Comments on: You think Japanese is hard? http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2006/01/24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/ Japanese, Chinese, and a dash of Korean Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:42:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 姜 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2006/01/24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-168 姜 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:33:12 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-01-24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/#comment-168 他の皆さんのように、自分が色々な言語しゃべれるよって自慢することなく、いつもさりげなくさらっと英語でJapanese/Chinese/Koreanについて語るのが最高かっこいい！私はただただ’すげぇ’しか言えない。You are a genius.How did you realize so much things? 你是谁? 怎么这么神啊? 收我做你的徒弟吧! 他の皆さんのように、自分が色々な言語しゃべれるよって自慢することなく、いつもさりげなくさらっと英語でJapanese/Chinese/Koreanについて語るのが最高かっこいい！私はただただ’すげぇ’しか言えない。You are a genius.How did you realize so much things?
你是谁? 怎么这么神啊? 收我做你的徒弟吧!

]]> By: Godie http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2006/01/24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Godie Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:53:40 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-01-24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/#comment-167 This is really really funny. You are not only a good teacher but also a good comediant. Thanks for posting things like this. Its interesting what the first comment says because theres a lot of japanese people that only talk to you because you seem to know english, and if you talk to them in japanese they ignore you and keep "speaking" in english. I dont have anything against japanese people at all but I just hate this kind of people that see you as a tool for them to learn. (Sadly in Japan are huge amounts of this kind of people). Keep teaching us, and making us laughf. お願いいいい This is really really funny. You are not only a good teacher but also a good comediant. Thanks for posting things like this. Its interesting what the first comment says because theres a lot of japanese people that only talk to you because you seem to know english, and if you talk to them in japanese they ignore you and keep “speaking” in english. I dont have anything against japanese people at all but I just hate this kind of people that see you as a tool for them to learn. (Sadly in Japan are huge amounts of this kind of people). Keep teaching us, and making us laughf. お願いいいい

]]> By: Muffin http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2006/01/24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Muffin Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:02:18 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-01-24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/#comment-169 I'm learning Japanese and so far, all I'm doing is trying to remember all 5 billion kanji. Then again, I'm teaching myself. Japanese makes so much more sense than English.:D I'm also learning Italian so I can go to Italy, Spanish so I can communicate, and Latin so I can lean the other two faster. Yep, I'm crazy. This is really funny. Me gusta.("I like" for you non-Spanish speakers) I’m learning Japanese and so far, all I’m doing is trying to remember all 5 billion kanji. Then again, I’m teaching myself. Japanese makes so much more sense than English.:D I’m also learning Italian so I can go to Italy, Spanish so I can communicate, and Latin so I can lean the other two faster. Yep, I’m crazy.
This is really funny. Me gusta.(“I like” for you non-Spanish speakers)

]]> By: cam http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2006/01/24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-173 cam Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:39:29 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-01-24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/#comment-173 Thank you for posting this it is really funny. I too was also looking for some assurance that the language was manageable. I'm still leaning towards maybe a 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 on how hard the language will be for me. I only know english and japanese is so different from it I hear. Oh well, at least I'm not alone on this. I'll definately look into taking a japanese class later on in life. Thank you for posting this it is really funny. I too was also looking for some assurance that the language was manageable. I’m still leaning towards maybe a 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 on how hard the language will be for me. I only know english and japanese is so different from it I hear. Oh well, at least I’m not alone on this. I’ll definately look into taking a japanese class later on in life.

]]> By: tln http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2006/01/24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-175 tln Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:49:31 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-01-24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/#comment-175 I am always wondering about that hardest language ever thing. Show me an easy language. Sure, with some, one can talk faster. Like english I could start to chat like after 1 year, tops. 1 year into japanese I can localize stuff. ベッドのうえにねこがあります。Success! Except, no one wants to know where the cat is but what I saw in cinema last evening :P English I speak as about the 3rd or 4th language for like 30 years (oops, I am old :D) And I notice again, and again how poor my command of it really is. English is considered an easy language. ANY language, when you want to go deeper, is difficult. Languages are different. Even culturally close languages are. I learnt latin for about 8 years, I also speak french, some italian, and some neo-latin. Many similarities for sure, but so different. When those close sisters are so different, what do I expect of a culture, which ticks totally different, has totally different concepts on each and every aspect of life, the universe and everything. I am soon gonna scream if I have to read yet again, that oh my, oh god, the verb is ...... (gasp)...... at..... (prepare well) .... the ... (it is a shocker, be ready)....end of the sentence. Or leaving out subject or object. Lots other languages do that, no one loses more than a sentence about it (or I had tomatoes on my eyes, when I read those books :) ) Politeness levels. I need tons in my language. Do you think my customer's mother is "your mother" in a letter? Sure, if I want to lose the job. Otherwise it is: Your Honored Lady Mother. That is any client of ours. The honorifics for European blood nobility fill books on top of that. Ihre Durchlaucht von und zu (cant translate to english, sorry). There are titles going over several lines. I have no doubt, japanese is 10'000x more complexe in all these aspects. Probably more like 100'000x more. Still, I prefer to take the familiar as a welcome help, and the totally strange as the utterly interesting pearl, I have the privilege to study in my life, and time. Languages are beautiful works of arts in progress :) Let us enjoy each brush-stroke, each pecularity, every word, or grammatical structure as a pearl, to be cherished. Let's be curious of how the art evolves! oops! sorry for rambling :/ すみません。 I am always wondering about that hardest language ever thing. Show me an easy language. Sure, with some, one can talk faster. Like english I could start to chat like after 1 year, tops. 1 year into japanese I can localize stuff. ベッドのうえにねこがあります。Success! Except, no one wants to know where the cat is but what I saw in cinema last evening :P

