Poll Of The Week #17 - Interested In Learning Japanese?

[Luiginater]

i wish i could speak japanese, that would be awesome. i can barely use my own language properly though so how can i learn another. Too bad its not a common language offered at school.

I also wish I could speak japanese

 

[MZero17]

Already know it quite well

 

[Earthbound360]

I guess it'd be pretty cool, but I don't think I'll go learning it. I already have Spanish to worry about. But the Japaneese versions of games are useally better. Like how Mew2 talks in Japaneese, the HRC platform is larger, and even in other games, like Tales of Symphonia, have more stuuf to it in Japaneese.

 

[SPAWN]

I would like to learn it. Then I could understand the japanese imported games and not have to read subtitles on anime (not that I dislike subtitles, it's just it'd make life easier).

 

[Skywalker]

I'm interested in learning Japanese, but sadly, my school doesn't offer it So, I'm stuck with German.

 

[LemonManX]

I would enjoy learning Japanese, when I find the time. At this current time I'm busy with studies at Uni... but I'd consider it over my summer break coming up in a month and a bit.

 

[Kujirudo]

If I get that confirmation email from the japanese for rookies site, maybe I will be able to learn it... But I think it will never come <_<.

 

[Heartless_Angel]

Meh Itd Be Ok To Learn But Id Much Rather Laern Italiano Woo ^_^

 

[Xx GuNz xX]

I was at one point, but lost motivation.

 

[UMBC Super Smasher]

I wish I could quit Spanish and take Japanese. Unfortunately, my high school did not have Japanese as a foreign language option.

 

[SloT]

I know a tiny, tiny bit... but i am interested in learning it ^^

 

[Xelyst]

Someone mentioned imports from Japan, which would be awesome.

 

[A-Laon]

If I could ever pull it off, fluent Japanese would be a dream come true.

 

[h2]

Since we're talking Japan, there must be a smashboards equivalent for them, but where is it?

I'm too lazy to spawn a new thread, someone just list me random foreign equivalents to smashboards ;(

 

[Cort]

I'm considering learning it, it'd be pretty cool

I'm already fluent in 3 languages, Japanese would be pretty interesting. But I hear it's ridiculously hard...

 

[Peeze]

Not to sound insensitive or anything, but that isht looks too hard to learn, and since i live in AMERICA I have no need to write my F's upside down and sideways turned inside a loop.

 

[InfiniteFalco1337]

I would be interested however.....

I have to learn spanish in school.

 

[Hyrule2]

Depues de yo termino espanol.
(After I finish spanish)

 

[EnigmaticCam]

Listen to Kokichi, he knows what he's talking about. Japanese is very easy to learn in the speaking/listening department. I would go as far as saying it's as easy as Spanish. Reading/writing is a whole different story. What makes Japanese hard is the Kanji. Kanji is the Chinese form of writing. Some 2,000 characters must be learned in order to be fluent at reading Japanese/Chinese. While Japanese has it's own alphabet, the Hiragama, it's mostly used as an extension to the Kanji.

For me, I started learning with Pimsluer(sp) audio CDs. It was a great way to get introduced to the language. I would highly suggest it for those who don't have any Japanese classes available in their area. It's a bit expensive, but you can get them used for pretty cheap on Amazon or Ebay.

But that won't get you anywhere close to reading/writing, which is what you're going to need if you want to import Japanese games. For that, it would be better to find a class. You're going to need a structured method to learning it.

 

[Neokun]

The only reason half of the American [not speaking for other countries] world wants to learn Japanese is because of the infulence their games and anime have on them. Im American and I dont want to learn Japanese...nor do I see a point, since I dont know many non-English fluent Japenese people and I dont ever plan to live there.

But Im sure Im not the only one who noticed that people who love anime = want to learn japanese...

 

[Lesheik]

Yes of course, to get laid in Tokyo.

 

[MasterGary]

i alredy know english fluently and dutch almost fluently. and im gettin spanish and french now. i dont have the oputunity to take japanese but i dont think that i wud take it. i wud definately intrested but i wud want to lern it for fun and not as a subject in skool. and i lern a lil stuff like baka from watchin naruto and bleach.

 

[thesage]

I think it would be cool and I want to, but I already know english, obviously, romanian, french, latin, and a little spanish. I already get confused enough with them esp. romanian and french.

 

[fabianmo]

I hope this isnt bumping...
Im learning Japanese now
Been for two weeks
Matane

 

[bugball]

chubble u are learning spanish? in spanish!!! hahah i dont meet nobody who want to learn my lenguaje, so amazing.. que tal amigo? de donde eres?

 

[pikachun00b7]

I want to try, after watching naruto illegally on youtube... I can reconise a few words ...not much Oh and kokichi, i do hate you for using the word"filler"

 

[Razgriz]

Soon as I finish Highschool I'm gonna take some courses in Japanese. It's a beautiful language and I want to learn nothing more.

 

[tarheeljks]

I'm taking Chinese, some of the characters actually overlap, but they don't always mean the same thing.

 

[MasterGary]

I want to try, after watching naruto illegally on youtube... I can reconise a few words ...not much Oh and kokichi, i do hate you for using the word"filler"

youtube isint iligal it just hapins to have sum ilegal vids up there.

 

[cF=)]

I got french, english and spanish in my luggage. No japanese, thanks.

 

[Red Exodus]

All I have is enlish, and my english sucks [it's broken english, which sounds kinda ******** if you ask me] I doubt I could learn another language now.

 

[MasterGary]

i know english and dutch and im getting french and spanish at skool. so know japanese for me

 

[Luminitrium]

I would LOVE to. XD

 

[TakDragon7]

That'll be awesome to learn Japanese. I'll be able to say things that my dad or bro wouldn't understand.

 

[Pasqual]

I'm a second year student. Nihongo benkyou shinikui desu. Not a big fan of romaji...

I noticed that I forgot pretty much all my Spanish (two years of that as well) when I started learning Japanese, which kinda sucks.

 

[Kada]

Actually. It's funny. I randomly wikied/found other websites on japanese the other day, just to get a slight idea of the basics, so I could understand some song names and whatever.

I could get the sentence structure and grammer and stuff like that. It's the vocabulary that gets me <_< You would really have to be born in Japan to have a really fluent grip on the language as a whole.

But I CAN say ice cream in Japanese ^_^



Edit: Yeah, I'm sure I made myself sound like a total noob and moron to all the people who actually KNOW Japanese, but hey <_<

 

[GamerGuitarist7]

I'm another student of japanese. i don't know how long i've been studying it but i know hiragana, most katakana, and a good handful of kanji (maybe 40?) it's an amazing language. and i'd have to agree that the 'onna no hito' are a big part of it LOL

 

[spoonyd]

Already learned one new language back in high school and wow is it a pain. Can't exactly travel to Japan to become well spoken in it either. lol

 

[golden_leeroy]

My friend and I are learning it as a freelance language, starting with vowels and working our way up to Hiragana and then Katakana.

I find it amusing because most of the time when my English teacher is lecturing, instead of falling asleep, I study it.

It's pretty cool stuff to say the least and well worth knowing.

 

[Giggidax]

lol man i dont know much but..

watashi wa tim-kun desu

lol!!