Languages Thread

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I know 3 languages.

-Intelligent English
-Improper English
-Hick

:/

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[PaperDream]

Btw, I dont know if I should love or hate Japan, They are such sexists, and if you read some things about Japan that is not made by Anime/Videogames/Manga Fanboy/girl, you can clearly see that they are racists, there are no-gaijin/women places.

True, there are places that say no-foreigners, and there are some Japanese people that are sexist, but you can't define a country by those things. There are still KKK in America, but I don't think the US should be defined by a few extremists.

Even on a personal level, people shouldn't be defined by their flaws.

 

[Rex+]

I was born knowing English. One side of my family is Spanish, so I've picked up on that too. Also, I'm taking Spanish classes at my high school.

 

[spikehappy07]

Nekochan ga sukija nai desu kara totemo koroshi.tai. Soshi.te nekochan ni kakawarazu boku wa nihon o houmon shiritai. Anata mo desu ka? Nekochan wa suki janai dehoshi desu. Nekochan dame dame desu yo.

I think I have that correct. I never used "ni kakawarazu" in a sentance before. Note: I used periods because they cencored the word "shi.t" which is not what it is in Japanese.

♪I'm turnin' Japanese I think I'm turni' Japanese I wouldn't think so!♪

 

[.Yoshi]

Nekochan ga sukija nai desu kara totemo koroshi.tai. Soshi.te nekochan ni kakawarazu boku wa nihon o houmon shiritai. Anata mo desu ka? Nekochan wa suki janai dehoshi desu. Nekochan dame dame desu yo.

I think I have that correct. I never used "ni kakawarazu" in a sentance before. Note: I used periods because they cencored the word "shi.t" which is not what it is in Japanese.

How exactly were you trying to use "ni kakawarazu" in that sentence...?

And it should be "nihon wo houmon shi.tai"
Translate this: " Nekochan wa suki janai dehoshi desu"

I don't mind making a thread on Japanese if people want...seems like some people would want that

 

[Venus of the Desert Bloom]

How exactly were you trying to use "ni kakawarazu" in that sentence...?

And it should be "nihon wo houmon shi.tai"
Translate this: " Nekochan wa suki janai dehoshi desu"

I don't mind making a thread on Japanese if people want...seems like some people would want that

I was trying to use it as "regardless of "x"" I purely dictionary usage so I am pretty sure it wasn't exactly correct. As for "nihon wo houmon shi.tai", In never heard "wo" used before in a sentance. How does "wo" work?

"Nekochan wa suki janai dehoshi desu"

Another thing I just tried putting together but most likely fgrammatically incorrect. The negative form of "suki" to like is "sukijanai" so do not like. I used the -tehoshi form but because it's negative, I flipped the "te" with "de". So, basically "I want you to not like the cat." Since -tehoshi signifies I want someone to do something for me.

 

[Vinnie275]

ほんとかい、みんなでsmashboardsは外国じん。つまらないだろう。くそう！
おれすこし日本語をしゃべる。五年生よ～
マルスはすんっげさいっこ

 

[.Yoshi]

ほんとかい、みんなでsmashboardsは外国じん。つまらないだろう。くそう!
おれすこし日本語をしゃべる。五年生よ~
マルスはすんっげさいっこ

で、君はどこから?何人か?”五年生”ってたから、日本?

Now I kinda wanna make a thread about Japanese....

 

[shadenexus18]

Not sure if this is a topic but....

Anyone speak Japanese? Maybe we can turn this into a Japanese language thread.

Anyways, I have taken 3 years of Japanese and plan on expanding it out of the classroom.

I speak Japanese, but can't type if my life depended on it sadly. I think the only word I know how to type are Shinjuku, Osaka, and Shin Goku Satsu.

 

[RMR]

????????

What are you talking about? Who said anything about Paris Hilton?

Me,

And I also know to TAlk Bull****. Anyone Here knows about a good Japanese learning (Free) site ?

 

[shadenexus18]

Me,

And I also know to TAlk Bull****. Anyone Here knows about a good Japanese learning (Free) site ?

I don't know any either, but yeah, we need something way more cheaper other than that lame as trash Rosetia Stone expenive piece of crap!!

 

[.Yoshi]

I don't know any either, but yeah, we need something way more cheaper other than that lame as trash Rosetia Stone expenive piece of crap!!

download it?....
It's not worth it though anyway. Any computer software that helps you learn a language isn't as good as the real deal - a living instructor.

 

[RMR]

Living Instructors cannot be at your disposal at everything, neither they Have infinite patience or teach it free. We really need a good JApanese learning site.

