The Japanese Language Study Thread

Apsalar wrote: yay, started reading/watching some of the tutorials, and turned on the Japanese capabilities on my computer. question: does the computer automatically create the Hiragana for you, as in if I type 'nanda' i get なんだ is this correct?

"はい、正しい" is "Yes, it's correct".

おはようございます, アラン ... Good morning Alan ... now in Japan 8AM.

In yours?

DamoXt7942 wrote: Oh anyway, Alan's sig is "Ascii Art", very popular upon a renowned forum in Japan (named "2 Channel").

For kanji you should start with the days of the week Alan, and then numbers. They are all pretty easy, except maybe 曜.

will start out small and simple (it's like going back to early school languages). struggled with some of the tutors on the first sight after the video's ran out; my style of learning is hands on, so I've been scouring through the 'nihongo' site for interactive learning methods 「cute videos are always a winner」

anyway, here we go:
アランさん、職業は　なんですか。私は　アスリートです。

bit at a loss where spaces are supposed to go (not go) or superfluous endings etc., so corrections will be very helpful. 

fwiw, i d/l that suggested Rikaichan add-on, which I've been finding useful for learning kanji. you just run the cursor over the kanji and it will come-up with a caption detailing Hiragana and various definitions.

りくじようきようぎ　or　陸上競技  (in kanji)

あなたの学位の何ですか。

for any of  the Japanese reading this thread would you more commonly say 選手 or アスリート for a sports person? When I've been in Asian (not only Japan) when trying to explain what I do/am here for, they usually look blankly when I say 'athlete' but understand 'player', which in my home country has other meanings, so I always feel a odd broadcasting my promiscuity in describing what I do :P 

Okay, so hiragana chart doesn't show ゑ and ゐ but they are included on the handwriting practice sheet from another source. What's up with that? Are they not used anymore or something?

Thanks :D

colorofmoney91 wrote: アパサラルさん､わたしわだいがくせいです。 What kind of athlete? I'll check out that Rikaichan add-on.