Language

[chaos]

I was just curious bout the jap language. Is it easy to learn or what? I've decided to go to tafe and always wanted to learn a language and thought japanese would be a good one to learn.

So will it be hard or easy or inbetween i know it would mainly depend on me and weather i will pick it up or not but any help is good.

[Rezz]

Just remember Ben, it's all dependent on your attitude... if you *really* believe you'll benifit personally by learning Japanese, and you won't be afraid to concienciously make mistakes (because you don't know how to say it exactly in Japanese, but want to express yourself), then you're on the right track. My 2c...

[chaos]

Thanks Justin

I would like to visit japan in the future and thought it would be much easier if i spoke the language

[Parag0n]

I'm going to Japan in April, I studied it in High school for 3 years, I know the basics mainly but nothing to advanced

[Rezz]

...but Japanese is damn difficult sometimes. Kanji for me is the most challenging. Of course that means reading is difficult too, but when you do learn something useful, it's soooooooo satisfying.

[akeenan]

im with rezz. if you are interested in it and really want to learn it you will be alright. caution: be prepared to make many mistakes and be prepared for japanese people to look confused and sometimes laugh when you are learning/ speaking with them.

[supahiro27]

Totally, I am 100% with Rezz. I lived in Japan for a while and learnt Nihongo pretty quickly, but that is because I was tough on myself and only hung out with native Japanese speakers and learnt Kanji everyday. Easy to get in the foreigner groove and loose focus, but when you get it going, it is really awesome to be drinking and having a blast with locals.

Be persistent!!!

my 2c

[drift007]

if your in melbourne go to RMIT tafe for a year then go for the scholarship to study here in japan... costs nothing and you learn heaps, thats what i did..

[sidewaymambo]

or..married with a japanese girl......but very pricy...DOH!!

[drift007]

pricy? im married to a japanese girl and the most weve spent so fay is on my car and a plasma tv..... the wedding ceremony is heaps but you dont have to have one.

[sidewaymambo]

  drift007 said:

pricy? im married to a japanese girl and the most weve spent so fay is on my car and a plasma tv.....    the wedding ceremony is heaps but you dont have to have one.

Pricy..I mean not only money..I have been married one for 11 years now, I paid my freedom for that..so..it's pricy.. :Oops:

[drift007]

well i cant argue with that....

[Bakadesu!]

  Rezz said:

...and you won't be afraid to concienciously make mistakes

Damn right. I ain't never saying atashi again. :Oops:

Bokubokubokuboku...

[rusty666]

yep im learning japanese now in yr 11, i love it cause i enjoy it if u dont u've got f**k all chance . its not a nesessity to learn kanji. you can spend a life time learnin it. learn hiragana. 46 basic characters super easy.i also plan to go to japan after hsc so can any body suggest the major cities for car activity, underground and workshop.

[akeenan]

you need to learn more than hiragana .... , at least learn katakana too

[d0p3y]

I want to learn Japanese but it seems TAFE doesn't have any courses for it - only Canontese and Greek it appears

I'll have to investigate more I think as I'm keen to learn some Japanese.

[sidewaymambo]

  d0p3y said:

I want to learn Japanese but it seems TAFE doesn't have any courses for it - only Canontese and Greek it appears

I'll have to investigate more I think as I'm keen to learn some Japanese.

TAFE does provide it..at ultimo and randwick..

[d0p3y]

  sidewaymambo said:

TAFE does provide it..at ultimo and randwick..

Thanks Phil

I'll go check it out sometime soon, fingers crossed its a 2 night per week kind of course, not a full time one..

[sidewaymambo]

It's 2 classes in Ultimo, one in weekday and other on Sat morning, ..and you better make sure you put the application early for next term, the space runs out soon..