Anyone else take Japanese?!

[x_Thrice_x]

So I've got a Japanese test today, I don't know why I took it. It's a shitload of material to cover and it's relatively hard... the basics of the language, like structure in terms of verbs, nouns and adjectives are pretty simple, but learning Hiragana (which happens to be the most basic form of writing in Japanese), is proving to be harder than I thought.

[lucky_krystle]

ummmm... no. my school recommended i take japanese for my major but i told them to go to hell.

[Shatter590]

Hai.

It seems very intimidating, but it wasn't for me. And Hiragana is easy as hell, it's mostly rote memorization, but it's a small alphabet. Katakana looks almost the same, so no worries there.

If you can get it, try to find Japanese for busy people. it helps out a lot.

[weezer182]

ummmm... no. my school recommended i take japanese for my major but i told them to go to hell.what is your major?

[blankster07]

i wish i could speak japanese and chinese... heck i wish i could speak all languages... then you could call me Polyglot Eric.

[StartingLine182]

ummmm... no. my school recommended i take japanese for my major but i told them to go to hell.


Haha why would they want you to take Japanese?

[Mercy Medical]

Haha, kind of late to come to this thread, but I took it. It was like four years ago though and my 2nd year teacher sucked so I forgot a lot of stuff, I remember the alphabets pretty well still though, I think.

[Carlo Marx]

i took it for two semesters. i aced it both times, but only by expending way more effort than i wanted to. i don't plan on ever taking it again.

[ThexQuietxCull]

anyone know of a way to learn it easy without taking it as a class?? engineering takes up all my time

[somethingyellow]

seems really hard

[ghostyouare]

I played a lot of warcraft so I'm pretty fluent in Chinese, korean and Japanese.

[kimbeylee]

Hey, yeah, I'm a little late for this, but yeah. I'm a dumb ass newbie, too, so, whatever.

I'm in my 4th semester of Japanese, so I can kinda help some things, but, probably not at all. I think I get good grades because I can really look like I try, even why I don't at all.

[pinkjinx87]

No clue..I took French in High School. Sucked at that, so I know I would suck at Japanese.Heh I have a japanese friend tho.

[weezer182]

I played a lot of warcraft so I'm pretty fluent in Chinese, korean and Japanese.hahaha

[weezer182]

Hey, yeah, I'm a little late for this, but yeah. I'm a dumb ass newbie, too, so, whatever.

I'm in my 4th semester of Japanese, so I can kinda help some things, but, probably not at all. I think I get good grades because I can really look like I try, even why I don't at all.my girlfriend is thinking about taking it. how tough is it?

[kimbeylee]

my girlfriend is thinking about taking it. how tough is it?

It can be obnoxiously hard. I have a great professor, so that helps. Grammar wise it isn't incredibly complicated, there's just some really wierd things about it. The only really hard thing is the words are not going to sound like anything she's used to. And the alphabets are pure memorization.

I guess if it's something she's interested in and she's willing to really study it, then she should do fine. I hoped I helped somewhat . . .

[weezer182]

It can be obnoxiously hard. I have a great professor, so that helps. Grammar wise it isn't incredibly complicated, there's just some really wierd things about it. The only really hard thing is the words are not going to sound like anything she's used to. And the alphabets are pure memorization.

I guess if it's something she's interested in and she's willing to really study it, then she should do fine. I hoped I helped somewhat . . .yea i always thought it would be a difficult language to learn

[JunkBondTrader]

ummmm... no. my school recommended i take japanese for my major but i told them to go to hell.
is your major japanese hahahaha?

[de la sympathie]

Hiragana is easy to learn. And once you've got that down then learning katakana should be a breeze.

[laryssa]

I heard on the news the other day that Japanese is easier for dyslexic people to learn, since it's symbol based?

[Jentheoptimist]

Anyone else take Japanese?!
I'm like "Bitch, I don't need to know how to speak"

[InochiSagashi]

Super late, but I'm Japanese and if anyone needs help with something, feel free to PM or IM or something.