I'm japaneese myself so I am EXPECTED to know japaneese
but i still cant read or write
i know its sad
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Well... I am a 1/4 japanese. i know how to speak a little and i can read hiragana and katakana. i forced myself to memorise that. haha... I can also translate some japanese. I am currently in the middle of translating the Bakuretsu Tenshi manga. haven't even finished translating chap 1...
Well, I'm 1/4 Japanese (my mom is half Japanese). I can speak forgivable Japanese, but native speakers might probably laugh at me because I have a slightly different accent. I can read kana properly, but kanji is just a pain. But since I don't read much Japanese anyway, I don't care, as long as I can understand what I hear. I can still remember the time we went to Japan to visit of my mom's relatives. My cousins laughed at me... well, I don't care because my English is superior to theirs. 
これがよむことができますか？
@young alchemist - Welcome to the board!!
Short answer is... BOTH of these words are correct.
The part that means "elder brother" is "Nii" part, and "O" is sometimes added in Japanese at the beginning of the word to show respect, or to be polite, and so on.
For the difference between "san" and "chan" at the end of these words, you can read
"san," "chan" thread. (Yes, there is a such thread!!
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Information on MJHermi's post on page 1, post #7 there is fairly accurate in my opinion.
BTW, word for "younger" brother in Japanese is "otouto" (or "otohto" .)
But, since this thread's intention is for taking polls to see if any of us can speak/read Japanese, and not for discussing Japanese "linguistics," if you have further linguistic questions, please post on Teach Japanese thread, and we'll try answering your questions there.
Well, she's probably referring to onee-chan. It's used for older sisters and such. Nii-san as we always hear from FMA refers to the older brother.
これがよむことができますか？
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I have a question. What is the word for brother in Japanese? Onii-chan? or Nee-san? I hear these both very often expressed as brother. But I'm not sure which one is correct.
@young alchemist - Welcome to the board!!
Short answer is... BOTH of these words are correct.
The part that means "elder brother" is "Nii" part, and "O" is sometimes added in Japanese at the beginning of the word to show respect, or to be polite, and so on.
For the difference between "san" and "chan" at the end of these words, you can read
"san," "chan" thread. (Yes, there is a such thread!!
)Information on MJHermi's post on page 1, post #7 there is fairly accurate in my opinion.
BTW, word for "younger" brother in Japanese is "otouto" (or "otohto" .)
But, since this thread's intention is for taking polls to see if any of us can speak/read Japanese, and not for discussing Japanese "linguistics," if you have further linguistic questions, please post on Teach Japanese thread, and we'll try answering your questions there.
Well, she's probably referring to onee-chan. It's used for older sisters and such. Nii-san as we always hear from FMA refers to the older brother.
Two more semesters for my minor.
I can read katakana, hiragana and very limited kanji (though I can understand a few of the kanji due to my Chinese background even if i can't say them ).
I'm on my second year of my Japanese course and I can actually say some sentences that actually make sense.
). I'm on my second year of my Japanese course and I can actually say some sentences that actually make sense.
I know a little bit japanese but I totally suck in kanjis. Wanna learn them.
Uh, my Romanji and Kanji is perfectly fine. My pronounciation is great, but my eyes have failed me in Katakana. 
How sad. It's nice that I know Chinese though. It helps a lot. Oh, and my Japanese grammar=NO GOOD. Warui. 
Ano saa... Hyaku wa 100 desu. It's Haiyaku. << THAT means hurry up. Hyaku means one-hundred. I made that mistake too. No worries.
How sad. It's nice that I know Chinese though. It helps a lot. Oh, and my Japanese grammar=NO GOOD. Warui. QUOTE
Not horrible for a seventeen year hiatus, but I can't understand it anymore except some really simple stuff like, "Hyaku!" (Hurry up!) and, of course, "Domo Arigato Gozaimashta", which is the really long, nicest way to say thank you
Ano saa... Hyaku wa 100 desu. It's Haiyaku. << THAT means hurry up. Hyaku means one-hundred. I made that mistake too. No worries.
I studies French long ago in high school, but I don't remember now....I love to speak/study Japanese while I'm go back to college, maybe upcoming fall semester.
Isn't Nee san for girls and Nii san for boys?
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I know the language, due to me living in Japan, but I mainly speak with an Osakan dialect, so it's nothing like what you hear in anime (unless you've seen Azumanga Daioh, that is.)
Oh I know a little bit about that dialect from my class (...and have also read Azumanga Daioh) ^^;
Yeah, I'm trying to learn the different kinds--I think it's very interesting
日本語は、私は少しいわかります。でもようく分かりません。I have to write in Japanese to my teacher every week (He has a Tokyo dialect -- it's quite fun!
)漢字が大すきです！！
I can speak Japanese pretty much fluently. Reading, Writing & Speaking all of it.
I'm not saying perfectly but I don't speak English perfect either and I'm from Australia.
I'm not saying perfectly but I don't speak English perfect either and I'm from Australia.
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I can speak Japanese pretty much fluently. Reading, Writing & Speaking all of it.
I'm not saying perfectly but I don't speak English perfect either and I'm from Australia.
I'm not saying perfectly but I don't speak English perfect either and I'm from Australia.
