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Hi Szilard,
Welcome to the site. WOW your Japanese is really advanced. And your English is great too. Good luck with your studies… I don’t even know what transitive and intrasitive verbs are yet! But I’m sure I’ll find out soon enough :-P
Take care,
EmmaHi Lanie,
Welcome to the site, also. Hope you get accepted onto the JET program… what a motivation to learn the language. eh? I’m hoping to get a year long Working Holiday Visa and really want to have a grasp on Japanese by the time I go.
Good luck with your studies… I share your excitment :-P
Emma ^-^Hiya there!
Welcome to Textfugu. My name’s Emma, from the UK too… Liverpool (but don’t judge me :-P) I’m new to the forums and loving the site.
Oh, go on… give me at least one reason why you’re learning Japanese…
Good luck with your studies,
Take it easy ^-^@Winter ~ Ahhh, so you’re a Yorkshire lass! Yeah, went to Knowsley Safari Park years ago. Tried to monkey-proof my car by taking the windscreen wipers and aerial off in advance and strapping on my number plate with extra cable ties. Thought I was being rather clever but came out with a broken side mirror. Doh! Didn’t go after that cos I had a nicer car!!!
How are your studies going? It’s so nice to be welcomed by such nice people, thank you for your hospitlaity ^-^@Cassandra ~ I’ve lived/worked in a few places now… was a year on a little island called Koh Tao off Thailand. I work as a Scuba Instructor and the island’s a great place for backpackers to learn. Unfortunately, there was so many Europeans, Ozzies, Canadians, Americans, etc that the ‘default’ language was English so didn’t get to learn much Thai (and most of that I’ve forgotten now!)
Then went over to Central America 2009/10. Worked on Utila (off main land Honduras) and most people spoke a weird Caribbean English there. Place where I picked up the most of a language was working in Costa Rica, after that… locals are amazing friendly in the area I worked (Guanacaste) and although people would generally want to speak to me in English, to help improve their communication, once I made it clear that I wanted to speak Spanish they really helped me along (although were often a bit too polite to correct me when my grammar sucked)
Hey snap! My race is on the 12th June too. 5k is a nice distance. You’ll love the race atmosphere… the marshalls are great at encouraging runners and it’s a boost if your family are cheering you on too, such a buzz. Good luck with that. I’m hoping for a 52min 10k which will put me on track for the start of marathon training *gulp*
I agree, self-study is very hard. I’ve thought about starting structured private tuition, but wonder if it would be worth the extra money. Let’s see if I can get my act together this time! Shame your husband isn’t as good at studying as you… does he help you with your conversational skills? It would be awesome if you got the chance to work over in Japan for a while… you HAVE to get your passport sorted! :-D Travel is very addictive… and not a bad addiction at that!
Take care
Emma ^-^Hi Cassandra,
Thank you for your warm greeting. Well, I’d agree with you that Japanese IS such a beautiful language. As a kid I watched English dubbed versions of Studio Ghibli films and was obsessed with Kimba the white lion! When I found out that they were originally Japanese (when I was much older) it kinda progressed from there. I now really like Asian Cinema, especially Miike Takashi’s films. The culture fascinates me too… so many different customs that it seems strangely alien…
But why Japanese over other languages?… I’ve lived in other countries and have managed to pick up some very rudimentary language skills, although prior knowledge would have been beneficial, it wasn’t really necessary (sorry if that makes me look a terrible tourist, I’m nice, honest!!!) However, I think because Japan is such alien territory for us ‘gaijin’ I think a decent working knowledge would really enhance my time there (cos I always knew I wanted to go, just not when) I want to be able to ask questions and find out about stuff and not rely on other people speaking English.
How about you? How long have you been studying and what was your motivation?
I haven’t run the marathon yet, it’s not until October but I wanted to start training early cos I think it’s going to be a once-in-a-lifetime thing, so I’m going to do it properly. I’ve got a 10k race next week for part of my training and that distance is the longest I’ve raced…. so far!
Hope your studies are going productively too,
EmmaHmmm… I counting reading through the forums on this site as semi-studying!
Today I’m reviewing Season One (as I had a bit of a break from it) and writing out all the 1-2 stroke radicals and early kanji into a handy pocket notebook so I can carry it with me for train journey etc.
I’m loving learning Japanese but sometimes feel as though I’m going to be a complete beginner forever…. does it get any better?
Thank you, Winter.
Yeah, I think I need I little bit of luck (and a lot of effort) to get to grips with the Japanese language :-P
Where about’s in the UK are you?
