will you teach me english??and please be my friend??

[haruka]

i'm japanese girl.i'm 17 years old.
i want to learn english and wana make some friends from all over the world.
i can teach you japanese.but i'm not good at japanese lol kidding.
my english poor so...actually hard to explain in english.

anyways i hope someone can help me!!

[dreamer]

Hi haruka and welcome on the board ^^
There're lot of people here who can help you so if you ever have any question don't hesitate to ask them :-)

[haruka]

hey thanks you for your massege!!
i'm glad to hear from you :wave:
i study english for just 4years at schools.
but japanese teacher can't pronounce english well.
some students are better than teacher lol
i want to pronounce "th" "l" "r" "v" correctly!!!!!
it is so hard to me to pronounce thouse.

[dreamer]

Well...I have a japanese friend here in Paris, and she pronounces english with the japanese accent too ^^'
However you can record your voice in a tape (テープ ?) and listen to yourself
Another thing you can do is to use a microphone (I think it's マイクロフォン) and msn ^^'
I think finding someone who can chat with you can help
I've been learning english for 5-6 years myself and still can't properly speak it
but at least it's better than my japanese :D

[haruka]

so...you usually practice japanese on MSN????
thats good idea if i use mic and practice my english.
but...i don't know who has MSN lol
does anyone have MSN and teach me how to pronounce??
maybe i can help how to pronounce japanese lol

[dreamer]

Lol No I'm not using my mic to practice japanese because I don't know any japanese people on msn and I'm not "seriously" learning japanese (lack of time) however, sometimes I've made this with some native english speakers :D
However with american people the accent differs from east to west :hihi:
You can check who has msn by checking the profile ^^
Some people just put their msn adress on it.

[haruka]

Lol No I'm not using my mic to practice japanese because I don't know any japanese people on msn and I'm not "seriously" learning japanese (lack of time) however, sometimes I've made this with some native english speakers :D
However with american people the accent differs from east to west :hihi:
You can check who has msn by checking the profile ^^
Some people just put their msn adress on it.
lol i see.well i need to find some cool friend speak english lol
if you need help with your japanese. let me know.^^
maybe i will help you!

[dreamer]

ok thanx ^^
But I need to take some serious lessons first because I can only read kanjis :mad:

[Porl]

Hi Haruka.

I might be able to help you out as i have MSN and a microphone. I dont have a microphone at work though, only at home. So i dont know if you will be on MSN when i am at home because of the time difference. :sorry:

Feel free to add me to your buddies list. And if we are both online at the same time I will try to help you out. :wave:

Porl''

[edit] i will add you to my buddies list. hehe :p i just spotted you have MSN in your profile.

[haruka]

Hi Haruka.

I might be able to help you out as i have MSN and a microphone. I dont have a microphone at work though, only at home. So i dont know if you will be on MSN when i am at home because of the time difference. :sorry:

Feel free to add me to your buddies list. And if we are both online at the same time I will try to help you out. :wave:

Porl''

[edit] i will add you to my buddies list. hehe :p i just spotted you have MSN in your profile.
oh ok!!
thank for being my friend!! lol
maybe we can chat sometimes ^^
see ya at MSN!!

[cmbattle1]

Hi Haruka,
My name is Chris and I live in Baltimore, MD. All I can speak is English. I know a few things in Japanese that my mother taught me, but she passed away so I can't learn anymore from her. My mother use to have a heavy accent and I remember I use to try and help her pronounce words correctly. I have comcast along with msn. If you want to talk, just let me know and maybe we can set up some times to get together. I will try to help you pronounce your English better. Hope to hear from you soon.

Chris

[haruka]

Hi Haruka,
My name is Chris and I live in Baltimore, MD. All I can speak is English. I know a few things in Japanese that my mother taught me, but she passed away so I can't learn anymore from her. My mother use to have a heavy accent and I remember I use to try and help her pronounce words correctly. I have comcast along with msn. If you want to talk, just let me know and maybe we can set up some times to get together. I will try to help you pronounce your English better. Hope to hear from you soon.

