphabetes. Numbers are 1-ichi 2-ni 3-san 4-yon 5-go 6-roku 7-nana 8-hachi 9-kyu 10- jyu.
Posted by axxxr
Right ok cheers!
Posted by Wazuki
The best way to learn letters is to write down about of 20-30 of each and pronounce them each time. When you finished telme- ill continue. Now im goin sleep- 1am already.
Posted by axxxr
ok master wazuki ..thanks for the private lesson...good night!
Posted by EastCoastStar
are you gonna learn to read and write, or only speak??
Posted by axxxr
Preferbly a bit of both.....would make it easier to understand the language better.
Posted by EastCoastStar
very cool. i will follow along with this thread to learn a little bit also
Posted by nickorooster
I've got a set of "Lets Learn Hiriganana" Cards, as well as their Katakana equivalents, but I can't find them
. They are just easy ways to remember the characters, like "Ka" is "Ka going off a cliff" and "Su" is "Soon It will be spring" and "He" is an arrow pointing to "Heaven" (looks a bit like "^" 
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Nick
Posted by haynesycop
try and dig them out and post some pics they would come in very helpful
Posted by goldenface
I can already speak some Japanese and have learnt about 75% of the alphabet. I can count in Japanese no problem. The hardest thing for me to do was to find someone to practice with.
I have a Japanese penpal (email pal) to help me which is handy.
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Posted by amnesia
when I started learning Japanese, the first sentence I memorized was
Anata wa totemo Kawaii desu.
(had to say it a million times to my girlfriend
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Most common sentence I use now is
Hara he ta
(i'm very hungry)
Posted by axxxr
The only japanese sentence i know is "Maka Haya ding ding" sorry can't say what it means to rude to mention!
Posted by haynesycop
lol you kno what i changed my mind
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Posted by Qoastro
I'm going to take Japanese-lessons in school next year. This thread will be helpfull I hope.
Would like to have someone Japanese to chat with on msn though. Anyone know one?
Posted by goldenface
Same here!!
Posted by Qoastro
Yeah any Japanese guy or girl who want's to chat ?
Posted by axxxr
Yeh same here..need a japanese friend,.."Only females need apply"
Posted by Qoastro
@axxxr
I though you understood that if you know a Japanese gu he would know some girls and could give you their msn too.... sheeez
Posted by Rocky B.
Has anyone noticed the AdSense next to this thread? That's the first time I've seen a Japanese AdSense add.
Axxxr, what does it say
Edit: Wait, it is Japanes right?
Not chinese?
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Posted by Qoastro
I've noticed that the ads were about learning japanese. I find it a bit strange since I've several times found that the ads match the subject of the thread.
Do you think hey're spying on us....
lol
Posted by scotsboyuk
よい運皆。辛抱しなさい。
Posted by Qoastro
AAAAAAH!!!! He's one of them! lol
Where'd you get japanese text input? I want it!
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Posted by scotsboyuk
@Qoastro
私はオフィスを使用してそれを取付けた。
Posted by Bianca
Konnichiwa (the only word i know). I want to learn japanese too.
Posted by amnesia
my how babel is usefull
Posted by Ing. FijoK
I learnt japanese 5 yrs ago but I remember anything
Posted by axxxr
Japanese Alphabets:
Posted by Qoastro
Arigatou gozaimasu axxxr-san
Atleast I learn something from watching 6 different animes at the same time
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Posted by axxxr
I think it means greetings...well not sure exactly?
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Arigatou means 'Thanks'
Arigatou gozaimasu means like 'Thank you very much'.
And then the Japanese people ad words to peoples names.
-kun: for little boys or male friends.
-chan: for little girls or female friends.
-san: for people that deserves more respect like a girlfriend or perhaps someone older than yourself.
-sama: often translated to 'master' or 'boss'.
-domo: said to samurais.
Posted by axxxr
I see interesting...i have a lot to learn.
Posted by Ing. FijoK
It`s too hard for me. Sweet english
Posted by Qoastro
I'll teach you some more tomorrow but now I have to write on an essey.
Ittekimasu!
Qoa
(Ittekimasu: a word often said right before you leave)
Posted by axxxr
Saonara Qoastro..Aregato.
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Correction, sayonara and arigatou.
Posted by axxxr
arigatou qoastrosan
Posted by blackspot
Interesting thread, I didn't know scotsboyuk can speak Japanese.
BTW, "doomo" = much
"arigatou" = thanks
"gozaimasu" is like a formal form of "desu" or the verb BE in english.
"arigatou gozaimasu" is simply a formal "thank you"
ありがとうございます。 (hiragana)
"domo arigatou gozaimasu" is "thank you very much"
どうもありがとうございます。 (hiragana)
the subject and object of a sentence is often ommited (implied) in a normal Japanese conversation that's why you won't see any Japanese translation for the word "you" in the sentence above. FYI.
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Posted by Wazuki
Let em learn kana first. You should know yourself how hard it is to learn lots of japanese at once. Step by step we gonna teach em chatting on msn and mail. Of course thru inet we cant practice pronounciation, but that should be easily handled if you guys buy cd or something with japanese speech.(not music- songs have very specific gram)
Posted by Gigs
Only word I remember with any clarity is Baka.
Posted by scotsboyuk
I thought some of you might be interested in this.
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Posted by blackspot
@Wazuki, I'm sorry, I have no intention of interrupting your lessons. I just wanted to add something to what @Qoastro wrote a few posts above. Please go on, I'm learning too.
Posted by Wazuki
Thats ok. :-)
Posted by Qoastro
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Hehe yeah that's one of the first words you learn
Posted by axxxr
How do i say in Japanese..."Nice to meet you"?
Important thing to remember i say if your a first time visitor in japan.
Posted by Gigs
@Qoastro:
I didn't learn baka until about half way through learning japanese at school...
Would have been more apt to learn it at the start