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| How good is your Japanese? |
| I can read and translate War and Peace |
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13% |
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| It's good, but I haven't mastered all the kanji |
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17% |
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| Roughly average speaking, reading and writing |
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20% |
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| I can speak a little but not write or read |
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17% |
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| Konnichi wa, Sayonarra, Sushi, Eikaiwa, Gaijin! |
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24% |
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| I just point at stuff and grunt. |
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6% |
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Precise
Joined: 23 Mar 2007
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 Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:35 am Post subject: How good is your Japanese? |
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TokyoLiz
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Posts: 1548
Location: Tokyo, Japan
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 2:06 am Post subject: Listening Speaking Reading Writing Streams |
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| Ah, speaking a language and being literate in it are two different things...I can discuss Japanese literature in Japanese, but I couldn't fluently read a critical text about it... |
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europe2seoul
Joined: 30 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:40 am Post subject: Re: Listening Speaking Reading Writing Streams |
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Zeeeroo....and I do not see that improving much. Gotta work & at home I am tired to study...wanna read some newspapers instead to see what's going on in the world.
So woted for: "I just point at stuff and grunt".
I guess I gotta find some good reason in terms of japanese female to learn for.  |
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jademonkey
Joined: 30 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:36 am Post subject: |
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| I speak Japanese better than Jet Li speaks English, which is to say, not particualry well. |
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Precise
Joined: 23 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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| I speak Japanese better than Jet Li speaks English, which is to say, not particualry well. |
Do you speak Japanese better than Jackie Chan speaks English? |
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jademonkey
Joined: 30 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Precise wrote: |
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| I speak Japanese better than Jet Li speaks English, which is to say, not particualry well. |
Do you speak Japanese better than Jackie Chan speaks English? |
Ooh...I think so. I met Jackie Chan once, when he came to Melbourne, he visited my humble shop. Yay! |
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Precise
Joined: 23 Mar 2007
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| That's awesome. I love JC. |
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Perpetual Traveller
Joined: 29 Aug 2005
Posts: 651
Location: In the Kak, Japan
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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26 words, not counting numbers and with some strange horse riding vocabulary thrown in. 
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Precise
Joined: 23 Mar 2007
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| Perpetual Traveller wrote: |
26 words, not counting numbers and with some strange horse riding vocabulary thrown in.
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I like your site (link in your signature). It looks like you have a lot of fun in Japan and travel a lot. How do you manage to save? |
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DNK
Joined: 22 Jan 2007
Posts: 236
Location: the South
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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konnichiwa, konbanwa, ohayo gozaimos, onegai shimasu, ja arimasen, eiga, eigakan, ichi - ju-ichi, kara, made, desu, ka, ne, inu, hanbaga (and anything else originally English), to, o, no, wa, ii tenki, iya-na tenki, samui, atsui, ashita, gogo, koyo, iie, hai, -san, -chan, -ji, nan-ji, han, asa, mo onegai (I think that's a phrase), irraishaimase (something like that), ima, gaijin, nihon/nippon, kissaten, and a few others. That was fun review.
I used to know katakana and hiragana, but have since forgotten it. I'm more focused on speaking right now anyway. Speaking of which, I should practice some more... |
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Precise
Joined: 23 Mar 2007
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| Hai DNK-san! |
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DNK
Joined: 22 Jan 2007
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Location: the South
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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iie, Puresaisusan!
Edit: trying to remember what got beeped...
Ohhh... tomorrow. I gets it. |
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Precise
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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iie, Puresaisusan!
Edit: trying to remember what got beeped...
Ohhh... tomorrow. I gets it. |
Lol. I like it!
Hey I know Japanese have trouble with Rs and Ls. My name is Ronald, how would you pronounce that in Japanese?  |
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Perpetual Traveller
Joined: 29 Aug 2005
Posts: 651
Location: In the Kak, Japan
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:36 am Post subject: |
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| Precise wrote: |
| Perpetual Traveller wrote: |
26 words, not counting numbers and with some strange horse riding vocabulary thrown in.
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I like your site (link in your signature). It looks like you have a lot of fun in Japan and travel a lot. How do you manage to save? |
Hey thanks, I try  I did a lot of travel recently when the seishun kippu (cheap JR tickets) were available, so I was able to get around the place for about 1500Y per day. I always stay in youth hostels too so that helps keep costs down. I'm sure it helps that I am in Kansai so there are a lot of really cool things to see and do relatively 'locally'.
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