So you want to learn Japanese
- J-0080
- Joined: Thu May 01, 2003 7:37 pm
- Location: Mid-West Side Laying On: Fangirls
English Sentence:
Jane went to the school.
Same Sentence In Japanese:
School Jane To Went Monkey Apple Carbeurator.
This actually reminds me of the funky sentence structure I'm trying to learn in Spanish. I mean really, how can feelings have you, you have the feelings dammit.
Jane went to the school.
Same Sentence In Japanese:
School Jane To Went Monkey Apple Carbeurator.
This actually reminds me of the funky sentence structure I'm trying to learn in Spanish. I mean really, how can feelings have you, you have the feelings dammit.
paizuri wrote:There's also no need for introductions because we're generally a friendly bunch and will welcome you with wide open arms anyway.
- Charizard305
- Joined: Wed May 28, 2003 9:47 am
- Location: San Diego, Cali
Bull fuckin Shit .. I just got the fuck back from Okinawa and no one hated it when I tried to speak japanese. Everyone out there thought it was kinda cool. MCCS (Marine Corps Community Services) even had a Okinawan native come out and teach us a few words and give us a heads up on customs and curticies. Did you know that is Disrespectful to stick ur chop sticks pointing up in your food, like u would with a fork and a steak. I didnt read all of that stupid essay, it pissed me off too much so i stopped and decided to flame it here. 8) Anyway. You may find a few ppl that dislike you using their language, but thats just the type of ppl that are out there.
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- Richie -
Don't expect to have an inteligent conversation with me, the hampster that runs the wheel inside my head died a few weeks ago from lack of excersize.
Don't expect to have an inteligent conversation with me, the hampster that runs the wheel inside my head died a few weeks ago from lack of excersize.
- HeartbreakerByZep
- Joined: Sun Nov 02, 2003 7:35 pm
- Location: Bright Midnight
Come now, just because a language is different doesn't mean it's insane. English was decided to be one way, Japanese another, it's stupid to get hung up about it, it's not like there's a Japanese council a thousand years old saying "Ha ha, let's make our language really illogical to westerners! Yah that'd be funny!"J-0080 wrote:English Sentence:
Jane went to the school.
Same Sentence In Japanese:
School Jane To Went Monkey Apple Carbeurator.
This actually reminds me of the funky sentence structure I'm trying to learn in Spanish. I mean really, how can feelings have you, you have the feelings dammit.
Really...

Look at all my trials and tribulations
Sinking in a gentle pool of wine.
Don't disturb me now, I can see the answers
'Till this evening is this morning, life is fine.
Sinking in a gentle pool of wine.
Don't disturb me now, I can see the answers
'Till this evening is this morning, life is fine.
- Corran
- Joined: Mon Oct 14, 2002 7:40 pm
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Charizard305 wrote:Bull fuckin Shit .. I just got the fuck back from Okinawa and no one hated it when I tried to speak japanese. Everyone out there thought it was kinda cool. MCCS (Marine Corps Community Services) even had a Okinawan native come out and teach us a few words and give us a heads up on customs and curticies. Did you know that is Disrespectful to stick ur chop sticks pointing up in your food, like u would with a fork and a steak. I didnt read all of that stupid essay, it pissed me off too much so i stopped and decided to flame it here. 8) Anyway. You may find a few ppl that dislike you using their language, but thats just the type of ppl that are out there.
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You didn't read the whole thing did you?
- J-0080
- Joined: Thu May 01, 2003 7:37 pm
- Location: Mid-West Side Laying On: Fangirls
HeartbreakerByZep wrote:Come now, just because a language is different doesn't mean it's insane. English was decided to be one way, Japanese another, it's stupid to get hung up about it, it's not like there's a Japanese council a thousand years old saying "Ha ha, let's make our language really illogical to westerners! Yah that'd be funny!"J-0080 wrote:English Sentence:
Jane went to the school.
Same Sentence In Japanese:
School Jane To Went Monkey Apple Carbeurator.
This actually reminds me of the funky sentence structure I'm trying to learn in Spanish. I mean really, how can feelings have you, you have the feelings dammit.
Really...
I know, I'm just saying its awkward to have to remember to keep everything backwards to what you've been used to saying.
paizuri wrote:There's also no need for introductions because we're generally a friendly bunch and will welcome you with wide open arms anyway.
- Corran
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-_-;;Corran Productions wrote:Charizard305 wrote:Bull fuckin Shit .. I just got the fuck back from Okinawa and no one hated it when I tried to speak japanese. Everyone out there thought it was kinda cool. MCCS (Marine Corps Community Services) even had a Okinawan native come out and teach us a few words and give us a heads up on customs and curticies. Did you know that is Disrespectful to stick ur chop sticks pointing up in your food, like u would with a fork and a steak. I didnt read all of that stupid essay, it pissed me off too much so i stopped and decided to flame it here. 8) Anyway. You may find a few ppl that dislike you using their language, but thats just the type of ppl that are out there.
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You didn't read the whole thing did you?
See this is what happens when you don't read the whole thing...
Here is what you missed.
Author wrote:This whole essay, although sprinkled with truisms here and there, is a joke and should be taken like one. I'm actually a Japanese major myself, and even if I've given it a bit of a hard time, I love the Japanese language, and I think everyone should give it a try.
You should just be ready for a whole lot of pain.
HAPPY LANGUAGE LEARNING!
- )v(ajin Koji
- Joined: Thu May 15, 2003 11:22 am
- Location: Essex, U.K.
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the trick to languages is not to think of them as a translation of your native language but as a separate thing. For instance in German they have a single word for "a path with knotted tree roots".
Or so my teacher told me.
Incidently i speak about 5 languages 2 flewent/almost flewently and apparently Greek is the hardest to learn.
Or so my teacher told me.
Incidently i speak about 5 languages 2 flewent/almost flewently and apparently Greek is the hardest to learn.
I'm bored and you're dumb. A match made in heaven.
- Kai Stromler to son_goten.
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- Charizard305
- Joined: Wed May 28, 2003 9:47 am
- Location: San Diego, Cali
Corran Productions wrote:Charizard305 wrote:Bull fuckin Shit .. I just got the fuck back from Okinawa and no one hated it when I tried to speak japanese. Everyone out there thought it was kinda cool. MCCS (Marine Corps Community Services) even had a Okinawan native come out and teach us a few words and give us a heads up on customs and curticies. Did you know that is Disrespectful to stick ur chop sticks pointing up in your food, like u would with a fork and a steak. I didnt read all of that stupid essay, it pissed me off too much so i stopped and decided to flame it here. 8) Anyway. You may find a few ppl that dislike you using their language, but thats just the type of ppl that are out there.
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You didn't read the whole thing did you?
charizard305 wrote:I didnt read all of that stupid essay, it pissed me off too much so i stopped and decided to flame it here. 8)
- Richie -
Don't expect to have an inteligent conversation with me, the hampster that runs the wheel inside my head died a few weeks ago from lack of excersize.
Don't expect to have an inteligent conversation with me, the hampster that runs the wheel inside my head died a few weeks ago from lack of excersize.
- )v(ajin Koji
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- Charizard305
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