Hello everyone!
I’m Mari, 26 years old and from Germany. I joined Textfugu today and already I break Season 1′s rule of
“Don’t tell people you’re learning Japanese!” by posting here ;) But hey, it conflicts with the “Introduce yourself on the forums” task!
Anyway.
I want to learn Japanese because I really admire the country and its culture and people. Also, I believe I do have a knack for learning languages, so wasting that gift would be really stupid. Sadly I only recently came to this realization, so Japanese will be the first language I’ll tackle.
I already learned hiragana and katakana before starting on Textfugu, so I’ll be fast-forwarding through the first parts of Season 1, probably starting with the “Passions” bit. I’m really excited about this and I hope I can acquire a few conversational skills quickly, to use in my upcoming vacation trip to Japan :)