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Points: 22774 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2012 at 09:50
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

This may seem a bit of a silly question, but whenever you see a Japansese show or a movie where it's translated into spoken English they seem to talk really fast?

Yeah, but we probably sound the same way when we talk. Also, there are no spaces between words and barely any commas in written Japanese, so that might have something to do with it.
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Points: 46301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2012 at 06:30
I could definitely use learning Japanese, because my DVD player won't read the subtitles to Kurosawa's High and Low.
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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2012 at 06:20
This may seem a bit of a silly question, but whenever you see a Japansese show or a movie where it's translated into spoken English they seem to talk really fast?
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Points: 16449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2012 at 06:08
I have an interest in all things Japanese so I'll be keeping an eye on this thread, and it looks like an interesting site you linked to up there.
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lolz - it's on my ipod now, gonna listen to it while I workout.

Arigato gozaimasu (circle)

/romanji fail
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGmMnDKZUX0&feature=BFa&list=HL1315933780&lf=mh_lolz

I lawled because the end of the url is "lolz"
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Points: 22774 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2012 at 22:50
Oh, and I only know how to write vowel sounds in hiragana and I've not installed Japanese on my computer yet, so I'll probably start typing OOIIIIIUUUUUUEEEEAAAA tomorrow at some point.
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This is a collaborative thread idea by PA user Bantam19 and I, started to enrich our understanding of the Japanese language and culture, but mostly language. Bantam19 is taking actual Japanese classes and I'm teaching myself through the internet via this site (which I highly recommend despite not having learned anything substantial yet): http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/.

Here's an introduction message from Bantam19:

Originally posted by Bantam19 Bantam19 wrote:

こんにちは！日本語を勉強したいです。　てつだってください！

The purpose here is to learn about and discuss the Japanese language with people on PA who also are interested in learning or sharing their own knowledge of the language, because the members of PA are like a family that we feel comfortable talking with. But also because I don't have a Facebook. I'm seriously hoping this doesn't conflict with the "English only" clause in the PA rule book -- this post is mostly in English and there will be many more English posts with me saying "WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND".

So, if you're interested, then learn with us! If not, then feel free to stick around and watch some fail accumulate.

Dave Spector?


Edited by colorofmoney91 - March 31 2012 at 22:51
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