Chris
thank you very much ^^
your mother was japanese????
you must be good at teaching english then ^^
hope talk to later at MSN lol

[duff_o_josh]

hi haruka, i think if you saw where to place your tounge when you say those hard to pronounce sounds you will be able to get it very fast! ill try and find some diagrams online :D

[cmbattle1]

Hi,
Yes, My Mother Is Japanese. She Lived In The U.s. For 40 Years And Still Had A Heavy Accent. I Would Be Happy To Help, Just Let Me A Know A Time Your On Msn And I'll Try To Log On The Same Time.

Hope To Hear From You Soon.

Chris

[haruka]

duff and chris thank you for your message ^^
i hope i would become more good english speaker lol

[duff_o_josh]

im still looking ^^

[GoldCoinLover]

Haruka,

We should be friends :)

I'm learning japanese, your learning english :D

I will help you. You have studied english more than I have studied japanese :D

Good luck!

わたくし は あめりか の はヴァすうまれ です。 きょお あつい です。お
げんき です か。

わたしはちょっとにほんごわかります。

[zvest]

Hello, Haruka! I am currently in US and want to study Japanese hope you could hellp! And I am pretty good in English, so I hope I could help you too! :)

:note: :wave:
Kon'nichi wa, Hajimemashite <- I only know how to spell it in English

[haruka]

Hello, Haruka! I am currently in US and want to study Japanese hope you could hellp! And I am pretty good in English, so I hope I could help you too! :)

:note: :wave:
Kon'nichi wa, Hajimemashite <- I only know how to spell it in English
hey.i will help your japanese of cause ^^
but these days i'm kinda busy...so....i don't know if i have time lol
but you can talk to me anytime.
talk to later

[Sakura]

春かさん、
お元気ですか？
私は桜真理です。イギリスから。日本はどこに住んでい ますか？すみません、私の日本語は上手じゃない。じゃ 、私は二十四才です。女性です。私の誕生日は五月二十 四日です、あなたの誕生日はいつですか？先週のパーテェーは本当楽しかったです！(^_^)
どんな音楽が好きですか？去年の夏は東京に行きました 。ラルクのコンサートに行きました！よかった！(^_~) ハイドがかっこいいです！大好きです。
Anyway, please let's be friends! I will try to help you with English, though it seems that you are quite good already. あなたの英語はぺらぺらです。
Also please correct my bad Japanese grammer.どうもありがとう。
Maybe we can meet in Japan next year?
じゃ、またね！
桜

[haruka]

春かさん、
お元気ですか？
私は桜真理です。イギリスから。日本はどこに住んでい ますか？すみません、私の日本語は上手じゃない。じゃ 、私は二十四才です。女性です。私の誕生日は五月二十 四日です、あなたの誕生日はいつですか？先週のパーテェーは本当楽しかったです！(^_^)
どんな音楽が好きですか？去年の夏は東京に行きました 。ラルクのコンサートに行きました！よかった！(^_~) ハイドがかっこいいです！大好きです。
Anyway, please let's be friends! I will try to help you with English, though it seems that you are quite good already. あなたの英語はぺらぺらです。
Also please correct my bad Japanese grammer.どうもありがとう。
Maybe we can meet in Japan next year?
じゃ、またね！
桜
hello!i live in nagasaki.i don't know how much can you understand japanese ^^
well i guess you seem pretty good though.^^
ummm...i like exile do you know them???
i don't know about ラルク　and hyde?lol sorry.
i listen american music lately ^^

[TwistedMac]

------------ :balloon: ------------

[willuknight]

Ohayo Gozaimas. Watashi wa William desu. New Zealand desu.

That pretty much exhausts by conversation japanese :-)

I suppose i should be on the 'learning nihongo' thread, but this looks more interesting..

Is there a introduction topic around ?

Ja ne

[haruka]

------------ :balloon: ------------
your picture looks so cool^^
how did you do that???

Ohayo Gozaimas. Watashi wa William desu. New Zealand desu.

That pretty much exhausts by conversation japanese :-)

I suppose i should be on the 'learning nihongo' thread, but this looks more interesting..