English I speak as about the 3rd or 4th language for like 30 years (oops, I am old :D ) And I notice again, and again how poor my command of it really is. English is considered an easy language.
ANY language, when you want to go deeper, is difficult.
Languages are different. Even culturally close languages are. I learnt latin for about 8 years, I also speak french, some italian, and some neo-latin. Many similarities for sure, but so different. When those close sisters are so different, what do I expect of a culture, which ticks totally different, has totally different concepts on each and every aspect of life, the universe and everything. I am soon gonna scream if I have to read yet again, that oh my, oh god, the verb is …… (gasp)…… at….. (prepare well) …. the … (it is a shocker, be ready)….end of the sentence.
Or leaving out subject or object. Lots other languages do that, no one loses more than a sentence about it (or I had tomatoes on my eyes, when I read those books :) )
Politeness levels. I need tons in my language. Do you think my customer’s mother is “your mother” in a letter? Sure, if I want to lose the job. Otherwise it is: Your Honored Lady Mother. That is any client of ours. The honorifics for European blood nobility fill books on top of that. Ihre Durchlaucht von und zu (cant translate to english, sorry). There are titles going over several lines.
I have no doubt, japanese is 10’000x more complexe in all these aspects. Probably more like 100’000x more. Still, I prefer to take the familiar as a welcome help, and the totally strange as the utterly interesting pearl, I have the privilege to study in my life, and time.

Languages are beautiful works of arts in progress :) Let us enjoy each brush-stroke, each pecularity, every word, or grammatical structure as a pearl, to be cherished. Let’s be curious of how the art evolves!

oops! sorry for rambling :/ すみません。

]]> By: Ganesh B http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2006/01/24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Ganesh B Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:00:36 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-01-24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/#comment-174 I am begineer & Learning Japanese is nice experience for me. I am begineer & Learning Japanese is nice experience for me.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2006/01/24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Ryan Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:32:17 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-01-24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/#comment-172 Lol this has given me hope in learning this language, how do you suggest I start learning japanese? Lol this has given me hope in learning this language, how do you suggest I start learning japanese?

]]> By: Angel http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2006/01/24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Angel Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:17:18 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-01-24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/#comment-171 hahah I really loved you article. I started taking Japanese class in my local college, hahah when i first saw all the Japanese characters and the compounds sounds and double consonants on paper I was like OMG! THIS IS SO HARD, but when you think about it its so easy! in the first week we learned all the hiragana! and its basicaly the whole leguage right there, katakana is the same hiragana but different characters...anyways... hahah I really loved you article. I started taking Japanese class in my local college, hahah when i first saw all the Japanese characters and the compounds sounds and double consonants on paper I was like OMG! THIS IS SO HARD, but when you think about it its so easy! in the first week we learned all the hiragana! and its basicaly the whole leguage right there, katakana is the same hiragana but different characters…anyways…

]]> By: saeed akhter http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2006/01/24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-170 saeed akhter Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:33:26 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-01-24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/#comment-170 i am saeed from pakistan i think that japanees are verty soft and very helping people and japanees language is very easy and no so hard. i am saeed from pakistan i think that japanees are verty soft and very helping people and japanees language is very easy and no so hard.

]]> By: Caitlin http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2006/01/24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Caitlin Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:22:38 +0000 http://nihongo.3yen.com/2006-01-24/you-think-japanese-is-hard/#comment-178 Funny! I love it! ^___^ It's realy funny, but when you look up how difficult Japanese is on google, half the time people tell you that it's the hardest thing ever, and the other half people tell you it's the easiest language (other than the Kanji and Kana) you could ever learn. Anyway, I loved this. I read it out loud for my sister to hear to ^__^ --Caitlin Funny! I love it! ^___^

It’s realy funny, but when you look up how difficult Japanese is on google, half the time people tell you that it’s the hardest thing ever, and the other half people tell you it’s the easiest language (other than the Kanji and Kana) you could ever learn.

Anyway, I loved this. I read it out loud for my sister to hear to ^__^

–Caitlin

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