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#1 2012-03-26 13:46:34
Learning (phonetic) Japanese!
If Swell can post about learning French here and a mod says that's okay (one did), I'm gonna be ticked if this gets closed.
Watashiha hijixyouni tanjixyunna fureezu wo shtte i masu.
(I know pretty simple phrases.)
Ikutsu ka ha amarini mofukuzatsudesu.
(Some are complicated too.)
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#2 2012-03-26 14:33:35
- cheddargirl
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Re: Learning (phonetic) Japanese!
I believe you mean "Romaji". Romaji is Western phonetic spelling of Japanese. Obviously not useful if there's a need to read and write in Japanese, but for Westerners trying to learn conversational Japanese it's pretty good. 
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#3 2012-03-26 14:58:03
- maxskywalker
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Re: Learning (phonetic) Japanese!
By 'phonetic' Japanese, do you mean romanized, or kana? And if kana, do I rightly assume katakana? I can't say I know Japanese myself....
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#4 2012-03-26 15:18:17
- samtwheels
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Re: Learning (phonetic) Japanese!
Is that like Pinyin for Chinese?
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#5 2012-03-27 08:35:21
Re: Learning (phonetic) Japanese!
Didn't one topic about someone learning another language get moved from here to RaP?
On-topic, English and Japanese are really different and it's hard to leap from one to the other, and the more you speak one the more you forget of the other.
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#6 2012-03-27 09:23:10
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Re: Learning (phonetic) Japanese!
Nice
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#7 2012-03-27 15:01:41
- RedRocker227
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Re: Learning (phonetic) Japanese!
クール！
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Why
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#8 2012-03-27 21:39:00
Re: Learning (phonetic) Japanese!
cheddargirl wrote:
I believe you mean "Romaji". Romaji is Western phonetic spelling of Japanese. Obviously not useful if there's a need to read and write in Japanese, but for Westerners trying to learn conversational Japanese it's pretty good.
Yeah, Romaji.
Just remembered my translator gives symbols, too.
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