Is there a introduction topic around ?

Ja ne
you learning japanese????
thats really cool^^
i'm learning english.
well actually i want to talk with people in enlish.
i don't expect to learn english on internet.i have changed mind,
i don't know how much you learned japanese.but i think japanese is pretty difficult^^
hope i can help you some.hahaha

[Ma Cherie]

I think it's great thing for you to want learn English.
Maybe you can help me learn Japanese, I don't think it's a hard language. But that's just me :cool: Have fun learning English Haruka!

[*Angelic_Marionette*]

oiiiiiiiii!!!!~~ Konichiwa Haruka!!! [did i say that ok]lol. :D
I like having friends from japan! and i will be your friend to! i can also teach you english! im good at it.lol.well,of corse i am~ but i would like help with japanese also?!~ i am ... almost your age.kinda. ok im 15. but im in high school and its almost the same! ....and of corse my favorite japanese band is...*angelic music plays* DIR EN GREY!!! yey yey yey~ lol. [i feel silly now.but i am silly.] bye bi :p

[Christine]

I can also teach you english. I'm norwigian tough but I have the highest note in my english class, prolly cause' I've played Final Fantasy since I was 8 years old I'm gonna be 17 the 6 july. And I have looked for classes to learn japanese all over Norway cause' I really wanna learn it, it's so cool. But there is nothing like that in Norway. I used to have msn but it is broken so now I'm on aim my nick is Dirkaor.

[haruka]

>>Ma Cherie
thanks!!!
japanese is easy to learn for you???wwww
well it is difficult for me though.
anyways we are learning english and japanese.well i might can help your japanese.
see ya

>>angelic marionette
hello^^ the band is pretty popular in japan right???
but i have never listened their song lol
oh wait i have listened one song.thats all.
well i like american music better than japaneselol
you are 15^^young!?
i'm 17 as you know.
anyways^^talk to later!!

>>christine
oh-....i used to have aim but no more....
i just using MSN only now.....sorry(>_<)
you are 17???thats so cool^^
my friend was in norway.he came back i guess yesterday???lol
i hope i can talk with you in messenger lol but you don have MSN...
we need to find out how to contact lol
k i have exam today!!!byebye!

[dreamer]

I'm norwigian tough but I have the highest note in my english class, prolly cause' I've played Final Fantasy since I was 8 years old

Lol I don't think it means a lot ^^'
I prolly got the best grades in english of my section in Paris's AIT, but I still have a lot to learn ^^'
However one thing's sure: video games sure help a lot :-)


By the way, don't think you'll be able to learn japanese only via chatroms and japanese penpals. Some lessons are also needed. Try to find a real teacher and several penpals. :D

日本語の勉強はむずかしいだからがんばって　 :p

[Kuro Matsuri]

Konnichi wa! :bow: I'm trying to learn Japanese, and I would love to help you learn English. I just turned 18. If all works out well, I will be in Japan in about three years. I will be an exchange student going to Tokyo Technical University.

On a side note, do you play video games? I just recently imported 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン, Dance Dance Revolution Extreme and Beatmania IIDX 7th Style. I would love to find a Japanese person who liked Beatmania and DDR! By the way, I have a hard time playing 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン because I do not know enough Japanese... I know カタカナ and ひらがな but I don't know Kanji... :bawling:

I have AIM... my screen name is Msteve2k1... I don't have MSN anymore, unfortunately. Do you play Final Fantasy XI? I could meet you in that game.

[Inuyasha-the-kid]

Hai = yes

Lie = no

Kanichiwa = Hi

Nichi = Sup

sou ka = I see


Nan ja = What

sama = King or Queen

chaun = Some one who loves kids

son = ?

toshi = pray

meguru = round

toki = when

no = of

Inu = Dog

baka = Dum

okashii = Funny

Sou ka = I see

Ika = B!tch

AHO = A$$ hole

:okashii: Okashii very

[TwistedMac]

well that wasn't very... correct...

[PaulTB]

well that wasn't very... correct...
I was just wondering how to politely point that out ... :?