 

[Falco&Victory]

ummm.... no

someone taking the time to make on is charging for it, like a $300 language disk

あなた　は　ばか　です

 

[.Yoshi]

Do you guys want me to make a lessons thread? I've made them before on other forums...they got intensive

I'm fluent in it in case you're wondering

 

[RMR]

ummm.... no

someone taking the time to make on is charging for it, like a $300 language disk

あなた　は　ばか　です

Hmm, But Japanese teacher dont grow in Trees (like if any human would, but anyway...) and are hard to find, and its more difficult to find a GOOD japanese teacher, or a Joyo kanji teacher at least...

 

[Venus of the Desert Bloom]

Sadly, our home computer does not have any Japanese writing packs installed so I cannot write in Japanese.

Yoshi, that would be cool. I would love to help out if you would like some. I am semi-fluent but I do (as you saw) make mistakes.

 

[Falco&Victory]

what operating system do you have? if it's windows _____ it can type in *** with about 3 minutes work

 

[RMR]

Do you guys want me to make a lessons thread? I've made them before on other forums...they got intensive

I'm fluent in it in case you're wondering

ZOMG L01z 3p1c W1n !!11

In other words: Yes, please

 

[.Yoshi]

Ok then

But first, can you guys see Japanese characters? If not I need to show you how...
つまり、これを読めるか?ってか、「読める」ってじゃないよ・・・w日本語を読めればレッスンが必要じゃないww・・・

 

[Vinnie275]

I made like 20 japanese threads before.... I'm sure one is laying around in the archives.


.yoshi yes I am american... and I did mean 5th year Japanese language.
I'm a total jp scrubb.

 

[pdk]

Sadly, our home computer does not have any Japanese writing packs installed so I cannot write in Japanese.

Yoshi, that would be cool. I would love to help out if you would like some. I am semi-fluent but I do (as you saw) make mistakes.

if you're talking about writing the characts just google quickkey, there ya go

if you're talking about having the character sets to read anything instead of seeing a bunch of squares that's also easy and free, just do a quick search on microsoft's site

on a side note anyone have any wisdom on spanish verb conjugation to make it an easier pill to swallow?

 

[Vinnie275]

If you want to type the characters type in "download IME"

 

[.Yoshi]

Here's a guide i made a while back for NF:

How to type in East Asian Languages
For Windows

Start> Control panel> Regional language settings> Languages
Click the box that says install east asian fonts, click ok
Put in your windows installation disk, and let it install, then restart

Then

Start> Control panel> Regional language settings> Languages
Click Details
Add
Choose a language and click the box that says Keyboard Layout

To change languages~
Start> Control panel> Regional language settings> Languages> Details
On the bottom click Language Bar
Select "Show Language Bar"

You can now change the language you wish to type in by selecting the Language bar that appears on your screen. For Japanese, Click the icon that appears next the JP (it should be blue). Select instead the red icon (IME). This makes typing in Japanese as easy as typing letter by letter.


How to View Foreign Fonts
For Most Browsers

Most browsers should come with Asian fonts already installed. If you find that you might not have them, go through the above procedures until you do. To find out, go to any Page that has different characters, ie, a Japanese or Chinese website. If all you see is ?? or squares, you need this:

Open your browser
(Some browsers may differ on which tab the Encoding info is on)
View > Character Encoding > More Encodings

From here, it all depends what you want to see, so if you want Japanese, select the first Japanese encoding, for Chinese, the first Chinese encoding etc.

You can also select the Auto Detect function so that your browser automatically picks them up when you go to a page with foreign font.

A sticky would be helpful

 

[RMR]

Here's a guide i made a while back for NF:

How to type in East Asian Languages
For Windows

Start> Control panel> Regional language settings> Languages
Click the box that says install east asian fonts, click ok
Put in your windows installation disk, and let it install, then restart

Then

Start> Control panel> Regional language settings> Languages
Click Details
Add
Choose a language and click the box that says Keyboard Layout

To change languages~
Start> Control panel> Regional language settings> Languages> Details
On the bottom click Language Bar
Select "Show Language Bar"

You can now change the language you wish to type in by selecting the Language bar that appears on your screen. For Japanese, Click the icon that appears next the JP (it should be blue). Select instead the red icon (IME). This makes typing in Japanese as easy as typing letter by letter.


How to View Foreign Fonts
For Most Browsers

Most browsers should come with Asian fonts already installed. If you find that you might not have them, go through the above procedures until you do. To find out, go to any Page that has different characters, ie, a Japanese or Chinese website. If all you see is ?? or squares, you need this:

Open your browser
(Some browsers may differ on which tab the Encoding info is on)
View > Character Encoding > More Encodings

From here, it all depends what you want to see, so if you want Japanese, select the first Japanese encoding, for Chinese, the first Chinese encoding etc.