@潟 - Great!! Would you like to be the designated translator for FMA series-2 official JP Web site wacth thread? We have pages after pages of Magazine scans waiting to be translated on that thread, and other future incoming news on the new FMA anime series that are posted in Japanese on the Web should be translated also.
You can start out by finishing the rest of interview posted on that page.
BTW, how shall we pronounce your name?
Oh yeah sure, I don't mind translating for you. But I'm telling you now some stuff in Japanese is hard to make sense of in English so if its not perfect that's probably why. Oh and you say 潟 - as Gata - it means Lagoon.
One question: do you speak Japanese too or how were you translating before because it seems quite accurate.
One question: do you speak Japanese too or how were you translating before because it seems quite accurate.
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...do you speak Japanese too or how were you translating before because it seems quite accurate.
@潟(Gata) - Oh, no, I don't speak Japanese. I use Babel Fish, I have a PREMIUM program.
... Just kidding!
Anyway, enough about me XD and, no, this is not for me you will be translating... but for the FMA fans who reads FMA series-2 official JP Web site news... thread, and IMO, it's a very meaningful work you'ill be contributing your services for. ^^ Currently, I have finished about the half of the intervew with Romi Pak and Rie Kugimiya. Please go over to the FMA series-2 official JP Web site news... thread, and finish up the translations of the rest of the interview. And then later I will bring up the magazine scans that were previously posted but haven't been translated yet because I haven't had time to get to these yet, so that you can kindly work on the translation of these. And, meantime, when new news entries are posted on that thread, please post the translations of these entries there as well. (These are mostly plain news entires and they are really easy to translate. ^^) I really appreciate your taking over the translations for that thread!! Thanks a million times!!!
ETA:
@潟(Gata) - I received the message that you're busy with the school at the moment and hence you may not be able to help us with the translations, and I understand. Please study well.
@ 潟 - Where in Australia are you O:
I can only really like, listen in Japanese - as in, if someone is talking at me I'll understand. Reading and writing.. not so much - I'm so awful at Kanji.
I studied it in school, but I completed my last year of it one year early, so this year it's slowly seeping out my brain untill university
I can only really like, listen in Japanese - as in, if someone is talking at me I'll understand. Reading and writing.. not so much - I'm so awful at Kanji.
I studied it in school, but I completed my last year of it one year early, so this year it's slowly seeping out my brain untill university
I took a Japanese course when I was in school for about 7 years, but as it was only once a week and targeted at students, it wasn't all that useful.
I really started learning it when I started university two years ago. Right now we're reading excerpts from Ring which is great fun. Though instead of procastinating here I should probably be studying for the kanji test on Thursday (300 compounds to be learnt by then - they torment us so), but... nah!
I really started learning it when I started university two years ago. Right now we're reading excerpts from Ring which is great fun. Though instead of procastinating here I should probably be studying for the kanji test on Thursday (300 compounds to be learnt by then - they torment us so), but... nah!
my high school offers a class so I'm learning basic japanese now while learning how to read mainly hiragana and some katakana
Um... Konichi Wa? XD
I don't know any Japanese, but it sounds like a fun language to learn, and I want to be able to speak/read it someday. :3
I don't know any Japanese, but it sounds like a fun language to learn, and I want to be able to speak/read it someday. :3
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QUOTE (潟 @ Apr 24 2009, 09:17 PM)
...do you speak Japanese too or how were you translating before because it seems quite accurate.
@潟(Gata) - Oh, no, I don't speak Japanese. I use Babel Fish, I have a PREMIUM program.
... Just kidding!
Now THAT was a good joke! XD Japanese does resist translator programs a lot, doesn't it?
Back on topic, I do understand Japanese, but I'm (supossed to be) halfway between zero and a native Japanese speaker. Truth is, my 3rd. level test was a few years ago, so my Japanese it's fading away... Only manga and anime keep me tuned, so to speak. ;)
I know a little, generally I fail at spoken and listened language, but reading and writing is very easy for me, i can learn forign alphabets and characters extreamly easyily and with little effort so i enjoy learning new kanji, if i write them a few times i tend to just remember them, unfortunatly i have a terrible memory when it comes to learning through listening and speaking though XD guess thats why languages like french and spanish never appealed to me as i felt like i failed at everything cause they didnt have a different writing system lol
i AM trying to appreciate KANJI and hiragana. Even though I am a lil bit repressed . . .
I want to learn the Japanese Language so that I can understand original anime series even without an english sub ..(that would be amazing !)
I tried to study some lessons about it but I quit already.. this summer break, I'm thinking of studying it again
uhm ...
Moshi ! moshi !
Genki ?
-- just what the heck am I typing here ?? anyone know wht's the meaning of Genki ??
I tried to study some lessons about it but I quit already.. this summer break, I'm thinking of studying it again
uhm ...
Moshi ! moshi !
Genki ?
-- just what the heck am I typing here ?? anyone know wht's the meaning of Genki ??
I can speak a little bit and I am doing my best to learn how to speak fluently so I can talk to my dad properly. Haha. It really sucks talking to my father and do some sign language so he can understand me. XD
Naomi - please don't spam, this is a serious thread, and as you have already commented I'm going to merge your posts.
Anyone who would like to post & speak some Japanese, please do so on Tell Us, Teach Us, & Let's Learn Some Japanese! thread.
Anyone who would like to post & speak some Japanese, please do so on Tell Us, Teach Us, & Let's Learn Some Japanese! thread.
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