But I failed. Inuyasha-the-kid you're not ready to teach Japanese.

[TwistedMac]

yeah, that's what's great about being me.. ditch the politeness and all the work that goes into being polite when it comes to unimportant matters and you've got a great little lifestyle ^^

besides, after a while new people get used to it and don't take it so hard ^^

(I don't mean I act like a total ass... i try to avoid that... let me know if i fail)

[RockLee]

Inuyasha....I hope you know that INU in your nick means DOG.... :D

[nuovo]

Haruka, you could check this page for the pronunciation: http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/dictionaryhome.aspx

You type the word, you get the definition and you can hear the word...

Anybody knows the same system for Japanese?

[sgt. Pepper]

Damn the 'th'-sound. I think it's real hard to learn...but i think i skipped school or something when everyone else was learning just that.

[blessed]

hey haruka.
... um I can't really offer much help on learning English apart from that in my opinion, all languages should be learnt naturally - either by living in a country where the language is spoken (usually not an option for people) or in intesive courses (6 hours a day) during holidays, (I've done the intensive study with spanish and german for 6 weeks each and it works much much better than lessons in school, and saves you a few years of study :D ). So, if you have the option, you should sign up to intensive courses (with English teachers as then your pronounciation should improve).

I would even go as far as saying that learning a foreign language in school for 40 minutes a day is pointless, especially if its a large class where people mess around (usually the case from my experience).

Otherwise, i found a site for phonetics (both spanish - spanish being very similar phoneticaly to japanese, and english). The site seems pretty good if you have no other options such as speaking to natives.

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/#

oh yeah, if you can, watch movies in english with japanese subtitles and the news if you want to hear a good British accent.

Hope that helped.
Good luck. :D

[cacawate]

Inuyasha said:
Lie = no

LOL!! Oh crap, I love this kid! Dang... I feel he's gonna get me into a heap of trouble.

[Trista]

i'm japanese girl.i'm 17 years old.
i want to learn english and wana make some friends from all over the world.
i can teach you japanese.but i'm not good at japanese lol kidding.
my english poor so...actually hard to explain in english.

anyways i hope someone can help me!!

I would love to learn Japanese. I am an American and I can teach you English. I graduated from college, and I have taken many "Advanced expository writing" courses. I am highly educated, so maybe I could be of assistance. :-)

[haruka]

sorry everyone that write message to me!!!
i haven't check here lately...so i wasn't noticed the message(>_<)
lately i am pretty busy with school lol
how are you doing all???
i'm really happy to read all of your masseges
and thank you for giving me some infometion!
well...i just woke up and..i gotta go to eat breakfast!
i'm hungry right now lol
ok,see ya and talk to later!

[dreamer]

lol long time no see Haruka ^^
Still some people should learn a language before actually TRY to teach it ^^(points at the chibi inu)
Anyway if anyone can help me with my english I'd be glad :D

[God]

You should also learn to speak american slang yo, it makes you look cool. Wazzup g?

[Sy-l]

not all the time lol

[dreamer]

Erm....actually every british people I've met up til now seem to hate american slang :D

[cicatriz esp]

You should also learn to speak american slang yo, it makes you look cool. Wazzup g?

No, no it doesn't. English should not be learned from BET.

[rakuten]

konbanwan ;-) harukasan

I can't really help with eikaiwa, and that's what you are looking for, right?
So sorry, but please see the links below to support your english training.
Hope it helps :wave: *wan wan*
rakuten :gohan: nya~ni?

Note: I am neither related nor affiliated with any of the following companies. Please do not consider this as an advertisement. I don't know about the quality of these institutions and I do not endorse anyone to take lessons there. This is for studying purpose only.

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Example phrases and useful sentences:
http://www.e-geos.net/

The links under "muryou jishuu eikaiwa contents" are really helpful, i.e. "sugu tsukaeru phrase", "shigoto de tsukau eikaiwa", etc.
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Live lessons with audio output:
http://www.aeonet.co.jp/trial/index.html
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Jeffrey's Japanese-English Dictionary Server:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jwb/j-e/inline/sjis/dict

This dictionary is good for advanced users, read the manual as there are dozens of customizable settings.

