Japanese FS Forum!

chiyori wrote:

I just registered!! Maybe that'll motivate me to get my japanese books out of their boxes! I haven't touched them in years, relying solely on Batsuchan and you guys But anyway, I could speak (not very fluent but whatever... ) but reading is another thing. I think I only learned about 100 kanji, all of which I forgot by now.

J'ai du pain sur la planche!!

Oui mais c'est pas horrible, tu peux parler anglais et français et quand vous avez appris un langue c'est plus facil a apprender un autre

(J'imagine que mon francais est terrible non?)

Figure_skating_love wrote:

chiyori wrote:

I just registered!! Maybe that'll motivate me to get my japanese books out of their boxes! I haven't touched them in years, relying solely on Batsuchan and you guys But anyway, I could speak (not very fluent but whatever... ) but reading is another thing. I think I only learned about 100 kanji, all of which I forgot by now.

J'ai du pain sur la planche!!

Oui mais c'est pas horrible, tu peux parler anglais et français et quand vous avez appris un langue c'est plus facil a apprender un autre

(J'imagine que mon francais est terrible non?)

Il est très bien ton français! And we can now add you to the ever growing list of people on this forum who speak French!

Spacey, you sound a lot better than me!! I'll try my best, though I might end up not posting very often

Thank you for the encouragement Potato (I hope you don't mind me using that name... we haven't really talked but it's just too cute to resist!) I've been trying to motivate myself for a while now but I just can't find the time to open my books. Anyway, your forum idea is a fantastic one and I'm glad you already have lots of new members!

chiyori wrote:

Il est très bien ton français! And we can now add you to the ever growing list of people on this forum who speak French!

Ça me fait plaisir! Je sais que Yunamao et bibi parlent le aussi!

This is really quite a diverse forum, another one of the reasons i feel comfortable here!

Could you stop speaking French, please? I'm getting envious. ¬¬

alyssa wrote:

Could you stop speaking French, please? I'm getting envious. ¬¬

Aww I'm sorry!

*hugs*

I'm still envious of your avatar!

Figure_skating_love wrote:

alyssa wrote:

Could you stop speaking French, please? I'm getting envious. ¬¬

Aww I'm sorry!

*hugs*

I'm still envious of your avatar!

Don't be. Yours is so cute.

I'll join but I think I'll need google to translate for me

Spacey wrote:

I am useless with Kanji.

I feel your pain

Yippee! A forum in Japanese!

Now, that's the kind of practice I've been looking for.

I can't write much (if at all) but hopefully it will improve soon.

Thanks, PP!

Off to join...

Hey, guys! Thank you all again for becoming members in the Japanese forum! I can imagine easily how miserable it must've been with so few members, if all of you hadn't been so nice to join in! Because of all of you here, I think we're having a pretty good start. And it feels already comfy there cause you guys are there! Thanks a million!

Btw.......I just found out a few minutes ago there that kawaiimao is a very good Japanese user!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She posted a newbie message there, in PERFECT! And I mean, PUUUURFECT! Japanese! She even used kanji symbols without any mistakes at all! My god, kawaiimao! How many languages do you speak? I'm guessing at least 3!
You are maginificent!

And all this time I thought you only had talent in carving people out of potatoes!

PochinkoPotanko wrote:

Hey, guys! Thank you all again for becoming members in the Japanese forum! I can imagine easily how miserable it must've been with so few members, if all of you hadn't been so nice to join in! Because of all of you here, I think we're having a pretty good start. And it feels already comfy there cause you guys are there! Thanks a million!:

Great forum and thanks to PochinkoPotanko's effort.
I joined the forum few days ago and it will be a good platform for me to support Mao and at the same time able to improve my Japanese language.

I wanted to introduce myself on the Newbies column, but still struggling with what and how to write.

PochinkoPotanko wrote:

Btw.......I just found out a few minutes ago there that kawaiimao is a very good Japanese user!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She posted a newbie message there, in PERFECT! And I mean, PUUUURFECT! Japanese! She even used kanji symbols without any mistakes at all! My god, kawaiimao! How many languages do you speak? I'm guessing at least 3!
You are maginificent!

And all this time I thought you only had talent in carving people out of potatoes!

Thank you...
Well, it took me ages write it!

I only speak English quite fluently (besides Czech of course), the other languages - Japanese and French are still rather a passive knowledge level but I want to start working hard on both soon.

