I am actually genuinely thinking about learning Japanese, I bought a book, but figured that's not really enough, so I'm thinking about getting a pack which has software which has voice recognition etc, it looks amazing

 

it's a complicated language. hard to learn without a teacher or a really good Japanese for Dummies book or something. Learning more than just konnichiwa or asking someone's telephone number is pretty difficult. :/

it's a complicated language. hard to learn without a teacher or a really good Japanese for Dummies book or something. Learning more than just konnichiwa or asking someone's telephone number is pretty difficult. :/

 

Well that's the thing, this package actually has bits where you get to test your speaking ability at the end of each level, it sounds great but it's a bit expensive.

finished my mango

sweet smelling head off to bed

talk amongst yourselves

 

Goodnight sleepy-head

Your mango-fresh locks smell great

Your lucky pillow!

 

I am actually genuinely thinking about learning Japanese, I bought a book, but figured that's not really enough, so I'm thinking about getting a pack which has software which has voice recognition etc, it looks amazing

 

Learning Japanese is a huge endeavour. Easy to start and get in to to a basic level, but years of absolute dedication to master (including at least one to two years living there if you have any intention of trying to achieve proficiency). To be fluent? Five years hard work, very hard work, I'd say.

 

For starters try to download the Pimsleur course from torrents. It's rather 'unnatural' in a sense (the same sense in which blatantly non-native English speakers grab your hand when you first meet and loudly exclaim 'how do you do') but in every other way (intonation, grammar, sentence structure etc) it's good. Lots of near-fluent friends have sworn by it.

 

Here endeth the off-topicness.

 

I really should be packing now :escaping:

Had to listen to one more song before sleep and guess what :stunned:

 

exit light enter

night take my hand we're off to

never never land

 

Am I actually getting the haiku thing?

 

 

EDIT: thanks for the haikus Tonsu :nice:

So you're actually going to India? Have a great time, looking fwd to towel day :)

nah, "this is japan" would be nihon desu

nihongo is the language - nihon is the island. :D

and I lied about going to sleep

but I actually am going to now.

 

Thanks for the romaji (now that I am pretty good at!)

 

It's a good thing my Japanese friends don't come on this forum, or they would realise just how much I pretend to understand kanji and kana when I don't :embarassed::lol:

 

Had to listen to one more song before sleep and guess what :stunned:

 

exit light enter

night take my hand we're off to

never never land

 

Am I actually getting the haiku thing?

 

YES :P

ah, i have missed it

this interesting exchange

how is everyone?

Uhhh, are you stupid why don't you read my post and what was written and then you'll get the joke :dozey:.

 

I got the joke but

it was not very good, so

I call you stupid.

can i find a place

where there is no arguing?

i highly doubt it.

No, no such place exist

Not on Earth anyway but

aliens do not exist

I really want the

Endless spamming to stop now.

It's quite annoying.

 

(Note: Does not apply to anything within this thread.)

I posted a thread

asking for spammers to stop

I think it is good

good idea em,

for i am also annoyed

with all the spamming.

good idea em,

for i am also annoyed

with all the spamming.

 

Traitor.

Traitor.

 

You traitor for

you have ignored thread purpose:

is talk in haiku

write on paper lines

to try and hide all your lies

what a poet i am

I am not hungry

Oh wait maybe I am

That wasn't seven

write on paper lines

to try and hide all your lies

what a poet i am

 

ah, yes! a poet!

you are masterful at this!

i bow down to you!

Green eggs and ham. I

like green eggs and ham, yes

I do. I am poet

Green eggs and ham. I

like green eggs and ham, yes

I do. I am poet

 

this one was funny

yes it made me laugh quite much

you're a good one too!

I drink eggs for breakfast.

eggs could have lots of

very bad salmonela

if you don't cook them.

The calm eludes me.

Chaos envelopes my core

And drives me insane.

^That's good, Violet;

Tell me, do you write poems

in your spare minutes? :thinking:

 

I do sometimes, but

They do not usually

turn out very good. :(

Surprisingly, I

Don't write nearly as much as

some people might think.

 

I have, however, been

Known to write a few things when

Inspiration strikes.

 

:)

When inspiration

"strikes" me, it's usually

not pretty, sadly.

 

Although I do have

a few finished poems that

my friends say are good... :/

 

Personally I think they're pretty bad and my friends just want me to feel better about myself, though. :P