Customize here:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jwb/j-e/sjis/inline/customize.html?SASE=/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jwb/j-e/sjis/inline/dict
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How good is your English? Take the test here:
http://www.transparent.com/tlquiz/proftest/english/tlengtest.htm
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[V1ru5]

No, no it doesn't. English should not be learned from BET.

Yes that's true! American slang is awful. lol. This is my first post here and I've been trying to learn Japanese on my own. I plan to take Japanese linguistics in College and hopefully one day move to the Land of the Rising Sun! Right now I'm having trouble with Japanese particles. (Ga , Wa , O etc.) They're tought but I'll get 'em! :wave:

[May]

aha~~~i'm 17 as well. i found that all of us are at quite similar age.
well~~i'm not a native english speaker, but i can help you with your english, haruka san! i've got MSN, but my school is awful~~i can't use them, :bawling: they block all the chat system on the internet. :relief: :bawling: but it would be ok in the holidays.
i always want to make some japanese friends, but there is no japanese in our school~~~oh no~~~

ok~~~it's time to go. my class is over :relief: and i can't use the computer.
have a nice weekend, everbody!

[tha_rippa1be]

i'd like to apply for the english-teaching job aswell ^^
, i'm from belgium, and ofcourse i'm (trying) to learn japanese :p

if i don't forget to put my msn on i'm online from 5pm - 11pm belgium time (gmt +1) weekdays and in the weekend from 11am - 3pm belgium time (gmt+1)

*is searching for a site to convert these hours to japanese hours*

-edit-
i think i found someting:
weekdays:
5pm (belgium time) = midnight (tokyo time)
11pm (belgium time) = 6:00 AM (tokyo time)

weekends:
12am (belgium time) = 7:00 pm (tokyo time)
3am (belgium time) = 10:00 pm (tokyo time)

[timeconverter] (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html)

[dreamer]

i always want to make some japanese friends, but there is no japanese in our school~~~oh no~~~

Hello May, you shouldn't have any hard time to find japanese speakers in UK.
I'm myself in this f<beep> expensive country and I've met like 7 japanese students in 2 weeks.
I've been also in london, and there were lot of native japanese speakers wherever I was going to.
Beside in uk, japanese people are really friendly, and although I'm chinese they are really nice to me.
Anyway good luck with your attempt to make jp friends

[boojitsu]

i'll be your friend ! e-mail me:
boojitsu@hotmail.com

sukoshii nihongo wakarimasu !
demo eigo pera pera !
-boo

[willuknight]

(random order)

Hai = yes / true

Iie = no / untrue

Konnichiwa = Good Afternoon

sou ka = I see

no = 's (i.e belonging to eg Karu's Book = Karu no hon)

ka = ? (ie Is this Karu's book? = Karu no hon desu ka"

Nan / nani = What

sama = respecful suffix

chan = (suffix i.e Name-chan. a child / someone immature / someone cute

baka = Idiot
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Also some more info:

Nihon = Japan
Nihon-jin = Japanese people
Nihon-go = Japanese Language
Amerika = USA (yes you can use -jin and -go with this)
Igirisu = England
Chuugoku = China (yes you can use -jin and -go with this)

Konbanwa = Good Evening
Ohayou Gozaimausu = Good Morning (O Hi Yo Goz Zai Maus
Ohayou = Morning (informal)
Moshi moshi = hello (usually for telephone)

Goodnight = Oyusumi Nassai (O Yas su mi nais sigh)
Goodbye = Sayoonara (Sa yore na ra)
Goodbye = Shiturei Shimasu (lit. excuse my leaving) (Sit tu ray she maus)
See you later = Ja ne / Ja Mata

(name)-Kun = suffix (used when talking to boys / or tomboyish girls )
(name)-San = suffix (useful when ever another doesn't apply, or you're not re)


Hajimemashite (Ha Je me mash te)
= Nice to meet you (non lit.)