Unfortunately, I think I won't be able to post for a while as I can't afford to spend half a day composing a single message when I need to study for my state exam, but once I'm over with this I'll be back!

That forum is something I've been dreaming of for a long time!

Canness wrote:

I wanted to introduce myself on the Newbies column, but still struggling with what and how to write.

Canness, you can write the same stuff you wrote in the newbies thread here. That you live in Nagoya right now, how you got to know Mao etc....Everybody's gonna love hearing that from you. You've been in Japan for quite some time now, so you must know how we all love it when folks from other countries love our skaters!

I think our Japanese forum really is turning out great. And one of the reasons is because it already has an international atomosphere! Who would ever have imagined that a Japanese forum would have so many members from all over the world in just a few days? I am already so proud of it! Having all of you there just shows how much Mao and Dai and Miki and all the other Japanese skaters are being appreciated, I am more than sure all the Japanese members there are very moved.

kawaiimao...you can speak French too!? How can you master languages that much in one lifetime? Plus not all of them originate in Latin do they? Is Czech Latin based? But surely Japanese isn't! That's why I'm so impressed. Most Asian languages are totally different from European languages, the grammer, the symbols...everything! I may have to call you 'Sensei' from now on!

Anyway, thank you both for becoming a member!
Hope to see you around there sometimes!

kawaiimao wrote:

PochinkoPotanko wrote:

Btw.......I just found out a few minutes ago there that kawaiimao is a very good Japanese user!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She posted a newbie message there, in PERFECT! And I mean, PUUUURFECT! Japanese! She even used kanji symbols without any mistakes at all! My god, kawaiimao! How many languages do you speak? I'm guessing at least 3!
You are maginificent!

And all this time I thought you only had talent in carving people out of potatoes!

Thank you...
Well, it took me ages write it!

I only speak English quite fluently (besides Czech of course), the other languages - Japanese and French are still rather a passive knowledge level but I want to start working hard on both soon.

Unfortunately, I think I won't be able to post for a while as I can't afford to spend half a day composing a single message when I need to study for my state exam, but once I'm over with this I'll be back!

That forum is something I've been dreaming of for a long time!

I just saw what Pochi was talking about and she is right! You certainly put my Japanese to shame! You are amazing! Good Luck with your exam!

Pochi you've got so many new members in such a short amount of time! I'm sure once the season starts, your forum will be crowded with all sorts of people. Pochi and Hanatsuki are doing a gret job. I wish I could help more but I get very nervous. I've resorted to posting in emoticons! I can laugh at myself for my mistakes but I do not want to offend anyone.

PochinkoPotanko wrote:

kawaiimao...you can speak French too!?

Not much, really. I can read it quite well but it would be very difficult for me to express myself.

PochinkoPotanko wrote:

How can you master languages that much in one lifetime? Plus not all of them originate in Latin do they? Is Czech Latin based? But surely Japanese isn't! That's why I'm so impressed. Most Asian languages are totally different from European languages, the grammer, the symbols...everything! I may have to call you 'Sensei' from now on!

Czech is a Slavic language like Slovak, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian etc.
I learn languages because I'm pretty much useless at anything else!
And because I have a Japanese friend who is crazy enough to speak Czech, English, German and Hungarian! So, we kind of push each other to learn even more.

Btw, there are many multilinguals in this forum who speak more languages and at a much higher level than I do, so it's always a great inspiration for me to meet people like that!
I also really admire your English, PochiPota!

Thanks for wishing me good luck, Spacey!

PochinkoPotanko wrote:

kawaiimao...you can speak French too!? How can you master languages that much in one lifetime? Plus not all of them originate in Latin do they? Is Czech Latin based? But surely Japanese isn't! That's why I'm so impressed. Most Asian languages are totally different from European languages, the grammer, the symbols...everything! I may have to call you 'Sensei' from now on!

I think Latin languages are way more difficult than English and Japanese. At least Portuguese and Spanish suck sometimes. No idea about Slavic ones, though.

I love languages too, and I want to add Japanese and French to my repertory.

alyssa wrote:

PochinkoPotanko wrote:

kawaiimao...you can speak French too!? How can you master languages that much in one lifetime? Plus not all of them originate in Latin do they? Is Czech Latin based? But surely Japanese isn't! That's why I'm so impressed. Most Asian languages are totally different from European languages, the grammer, the symbols...everything! I may have to call you 'Sensei' from now on!

