For the next spring, i want to go to Japan.
But not without knowing what to say there.
If someone wants to teach me a thing or 2, pm me please! ^^
I know a few things, but i'll tell you the rest if you want to help

Arigatou ^^ - Chibi

that's pretty vague...

what do you want to know how to say?
restaurant talk?
greetings?
time?
etc.?

This post was edited by Greapper on Jun 24 2009 06:54pm

If you are only interested in SPEAKING nihongo... then I would recommend Pimsleur Japanese I. Its pretty available on torrent sites.

By the end of the course you will be able to do function pretty well in Japan.


But... if its just Tokyo you're visiting, you dont even need to know Japanese. Everyone will try and speak to you in english... you'll be given english menus... etc...

no no, i want to speak it fluently, cuz i wanna visit all of Japan.
Not just tokyo xD
And not just restaurants and hotel stuff, but everything, like i wanna know how
to talk to a friend.. stuff like that

While most people would probably discourage it for beginner, I strongly recommend at least dabbling in keigo, since all staff and officials will use it.

im sorry, what's keigo?

It's a system of Japanese honorific language. The basic idea is to use different language to the person depending on your (and their status). The keigo itself is divided into several categories which include:

1. Sonkeigo (language of respect) - used for people who are high status than you (eg teachers, elders)

The equation is quite basic. You (generally) take masu form of the verb, stick "o" in front of it and add "ni naru" in the end.

Eg. Sensei wa toshokan ni ohairi ni natta - Teacher entered the library

Some verbs follow non standard conversion (such to come (kuru) becomes oideninaru)


2. Kenjougo (language of humility) - Practice of lowering your achievements in order to seem "humble". It is used a lot in service industry. (just try to order a hotel room in Japan and you will hear it!)

The best example of humble speech is well known to all foreigners, even though they probably don't realize it. The phrase "itadakimasu" used before eating (translated as "I humbly receive") is actually a humble version verb of morau (receive).

3. Teineigo - polite speech. This is your basic speech with "masu" "desu" etc.


While some people say keigo is useless and you should stick with masu/desu forms, I think learning keigo is very useful, since even if you don't intend to use it, you will still hear it and understanding it will give you an advantage.

This post was edited by skystrike on Jun 25 2009 11:06pm

i need help from japan girl :)))))

ｐれぱれ　ようｒ背ｌｆ　世運ｇ　おね

again. this.

torrent this. (Pirate Bay) (Mininova) (etc...)

Pimsleur Japanese I. Its an audio course and you will be able to speak japanese quite well after using it.



Disclaimer: I do not recommend torrenting anything illegal, so if this is in fact copyrighted.... then don't do it.

This post was edited by RavenStar on Jun 30 2009 07:30pm