You can also select the Auto Detect function so that your browser automatically picks them up when you go to a page with foreign font.

A sticky would be helpful

Wouldnt Be easier to look at google for Hira and Katakana ? then you copy and paste,same for the Kanji.

 

[PaperDream]

日本語が出来る人は、コンピュータのかん字が小さいから、読むのがむずかしいと思いますか。

Anyone else who can read Japanese, do you think reading kanji on a computer is difficult because they are small? Some of them start to become very hard to read. For example the kanji for benkyou suru is impossible for me to read at this size, I have to press the space bar to have the thing come up just to be able to read it.

私は一年半ぐらい日本語を勉強しています。来年の九月東京のしんじゅくに日本語を勉強しに行きます。

だれか日本で住んでいたことがありますか。

 

[Vinnie275]

へんたいアニメだいすきでしょうか？

 

[.Yoshi]

日本語が出来る人は、コンピュータのかん字が小さいから、読むのがむずかしいと思いますか。

Anyone else who can read Japanese, do you think reading kanji on a computer is difficult because they are small? Some of them start to become very hard to read. For example the kanji for benkyou suru is impossible for me to read at this size, I have to press the space bar to have the thing come up just to be able to read it.

私は一年半ぐらい日本語を勉強しています。来年の九月東京のしんじゅくに日本語を勉強しに行きます。

だれか日本で住んでいたことがありますか。

Not really...it's liike reading capital i and a lowe case L and knowing what it means....<_<

どの学校に行きますか?大学か高校か?
僕はね、7年間ぐらい日本語を勉強していたが、まだ日本に行ったことがない。祖父は日本人だったけれど・・・

 

[PaperDream]

どの学校に行きますか?大学か高校か?
僕はね、7年間ぐらい日本語を勉強していたが、まだ日本に行ったことがない。祖父は日本人だったけれど・・・

そうですか。私はJCC大学の二年生です。JCCはキャンザスのCommunity大学です。りっぱな大学ですが、日本で勉強した後でKUに行こうと思っています。

。よしさんは？大学生ですか。

 

[Rici]

???????????????????????????????????????????
?????? ??????????????????? ???????
???????????????? ?????????????
*question mark question mark question mark*


Hey, I can do this **** too!
As mark would say:

:D​

Awesome mark

 

[PaperDream]

???????????????????????????????????????????
?????? ??????????????????? ???????
???????????????? ?????????????
*question mark question mark question mark*


Hey, I can do this **** too!

That might be what you see....Here's what it looks like when you do the process that was posted above:

Looks much nicer eh?

 

[Vinnie275]

t(゜д゜t)’
IMEはさいこEmoticonsだろう。


゜ω゜ > :3

にほんごかち。

 

[.Yoshi]

???????????????????????????????????????????
?????? ??????????????????? ???????
???????????????? ?????????????
*question mark question mark question mark*


Hey, I can do this **** too!
As mark would say:

:D​

Awesome mark

You need to install language asian fonts into your computer...OR look at the previous post I made regarding how to view it on your browser..

 

[pdk]

LIVE, THREAD, LIVE

for the spanish folk here: is there any sort of glossary out there for the sort of lingo you'll see in message boards/chat rooms/etc, basically shorthand like "hi how r u 2day" and terms associated with "internet culture" that get fairly widespread use online? or at the least a handy little cheat sheet to go by, that'd be fine and dandy

 

[Jammer]

for the spanish folk here: is there any sort of glossary out there for the sort of lingo you'll see in message boards/chat rooms/etc, basically shorthand like "hi how r u 2day" and terms associated with "internet culture" that get fairly widespread use online? or at the least a handy little cheat sheet to go by, that'd be fine and dandy

Try this: Wikipedia's list of Internet Slang Phrases.

I use it sometimes, too. Although there are "meanings" for some of the abbreviations that are obsolete, it's still a pretty handy guide.

 

[pdk]

most everyone here at least knows the terms on there, basically i'm looking for an equivalent glossary for spanish interweb lingo

 

[Jammer]

Oh, I thought you meant that you were Spanish and that you didn't understand some of the English lingo. Sorry for answering the wrong question.

Ok, nevermind my previous post.

 

[Keku]

Hmm, I wonder if anyone can speak Latin here. More specifically, understand my signature.

 

[Schweppes]

I'm taking Spanish IV this year...woo.

I've seen spanish speakers (on the webz) use 'q' for "que." >_>