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My name is Armando and I’m new to Textfugu. I’ve been studying Japanese for about one year (from free sources), but I decided to buy Textfugu. I made the right choice!
My reason for learning Japanese is so I can 1. Go to Japan one day and be able to understand everything (pretty vague) 2. Maybe go as a transfer student? 3. Be able to live the Japanese life… Like ride the bullet train, go to restaurants. 4. Expand on it’s culture basically. 5. Learn a third language.
I’m 13 years old (I still think I’m 12). Oh, I’m in Mexico and I speak English as well as Spanish.
Welcome Armando!
You did make the right choice with TextFugu. It’s a great place to learn Japanese and it’s getting updated (major updates) a couple times a week.
Soon you will be trilingual!
I’m looking forward to hearing from you in the forums.
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First, let me welcome you to Textfugu, you certainly did make a wise choice in furthering your Japanese studies. This website, is a gigantic aid and resource.
Secondly, you are also more the wise for choosing to learn Japanese at your age. I constantly wish that I’d decided to start my Japanese studies at a younger age.We\come.
SinisterT.Yeah! How did I forget that. I wish I’d started around age 8-12. I didn’t start learning Japanese until I was about 24. And once I took one class I stopped working on my Japanese. I did have the benefit of making a Japanese friend in college though, so I learned a little more from him than I did in my class.
Now I’m 27 (28 on June 20th), and I regret that I didn’t continue my studies before now. I could have been nearly – if not completely – fluent by now. Just remember to stay motivated, and any time you need a kick in the rear just post in the forums and we’ll motivate you.
I second that notion. Bwahahahaha. Seriously, I’m just glad that I knew I wanted to become fluent in Japanese before I picked a major for school. Now I’m working on a BA, raking in the kanji and getting it DONE! Just keep at it!
Welcome to TextFugu, Armando!
You are already bilingual and at such a young age as well! You could become trilingual in a few years if you really kept at Japanese, which I think would give you a huge advantage in future careers, considering your age.
Good luck learning Japanese!
P.S. I hope you become an active member on the forums – so far I’ve been the youngest active member, haha. :( I’m 14 now and I started learning when I was about 12 years old, although I haven’t really paid much attention until a few months ago.
Armando – Like the others, I think it’s awesome that you’re learning a third language at your age. If you keep it up, you’ll be fluent by the time you’re finished with school!
Good luck with your studies!
~CassandraWelcome to Textfugu, Armando.
You will hear from so many adults, including me, “I wish I had learnt Japanese at your age”. We are all ‘oldies’ (I am 30 years old) and it isn’t a cliche that we all say the same. It is so important to learn a language and it is awesome that you have made a commitment to better your language skills. I salute you!
You’ll find loads of helpful people here in the forums, so any problems, just ask.
Sorry to go off topic, but I have a question @Winter… Do you plan on taking GCSE Japanese? Can you? I just wondered. My friend’s sister self studied/had a weekly tutor and took GCSE Italian when she was in Year 10 and got an A*. She’s just finished her GCSEs and took German at school and is pretty sure she did enough for a B/C. Maybe the school system isn’t great at teaching languages, eh?
Anyway, good luck with your studies, Armando.
Emma ^-^@Emma, I’m pretty sure I will be taking GCSE Japanese, although not via the School. The School is aware of my Japanese learning studies. Actually, I was one of the few Year 9 students who was highly suggested to take the English Laureate course (or whatever it’s called) so I have a better chance of getting into college and I was required to take a language and a humanities but the language requirement has been dropped because of my Japanese studies outside of School.
I meet a Japanese tutor once a week (except during School holidays and the Summer holidays) for one hour and she has Japanese GCSE papers so I will most likely be doing the same as your friends sister. However, apparently one of the requirements for taking the Japanese GCSE is knowing 600 kanji and (I’m not completely sure on this) but my Japanese should be somewhat near a 6th graders level and my Japanese at the moment is a 2nd graders level (going by the Japanese School years) so if I meet the requirements by working hard then I should be taking it. :)Well good luck to both Armando and Winter with your studying.
Qualifications are important but what you’ll get from studying Japanese (as well as any language) will benefit you long after you’ve received your official ‘piece of paper’ ;-P
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