Why one should learn Japanese

I would still be cool to learn another language then;
Swedish
English
Icelandic (Still on the basics)
And German.

Good luck on your studies then...

Now I can go to Japan and get myself a kawaii waifu Desu! They love Americans, and I have read enough mango ntr to know we Americans are best at pleasuring all women and can get all womens due to our massive man meat.

You're better off learning Chinese. Sure it's like 10 times harder to learn Japanese but there's such a huge job market out there in China and you can make soo much as an English teacher in China than a regular teacher in whateverenglishspeakingcountryyouhappentobein. Also once you learn Chinese it's not to hard to learn Japanese. Also nonasians speaking Chinese sounds soooooo nice. While nonasians speaking Japanese just sounds weebooish.

Better off ? Having a job in china almost doesn't interest anyone here so i don't see you would even learn chinese ...

I don't know if it'll work for everyone, but if you learn Chinese and understand the language well enough, you'll have a high probability of finding it easier to learn other Asian languages that are derived from the Chinese language. This includes Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and etc.

I've read mangas as well as watched animes that are translated into Chinese, and in my opinion, the tone somehow stays true to that of the Japanese, more so than those translated into English and/or other languages.

Still, if it is only for the sake of understanding anime, manga, and games that are in Japanese, then perhaps it's best for one to learn Japanese straight away. Maybe the learning technique works both ways, but I have yet to hear someone say they find it easier to learn similar languages after learning Japanese first.

According to a certain someone on Fakku, learning Hiragana and Katakana and grammar rules only takes a few weeks while rough memorization of Kanji takes months. So if we learn Chinese first, we can pretty much skip out on the kanji since Chinese and Kanji have pretty much the same meaning just different pronunciation.

How did you learn an entire language with just some youtube videos? I would love to learn it that way but languages take months if not years to learn it seems unrealistic.

It is exacly what the guy says , that it will take a year to learn and it's not "some" videos , it's a fuckton of videos ^^


Btw thx for the link kyo , i started watching them , the guy is so funny it helps a lot x)

That is correct that is why I put the Hiragana and Katakana table on the first post for everyone to take a look at it. Unfortunately, im still trying my way out of KANJI's so thats how it is...



You gotta watch it everyday man... For me it took 2 years... Now I am on to Kanji Lessons...



With pleasure...

Kanji can take you years. Aside from memorizing how a kanji looks (its strokes), you'll also have to memorize multiple meanings and readings of it. It has onyomi and kunyomi reading.

This is just my opinion - It's true that Kanji came from Chinese but you can skip learning Chinese and learn them straight from your Nihongo lessons/tutorials.

Yes, but I have no reason to learn Japanese. It will only make me look like a japanophile. Instead I'll learn the language of my heritage and perhaps learn to read Japanese as an extension to me learning Chinese.

Actually learning other language are quite fun. Really! plus some good games can only be play in japanese.

Ya. This is true. For japanese. I dont see how it'd help with the other asian languages. Since jap/chi are the only two that have similiar kanji. To my knowledge.

I learned that 'Geting along well,' and 'Happily fucking each other' translate to 'Nakayoku yattemasu yo' but are written differently. Learned that from a hentai manga written by Zucchini. '仲良く犯ってますよ' is 'Happily fucking each other.' Don't know the other one.

The more you know…

There are alot of things like this, it's just the kanji being read the same way but different kanji. Also, often the stress or rise and fall of the sounds in the pronounciation is different, plus, situation obviously has alot to do with it.



My main reason for learning Japanese is because of a design school in Japan that speicalizes in the fashion design style I am interested in. Being able to read manga and shop online however, that's not a bad thing either! Though through my path of learning about languages (I'm doing a Bachelor of International Studies with Japanese as my major), I have learnt SOOOO much about various cultures and religions! It's so interesting, and gives you alot more respect for foreigners.

Learning Japanese is great fun, some of what I use to study it is from a program "Human Japanese" check it out if anyone is interested as the first 20 chapters is free. ^^

I agree with most of what the OP said and even more so after he edited it hehe.

Learning a people's language mean learning their foods, their religion, their mannerisms, their heirarchy, their culture and traditions. Learning a language is not learning words but learning about your fellow man. That's why I want to learn them all.

I agree.
Well, it is true that Japanese is one of the hardest languages in the world.
but why most of the Japanese people themselves don't want to learn English? its an international language and easy to learn.

If you can provide a link, then I would be grateful. I will put your name on the contributors list...





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