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Aerith's Knight ^
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Ouch! ^
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Aerith's Knight ^ you can always watch lots of japanese anime shows besides your studying.. words like onii-chan and such i got from FFVII AC in japanese.. i only watch that in japanese.. and i learn more every time
You learn to pick out single words and phrases that are almost useless without context. Watching anime will not teach you the language no matter how much you wish to believe.
read before flaming jackass.. and watching the language being used helps you understand how its spoken, ever tried to learn a language from only a book?
He wasn't flaming. It is true, in Japanese, as with most languages, you need context. I picked up random words because of anime (a few adjective and adverbs here and there) and it does give you an understanding of how certain things are used. So it can be a good
compliment to learning the language, but the same can be said about watching French shows when learning French. The only thing about anime is that often they use the casual form. You do not want to be talking to strangers while using the casual form, unless you want to be rude, very rude at that.
EDIT: If you want to learn how to read-write Japanese, I'd also suggest investing in a good kanji book. Make sure it shows the kun and on readings as well as the stroke orders (also the handwritten version as well). Just a suggestion though. That way you can practise a few until you learn them.
12-27-2007, 02:39 AM
