Learning Japanese...

[Hiro]

Wasn't sure where to post this so yeah. Move if you have to :)

I have recently had an intrest in the Japanese language, well it sort of sparked around a year ago.
So I was wondering if any of the fellow HabboxForum'ers knew of any decent books/tapes/sites etc, to get me started <3

All replies will be helpful.

Thanks :)


Edit: All I know how to say atm is: The fish is red. (Sakana wa akai desu). >.<

[Nemo]

i always wanted to learn japanese, MUSHI MUSHI! it'd be so much easier to watch anime aswell :P

[Neversoft]

Ahh, fellow Japanese lover! Chiwassu! :D I know a few Japanese phrases and words, I could tell you if you want but the websites below should be more than enough. Watching Japanese anime also really helps :P, but if you're not iunto that kinda stuff just use these.

http://www.cnfj.navy.mil/phrases.html
http://www.flame.org/~calger/animedict.html
http://learno.com/learno_jsp_includes/LearnoIncludeQuestion.jsp?id=45747&jump_to=question_0#question_0
http://www.eldonline.com/japanese-lessons/jlesson1.html

An English > Japanese dictionary will also help a lot.

[Hiro]

i always wanted to learn japanese, MUSHI MUSHI! it'd be so much easier to watch anime aswell :P

I never took much interest in anime >.<
But if it helps, I will probably get some videos to watch, to get me on the right track :)


Ahh, fellow Japanese lover! Chiwassu! :D I know a few Japanese phrases and words, I could tell you if you want but the websites below should be more than enough. Watching Japanese anime really helps :P, but if you're not into that kidna stuff you can always use these...

http://www.cnfj.navy.mil/phrases.html
http://www.flame.org/~calger/animedict.html
http://learno.com/learno_jsp_includes/LearnoIncludeQuestion.jsp?id=45747&jump_to=question_0#question_0
http://www.eldonline.com/japanese-lessons/jlesson1.html

An English > Japanese dictionary will also help a lot.

Oooo. +rep for that. Thanks!

[Nemo]

ive watched like 125 episodes of anime and right now all i know is mushi mushi and as far as i know, that means hi xD

[Neversoft]

i always wanted to learn japanese, MUSHI MUSHI! it'd be so much easier to watch anime aswell :P


ive watched like 125 episodes of anime and right now all i know is mushi mushi and as far as i know, that means hi xD


Pfft, you're a disgrace!

It's moshi moshi, not mushi mushi! People will think you're on about mushi peas! Anyway, moshi moshi is how you say hello when you answer the phone, konnichiwha is hello otherwise. ;)

[Nemo]

Pfft, you're a disgrace!

It's moshi moshi, not mushi mushi! People will think you're on about mushi peas! Anyway, moshi moshi is how you say hello when you answer the phone, konnichiwha is hello otherwise. ;)
see, i fail, i just read the subtitles plz :P ill just have a look at japanese dictionary and now i know how to spell =] Moshi moshi! Konichiwa :P

[alexxxxx]

get lessons.

you can request them at school.

[Hiro]

;3899053']get lessons.

you can request them at school.

Not at my school/college :(
They'd probably just stare at you and be like "wth?".

[Galaxay1]

Heh good luck with it ;)

[Neversoft]

I never took much interest in anime >.<
But if it helps, I will probably get some videos to watch, to get me on the right track :)



Oooo. +rep for that. Thanks!

Thank you. :D

Here is some ones that are not on the sites anyway...

Chiwassu is a Japanese greeting you say to greet someone you're really involved with, but I just say chiwassu to everyone because it's cool, but that is how you would greet your wife/husband or girlfriend/boyfriend. You could possibly greet your best friends by saying chiwassu aswell, I'm not too sure.

Adding -san to someones name is the equivalent of Mr., Mrs. or Miss. So if you call me Chris-san, that would be Mr. Chris.

Adding -chan, -kun, -sama or -dono to the end of somones name means you really respect them. You honor them. They are honorific titles. -Kun is an informal honorific title and is mostly used towards boys.

If you were in a Japanese school and you wanted to call your teacher you'd say Sensai. Or add sensai to the end of their name. So if your teacher was called Bob, you'd say Bob-Sensai. Sansai basically means master/teacher.

You would call someone older then you in school, college, work, or in any academic organization a senpai. Or you could add senpai to the end of their name. So I would be Chris-senpai. It basically means senior or superior.

As I already said, if you answer the phone in Japan you wouldn't say hello by say Konnichiwha, you'd say Moshi Moshi.

Onii-chan means older brother.
Onee-chan means older sister.

A Kohai is a person that would do tasks for a senpai.

Sumimasen can mean sorry, excuse me, please and thank you.

Gomennasai means sorry and is prenounced gom-men-a-sigh.

I think thats all I know that isnt covered by the websites I gave you. Good luck! :D


see, i fail, i just read the subtitles plz :P ill just have a look at japanese dictionary and now i know how to spell =] Moshi moshi! Konichiwa :P

Konnichiwa has two n's!

[Nemo]

Thank you. :D

Here is some ones that are not on the sites anyway...

Chiwassu is a Japanese greeting you say to greet someone you're really involved with, but I just say chiwassu to everyone because it's cool.

Adding -san to someones name is the equivalent of Mr., Mrs. or Miss. So if you call me Chris-san, that would be Mr. Chris.

Adding -chan, -kun, -sama or -dono to the end of somones name means you really respect them. You honor them. They are honorific titles. -Kun is an informal honorific title and is mostly used towards males.

If you were in a Japanese school and you wanted to call your teacher you'd say Sensai. Or add sensai to the end of their name. So if your teacher was called Bob, you'd say Bob-Sensai. Sansai basically means master/teacher.

If you are friend with someone older then you in school, college, work, or in any academic organization you would add senpai to the end of their name. So I would be Chris-senpai. Or you can just call them senpai. So it means senior or superior really.

As I already said, if you answer the phone in Japan you wouldn't say hello by say Konnichiwha, you'd say Moshi Moshi.

Onii-chan mean older brother.
Onee-chan means older sister.

A Kohai is a person that would do tasks for a senpai.

Sumimasen can mean Sorry, excuse me, please and thank you.

Gomennasai means sorry and is prenounced gom-men-a-sigh.

I think thats all I know that isnt covered by the websites I gave you.
aha very helpful, im gonna start off with basic greetings etc. practice it tomorrow >;]

[Neversoft]

Only reason I know so much is because I watch a lot of Japanese anime. :P

[Hiro]

Wow! Thanks, once again :D