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Anime / Re: Teach me Japanese!

« on: October 10, 2011, 02:33:45 pm »

Aho is used mainly by people in the kansai area.

wakaran, shiran, and the like are just colloquial forms of wakaranai (or the more polite wakarimasen)

I suggest learning the common conjugations in japanese first or at the same time as vocabulary. A structured approach will give better results than asking yourself, "what does this mean?" every time you encounter a new "word"

Recommended site for beginner to advanced learners:
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar

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General Discussions / Re: Any recommendations for learning Japanese?

« on: August 31, 2011, 01:05:34 pm »

I agree with Krozam. You need a structured approach to learning the language. If you cannot go to a class, find a textbook. Watching anime helps with pronunciation, but if you plan to use a japanese OS, youre going to have to work hard on kanji and grammar.

Hmm, I'm probably not nearly the best at identifying characters, but with Windows 7, it all looked like Katakana to me

Well a lot of it is katakana for stuff like "computer" and "uninstall" but trust me, theres a LOT of kanji. And you wont be able to touch a lot of the settings if you dont know any kanji. I'm using Japanese Windows 7.

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General Discussions / Re: Any recommendations for learning Japanese?

« on: August 30, 2011, 05:20:38 pm »

I agree with Krozam. You need a structured approach to learning the language. If you cannot go to a class, find a textbook. Watching anime helps with pronunciation, but if you plan to use a japanese OS, youre going to have to work hard on kanji and grammar.

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Anime / Re: The Worst Anime This Season?!

« on: August 04, 2011, 02:29:17 pm »

Kinda hard to say which is the worst if you haven't seen them all. I'm only following 6 anime this season and they're all good so far.