LogFAQs > #922395278

These grammar are fucking melting my mind, especially the context related stuff.

For example the kanji
So when describing nationality is read but when using adjective is read as

= i am japanese / watashi wa nihonjin desu

And

= you are pretty/beautiful / anata wa kirei na hito desu.

It is NOT that confusing so far, especially compared to some of the more advanced english. Both English and my native tongue (indonesian) is already pretty different, and japanese is also a different beast altogether, so when reading a japanese text, i process them both interchangeably either in english or indonesian. I am fluent enough in english to process it internaly (aka i dont have to translate an english texts or voices to indonesian) but learning a third languange while being bilingual is really fascinating. It is doing funny stuff to your head. On one side, you can try to translate the new languange into either of the languange you know, and which one fits well, i use that language to process the japanese text.

I guess i went trough this process when i was learning english, but i started at fairly young age so the experience kinda eluded me and at the time i only know indonesian so the exchange between both languange are linear instead of a triangle.

Oh yeah, other mindfuckery i have is basically the process of translating the text into romaji.

When you still can't process the non roman alphabet, you basically have to go extra steps.

Kanji > hira/kata > romaji > english/indonesian > meaning.

But yeah i really enjoy the mental exercise. Aside from work stuff (which only involve memorizing flow, item names, price, etc),and maybe learning a video game rules this is the most i have flexed my brain and it is fun.
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