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Does this sentence in Japanese make sense?
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2012/4/7 06:18
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Does this sentence make sense? I am only just starting to learn japanese.
私は日本の文化が好きで、日本語を勉強します。
If not, please tell me how to write it so that it does! Thank you
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by Jade Minor (guest)
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Re: Does this sentence in Japanese make sense?
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2012/4/7 21:32
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Grammer is OK. But if you want to emphasize that now you are or have been studying Japanese, I would say '勉強しています' rather than 勉強します, otherwise 勉強したいです is fine as well. It sounds more natural Japanese.
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by Jay Key (guest)
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2012/4/9 05:33
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Search Tae Kims Guide to Japanese, it's pretty good for grammar. And Nihongo o Narau is good for things like vocab. Nihongo dekimasu has lots of free downloads of books and software. And https://www.erin.ne.jp/en/ is really good for when u get the basics down. It's good for listening and reading comprehension. Japanese is a bit hard to grasp at first but it gets way easier once you get the basics of grammar down pat. I'm not very good yet but I can have a simple conversation and I haven't been learning for long. It's the grammar that's the hardest (and the kanji) Hope I helped!
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by Jade Minor (guest)
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2012/4/9 18:57
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Hei, thank you, i have picked up words like Arigato and doumo but its the japanese characters that confuse me, you know what i mean maybe,
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by wanderingminstrel49
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2012/4/9 20:06
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wandering minstrel49,
I don't know where you picked it up, but: 起立!礼! Kiritsu! Rei!
...is a phrase often used in Japanese schools for the head teacher (or the student representative) to say to an auditorium full of students: "All rise! Bow!"
I assume you are a beginner learner of the Japanese language - you will need to start either with the "kana" (phonetic) writing, or "romaji" (romanized Japanese writing), and then gradually learn the "kanji" (characters with meanings). Enjoy learning!
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by AK
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2012/4/9 21:20
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wanderingminstrel49
I definitely agree with AK on this one, aside from one part. I absolutely do not recommend using romaji to learn japanese unless you only want to speak. I started that way, and once I decided I wanted to learn written language as well, it was twice as hard as it should have been.
When you learn with romaji, I find you use it as a crutch.
And anyways, wouldnt it feel much more rewarding to start your language learning process by being able to read kana? I know I was darn proud when I was able to read a whole sentence NOT in romaji.
Just something to think over :) But if you DO only want to learn spoken Japanese, then Im sure using romaji wont hurt you, but I still wouldn't recommend it.
Lucky learning!
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