Yoroshiku Onegai Shimasu /Douzo Yoroshiku (Your rosh ku)
=pleased to meet you (lit. please treat me kindly)

Onegai = Please (On ne gai)
Arigatou = Thankyou (A ri ga toe)
Sumimasen = Excuse me / Sorry (Sa me mas sen)
Gomen (nasai) = (very) Sorry

Warui = bad (people, actions)
mazui = bad (taste, situations)
Kirai = Hate (Key ray)
Kowai = Scary


Sugoi = Amazing
Kakko(u) ii = Cool
Kawaii = Cute
Kirei = Pretty (Key ray ee ?)
ii / yoi = good

gomen nassai if my translations are incorrect / incorrectly spelt
Thanks to Paul & Nagi for spelling corrections for the romaji. I tend to spell it how i pronounce it :D

This is just what i've picked up in the 7 months i've been teaching myself, off and on.

[rakuten]

Why is everybody here teaching each other mistakes? Non-native speakers teaching others - did I miss something??
Don't take this personal, but I recommend to get advice from advanced students or natives before posting wrong or even miscorrected expressions.
How about not posting at all when you're not sure? You could also ask someone to proofread your list. This would save other beginners the hassle to unlearn the wrong words.

[willuknight]

well the words are correct, its just the spelling.

[dreamer]

hum...I'm wondering what's the point using romaji :okashii:

[willuknight]

well i can't write any other way :(... actually could someone deleat that post (points upwars) as it's not especially relevent, and i've posted it again in the learning japanese forum. Sorry for the trouble mods.

BTW, the girl that started up this topic, claims to be 17 and lives in japan.

However she listens to preteen american pop music, and her msn profile says that she's 14 and lives in America.................. hmmmmmmmmmmm

[dreamer]

rofl
My icq profile still says that I'm 18Yo but I'm 21 :D
Beside I'm sure Haruka's already found enough penpals :P

[May]

I'm myself in this f<beep> expensive country and I've met like 7 japanese students in 2 weeks.
I've been also in london, and there were lot of native japanese speakers wherever I was going to.
Beside in uk, japanese people are really friendly, and although I'm chinese they are really nice to me.
Anyway good luck with your attempt to make jp friends
well, that's because i'm living a quite small village. you know Lake District? my school is there. not so many Asian people live in that area.
but when i went to london, i met quite a lot japanese speakers there.
But very nice to see you, i'm also a chinese!! haha~~ :cool:
i'm going to london next week, cuz i have 10-day holidays!yeah~~

[tha_rippa1be]

well i can't write any other way :(... actually could someone deleat that post (points upwars) as it's not especially relevent, and i've posted it again in the learning japanese forum. Sorry for the trouble mods.

BTW, the girl that started up this topic, claims to be 17 and lives in japan.

However she listens to preteen american pop music, and her msn profile says that she's 14 and lives in America.................. hmmmmmmmmmmm
i noticed that aswell :?
and her english seems fine on her profile, while on the forum there are small mistakes.

[willuknight]

probably self written ;D I've talked to her twice now.... perfect english lol

Personally i don't mind talking to anyone overseas, however i don't want to chat to someone when they lie about who they are....

Not giving information is different from giving false information.

[rakuten]

BTW, the girl that started up this topic, claims to be 17 and lives in japan.

However she listens to preteen american pop music, and her msn profile says that she's 14 and lives in America.................. hmmmmmmmmmmm

probably self written ;D I've talked to her twice now.... perfect english lol

Personally i don't mind talking to anyone overseas, however i don't want to chat to someone when they lie about who they are....
Lie? What if she moved to America (but registered here 3 years ago) and now her English is really good?
Talking to anyone overseas? Hey this is the Internet mate, there are no borders, distance doesn't matter! Your post travels around the globe in a fraction of a second. So basically we all live in a big big village exchanging our thoughts at the speed of light. Isn't that fantastic?

Not giving information is different from giving false information.
Guess you refer to the vocabulary list you posted earlier.

[willuknight]

rakuten> There is no need for a personal attack.

