Japanese Society

Regarding the black question mark thingy, just put some roman spaces in there, preferably after each particle so it won't mess up the text too much.

Reply 2103

naruhime

私は大学で日本語とビジネスを勉強しています！二年生ですよ!よろしく :smile:

Reply 2104

Original post by naruhime

私は大学で日本語とビジネスを勉強しています！二年生ですよ! よろしく :smile:

よろしく！ローマ字の「space」を入れると「�� 」を除きます。
In my attempt at butchering Japanese, that means "add roman spaces ' ' in order to remove the '�� '"
TSR is a little messed up when it comes to Japanese input...

Are there anyone here who knows about some good novels for upper beginner/lower intermediates? Preferably with furigana. I'm not too fond of romance. Also, where can you buy Japanese ebooks without having a kindle or something like that?

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Reply 2105

donna91

Hi, I'm Don

big fan of Japan, trying to learn a little bit of the language at the moment, :redface:

i like anime, manga and J rock.

Anyone live around Kent going to the Will Adams festival? Its not very big over here in the UK, might not be worth a very long trip, but if you live in Kent or South London, there are worse ways to spend a Saturday :biggrin:

http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/thousands_expected_to_attend_gillingham_s_will_adams_festival_1_1504393

About Will Adams

http://www.medwaylines.com/willadams.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Adams_(sailor)

Reply 2106

naruhime

Original post by stifa

よろしく！ローマ字の「space」を入れると「�� 」を除きます。
In my attempt at butchering Japanese, that means "add roman spaces ' ' in order to remove the '�� '"
TSR is a little messed up when it comes to Japanese input...

Are there anyone here who knows about some good novels for upper beginner/lower intermediates? Preferably with furigana. I'm not too fond of romance. Also, where can you buy Japanese ebooks without having a kindle or something like that?

分かりました、　ありがとう！
I know here you can read Japanese children's books XD http://www.ehonnavi.net/ but they're all in kana and really really cute >.<
I know its not a novel, but some Japanese news papers do different editions for different levels of the Japanese education system.
You can often read kindle files on your computer or just pdf file books. If you want physical books there are a few stores in London that do them.

Reply 2107

laughylolly

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Hopefully going to take a Beginners Japanese module this year. Always wanted to learn a far eastern language (Mandarin/Japanese/Korean) and really want to visit Japan some day. Started learning some Hiragana and Katakana and some simple phrases. I learnt Arabic when I was young so hopefully learning a completely new alphabet won't be too too hard. Has anybody got any recommendations on books/workbooks that are good for Japanese Beginners?

Reply 2108

Ash S

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Original post by stifa

よろしく！ローマ字の「space」を入れると「�� 」を除きます。
In my attempt at butchering Japanese, that means "add roman spaces ' ' in order to remove the '�� '"
TSR is a little messed up when it comes to Japanese input...

Are there anyone here who knows about some good novels for upper beginner/lower intermediates? Preferably with furigana. I'm not too fond of romance. Also, where can you buy Japanese ebooks without having a kindle or something like that?

I've never seen a proper novel with furigana over every kanji. Manga definitely puts furigana over everything though.

You could try ハリー・ポッターと賢者の石 (first harry potter book in japanese). First novel I ever read in Japanese.
Or I just recently read 哀しい予感 by 吉本ばなな and it was a really easy read and a cool story

edit:
I don't know about buying e-books but you can view a huuuuuuuge range of old books (copyright expired) here: http://www.aozora.gr.jp/

for example--
Natsume Souseki's famous "I am a Cat": http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000148/files/789_14547.html
Dazai Osamu, another famous old author (I recommend 走れメロス and 女生徒): http://www.aozora.gr.jp/index_pages/person35.html

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Reply 2109

Kallisto

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Original post by donna91

Hi, I'm Don

big fan of Japan, trying to learn a little bit of the language at the moment, :redface:

i like anime, manga (...)

I like Animes too, although I don't watch them very often anymore. They are one of the reasons for my interest in Japan. So I have begin to learn about Japan a little, although I'm not able to speak Japanese. Nevertheless I would still love to learn Japanese.

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Reply 2110

Entertainment Forum Helper

Thanks for the suggestions! どうもありがとう！

I don't like reading in all-kana. And I don't really like reading children's books because I don't find them entertaining at all, regardless of language. Thanks anyway. :smile:

Reply 2111

Kallisto

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What I appreciate in Japanese culture is politeness and respect by Japanese people which looks exaggerated a little here in Europe.

Reply 2112

Dann

15

Hey all, the society is quiet!

I have a couple of short questions. First of all, can someone point me to a really decent explanation of when to use the が and を particles? I'm sure there must be one on the internet that makes it very clear, but I just can't find it. Second of all I'm learning the Kanji using the Heisig method (although I'm only up to about 300 at the moment). What I was wondering is how people have used this method alongside the more standard way of picking them up as they go along? I'm just adding the occasional kanji I come across frequently (私,分,何 that type of thing). Is this a mistake? Should I be focusing on just getting through them as laid out by Heisig as quickly as possible?

I'm still enjoying learning so I'm thinking about working towards the JLPT N5 as a target - does that affect the advice for the above question?

ありがとうございます

Reply 2113

I did the same. Don't sweat it too much, and you'll be fine. :smile:

You will actually notice how much easier it gets when you have more RtK kanji done... I notcied that I stopped struggeling with 飛行機 when I was into the 1300's in RtK :smile:

Reply 2114

atheistwithfaith

When you get to a higher level, I would thoroughly recommend trying to sing along to Japanese songs. Doing this has massively improved my reading skills and also taught me a fair few new kanji. (make sure you have rikaichan on your browser though!) Takes a few tries to get a song down but it really helps get those lips moving in time with your mind.

Reply 2115

screenager2004

I insist on making this society more active! Anyone here on Lang-8?

I have a dilemma.

I took Japanese classes in my first two years of uni. They were only three hours a week. It wasn't that intensive, but I learned a lot.
Just did a year at the University of Tokyo doing intensive classes and obviously speaking/reading it constantly living in Japan.
Now I'm back in the UK. My university won't let me take Japanese class again for credit, it's non negotiable.

I have two options:
Pay £300 for a year of classes at university.
Teach myself independently and put that £300 towards a plane ticket back :biggrin:

Reply 2116

Azimuth

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Unless you really enjoy the class (I think it's worth it if you do), I would save my money.

Reply 2117

screenager2004