Anyone Else In Love With Another Country/Culture?

French! J'adore Paris et France! The culture, the women, the food. That and latin america!

Me too! I love Paris and France so much - I've been obsessed with the language and culture for as long as I can remember!

Also love a bit of Norway!

YES! French culture, and scandinavia! My aunt comes from the fjords of norway! Sweden and denmark, all of their cultures.

人 and 女? Yes, they get ingrained into your brain very quickly. As well as 男 (man) and 子 (child.)

Isn't the reading and pronunciation the same thing? Or do you mean their English equivalent? It is difficult, and honestly I find myself forgetting on readings quite a lot. But once you get into the habit of reading more, you'll find yourself remembering them more easily. For example, the on reading of 心 (heart) is "shin" - coming across common words containing 心 like 中心 (chuushin) and 心配 (shinpai) as you go along will help that stick better.

I teach myself and I've never really used any programs (e.g. Rosetta Stone) so I can't soundly recommend anything.

Woo! Konnichiwa Do you speak Japanese?

Yeah I mean i remember what they mean in English but not how to say them.

人　may be pronounced hito or jin. Hito when by itself (kun reading) and jin (on reading) when part of a word, e.g. 日本人, japanese person. I call them by their kun readings, and try to find some word with it in to remember the on reading, which helps memorise them. I hope that helps for you too!

I completely agree! Glad there's someone out there who shares my passion too

I don't know why you guys love so much Japan or Korea given the astounding racism against anything foreign those countries have.