Lie? What if she moved to America (but registered here 3 years ago) and now her English is really good?

That doesn't explain why her profile says's she's 14, but on here she says she's 17. If people don't want to say how old they are, then thats fine, but thats different from deliberately stating something untrue.

Also these:
i'm 17 years old.
my english poor
hello!!i'm highschool student in japan.
Seem to work against your theory.

Talking to anyone overseas? Hey this is the Internet mate, there are no borders, distance doesn't matter! Your post travels around the globe in a fraction of a second. So basically we all live in a big big village exchanging our thoughts at the speed of light. Isn't that fantastic?

It seems you misunderstood my comment.
i said
"i don't mind talking to anyone overseas"
Because i didn't want people to think that i wasn't going to chat with someone just because they were from America, and not Japan.

Guess you refer to the vocabulary list you posted earlier.

My vocabulary list did not contain false information, it was merely slightly inaccurate (i.e incorrectly spelled romaji). Something i corrected as soon as i could.
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Anyway i just thought I'd point this out for anyone thinking about communicating with this person. I have stated my own opinion, and i am not enforcing it on anyone.

[PaulTB]

My vocabulary list did not contain false information, it was merely slightly inaccurate (i.e incorrectly spelled romaji).
Not entirely true.

iimasu = correct

(something) to iimasu = to say (something)

but at least you did correct them which is a step up from inuyasha-the-kid.

[rakuten]

In my opinion, incorrectly spelt words are false. It depends on the extent, but there are limits - even if you include a kiddie-bonus.

I give an example:
"ryokou", "ryouko" and "ryoukou" are three completely different words.
So are "keiyaku" and "kaiyaku", haha! And "kayaku" is diffent too.
"moshi" and "mushi", "meguru" and "mekuru", "naru" and "narau", "saki" and "seki" etc.

Same goes for English:
"tire" and "tyre" are not related to each other. "pale" and "pole", "steal" and "steel", "hint" and "hunt" "tip" and "top", "track" and "truck" etc.


@willuknight
That wasn't meant to be a personal "attack". But I admit the last line of my post was corny...

Ok, it seems I misunderstood your comment about "overseas". But there was no point where I should assume that you actually would mind to talk to anyone overseas. Well, whatever...

All I wanted to say is things might be a bit different in reality, but that doesn't make someone a liar. If some data is inaccurate, tell the person. I don't think that girl is a pretender, luring people into her cave...?

Am I a liar because my flag says Switzerland (country of residence) but I'm Asian?

[TwistedMac]

Am I a liar because my flag says Switzerland (country of residence) but I'm Asian?

the flag is your country of residence, not your country of origin, so no.. it does not.

we sort of set up an unspoken rule that people with poor japanese skills doesn't get to tell others what is what when inuyasha came along since just about everyone on these forums have some sort of rudimentary japanese skills.

I'm not going to make any listings going "keitai (denwa) = mobile phone" etc because my japanese skills are about your level, willuknight.

just saying. there are a lot of people here that really *know* japanese, so let them handle that stuff...

I agree that "slightly" wrong information is as bad as false information. If someone takes your guides and learns them, they'll learn faulty japanese... it's harder to un-learn and re-learn than it is to learn it right from the beginning.

So you're doing people a dis-favour by posting this stuff before you've got a good grasp of the language you're trying to teach.

... I'm a blunt guy. here's my whole post in 4 words: willuknight, your japanese sucks.

[PaulTB]

I agree that "slightly" wrong information is as bad as false information. If someone takes your guides and learns them, they'll learn faulty japanese... it's harder to un-learn and re-learn than it is to learn it right from the beginning.
Which is why it's highly relevant that he corrected the posts.

Although I agree that he isn't really in a position to teach Japanese.

[willuknight]

Nope, i'm not. :)

I only posted that list, because of Inyashu Kid's post....

Sorry guys... I am a newbiew on here, so perhaps you'll excuse me this time ?

Cheers :)

[rakuten]

No trouble at all, willuknight. At least you corrected your post, and that means you don't post out of stupidity but are serious about it.
And don't take too serious what is said here, we don't want to bully you. I apologize if I expressed myself too rough, it wasn't meant like that, sorry.

