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Yomi posted...

Eevee-Trainer posted...

Granted those knowing Korean might have a harder time with it but IIRC Japanese is kanji is derived from Chinese ... hanzi, I think it's called? whatever they call the characters ... so it'd be a bit easier for them.

Japanese and Korean have more in common with each other than with Chinese languages. All three of them use Chinese characters although Korean doesn't use them nearly as much, knowing them is a huge bonus when it comes to learning the root of words.

They're called hanzi in Chinese, kanji in Japanese and hanja in Korean.

Ahhh, I see, thanks for that.
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I speak Mandarin Chinese. It's not very helpful most of the time.
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Just don't call them ”kata and hira” in class...
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It was funny too. She had us rise and practice bowing too (like our respective sexes).... men with hands clasped behind, women in the front, and the three angles involved.

She jumped straight into it. I just bought my book and I actually have good feeling for this. I actually still remember the Kittekudasai, Mittekudasai, and Yondekudasai thing. She was like "These are three commands you'll be hearing me say each class, and when you leave, I want you to say "Shitsuri shimasu"

It's so.... awkward after being in and now out of a Japanese "weeb" phase, but it's kind of rad because it's just such a different language than English. Not only in wording and character, but honorifics and all.
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Wo bu xihuan shuo engwen.
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*Wins battle*
Yatta!
~Agumon roars~
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Simon_Petrikov posted...

*Wins battle*
Yatta!
~Agumon roars~

Love. Don't care. Love.

God, what a great, great game.
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Coffeebeanz posted...

Wo bu xihuan shuo engwen.

*yingwen
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