I think Latin languages are way more difficult than English and Japanese. At least Portuguese and Spanish suck sometimes. No idea about Slavic ones, though.

I love languages too, and I want to add Japanese and French to my repertory.

I can tell you they're one of the hardest languages

polosatik wrote:

alyssa wrote:

PochinkoPotanko wrote:

kawaiimao...you can speak French too!? How can you master languages that much in one lifetime? Plus not all of them originate in Latin do they? Is Czech Latin based? But surely Japanese isn't! That's why I'm so impressed. Most Asian languages are totally different from European languages, the grammer, the symbols...everything! I may have to call you 'Sensei' from now on!

I think Latin languages are way more difficult than English and Japanese. At least Portuguese and Spanish suck sometimes. No idea about Slavic ones, though.

I love languages too, and I want to add Japanese and French to my repertory.

I can tell you they're one of the hardest languages

I can imagine. All those characters...
Do you learn Roman alphabet since you're kids at school?

alyssa wrote:

polosatik wrote:

alyssa wrote:

PochinkoPotanko wrote:

kawaiimao...you can speak French too!? How can you master languages that much in one lifetime? Plus not all of them originate in Latin do they? Is Czech Latin based? But surely Japanese isn't! That's why I'm so impressed. Most Asian languages are totally different from European languages, the grammer, the symbols...everything! I may have to call you 'Sensei' from now on!

I think Latin languages are way more difficult than English and Japanese. At least Portuguese and Spanish suck sometimes. No idea about Slavic ones, though.

I love languages too, and I want to add Japanese and French to my repertory.

I can tell you they're one of the hardest languages

I can imagine. All those characters...
Do you learn Roman alphabet since you're kids at school?

Yes, and even more earlier.

polosatik wrote:

alyssa wrote:

polosatik wrote:

alyssa wrote:

PochinkoPotanko wrote:

kawaiimao...you can speak French too!? How can you master languages that much in one lifetime? Plus not all of them originate in Latin do they? Is Czech Latin based? But surely Japanese isn't! That's why I'm so impressed. Most Asian languages are totally different from European languages, the grammer, the symbols...everything! I may have to call you 'Sensei' from now on!

I think Latin languages are way more difficult than English and Japanese. At least Portuguese and Spanish suck sometimes. No idea about Slavic ones, though.

I love languages too, and I want to add Japanese and French to my repertory.

I can tell you they're one of the hardest languages

I can imagine. All those characters...
Do you learn Roman alphabet since you're kids at school?

Yes, and even more earlier.

I felt so uncultured now...

alyssa wrote:

I think Latin languages are way more difficult than English and Japanese. At least Portuguese and Spanish suck sometimes. No idea about Slavic ones, though.

I love languages too, and I want to add Japanese and French to my repertory.

In my experience Japanese is the hardest. I speak Spanish, English and Japanese fluently. I am trilingual and biliterate. Japanese is my nemesis!

Spacey wrote:

alyssa wrote:

I think Latin languages are way more difficult than English and Japanese. At least Portuguese and Spanish suck sometimes. No idea about Slavic ones, though.

I love languages too, and I want to add Japanese and French to my repertory.

In my experience Japanese is the hardest. I speak Spanish, English and Japanese fluently. I am trilingual and biliterate. Japanese is my nemesis!

But what's your 1st language?
Spanish is easy for me, cause it's similar to Portuguese. Japanese sounds easy to speak (not to write, though), at least from what I've heard in anime, dramas, and Mao, of course.

alyssa wrote:

But what's your 1st language?
Spanish is easy for me, cause it's similar to Portuguese. Japanese sounds easy to speak (not to write, though), at least from what I've heard in anime, dramas, and Mao, of course.

Spanish

ETA: But I know what you mean. Japanese probably sounds easy to pronounce if you speak Spanish. Most people can't tell that I am not a native speaker when I speak Japanese. Once in a blue moon people can tell that it is not my native language. With my English most people think that I am American.

Spacey wrote:

alyssa wrote:

But what's your 1st language?
Spanish is easy for me, cause it's similar to Portuguese. Japanese sounds easy to speak (not to write, though), at least from what I've heard in anime, dramas, and Mao, of course.

Spanish

És de España? O America Latina?

I haven't completed my studies, so I say I speak half-Spanish.

Latino America!