If you're serious about learning Japanese (and intend to reach a higher level), you must learn accurately from ground up. There's enough other stuff that will trouble your mind, being accurate is a basic requirement. A programmer who makes lots of typos won't get beyond a basic level 'cause he stumbles across his own mistakes all the time. Imagine you'd confuse even basic words like kirei, kirai, karai, karui and kurai all the time - you won't make it very far. And then there are more confusing words like karei, korai, kerai - or the other way round: reikai, reika, reiki, rikai, raiki etc.

Was I talking to your hisho this morning? Or was it hishou? Or hoshi? Hashi? Hisha? :mad:

And following Inuyasha's examples...well, following anyone else's would've been a much better idea... (on the other hand, he call's himself kid, doesn't he?)

Nihongo ganbatte kudasai, willuknight! :cool:

[willuknight]

Well, not so much following his example as correcting (or trying to) his mistakes.

Anyway, thanks for the encouragement :) time to let this topic rest, me-thinks.

[dreamer]

well, that's because i'm living a quite small village. you know Lake District? my school is there. not so many Asian people live in that area.
but when i went to london, i met quite a lot japanese speakers there.
But very nice to see you, i'm also a chinese!! haha~~ :cool:
i'm going to london next week, cuz i have 10-day holidays!yeah~~

Hum...nope sorry I'm not very familiar with UK's geography... :mad:
Anyway I often go to london (about once/week) since it's not really far from Brighton :wave:
well you should try to find some penpals next week then :p
good luck

[warakawa]

i'm japanese girl.i'm 17 years old.
i want to learn english and wana make some friends from all over the world.
i can teach you japanese.but i'm not good at japanese lol kidding.
my english poor so...actually hard to explain in english.
anyways i hope someone can help me!!

send me a picture of your and i'll send you a english vocab and it's meaning in japanese :blush:

[Japholic]

best way to learn english pronunciation is to watch american/english movies. that is if you can't get in touch with english speakers face to face.

i would not recommend learning it over some voice chat session as it is unnecessary.

[YukiMizayaki]

i'm japanese girl.i'm 17 years old.
i want to learn english and wana make some friends from all over the world.
i can teach you japanese.but i'm not good at japanese lol kidding.
my english poor so...actually hard to explain in english.
anyways i hope someone can help me!!
Hi Haruka,
I hope we can be friends ^^

[nice gaijin]

This thread was started over two years ago. Does anyone else check these things?

[ricecake]

That girl dropped out of sight less than 2 months she began this thread.She's now probably working or attending college,makes no time surfing this forum.

[Japholic]

This thread was started over two years ago. Does anyone else check these things?

dont seem like it :p

[Spyder93090]

Hai = yes
Lie = no
Kanichiwa = Hi
Nichi = Sup
sou ka = I see
Nan ja = What
sama = King or Queen
chaun = Some one who loves kids
son = ?
toshi = pray
meguru = round
toki = when
no = of
Inu = Dog
baka = Dum
okashii = Funny
Sou ka = I see
Ika = B!tch
AHO = A$$ hole
:okashii: Okashii very

lmfao ..........

[kohlrak]

Spyder... Just reading that list.... lol Looks like some one who learned some stuff via anime... lol

I found this place via an old post. I looked at the date and decied it was better to PM the answer instead. lol

[cacawate]

lmfao ..........

OMG, Spyder, you rule.

[RockLee]

She's hardly online either, let this thread die please :p

[bagdeparag]

Hi,

I m new on this board
I m student of japanese language.
I m learnig nihon go since a year, but i m not able to speake japanese till date.
Can u help me out..........

[mero21]

:p t・k olan var m burda

[yasemin]

hello everybody...ım yasemin,a new member of thıs sıte ....well ı can say ı know english but of course not so much...ı'm studying english at universıty...and ı really would like to learn japanese and at the same time teach some english to anyone wants as far as ı can teach...and ıt would be great to make new frıends from every point of the world........