Japanese Discussion Thread

[tds]

I got nominated to go to Japan for a student exchange program!

OMG OMG! yeah us most happy 4 u!

[ilikepie]

btw, 大事に is for sick people 

いいえ、そんなことないですよ。お大事にと言う決まり文句は英語で”Take care of yourself"の意味なんです。

Hi ilikepie! nihonjin desuka?  I take it you are unless you are just really good at Japanese!

いいえ、先言いましたが、私は大学で日本語を勉強しています。祖先は大分中国人だけど、日本人の祖先があるかも知りません。
Not quite, I said earlier that I was studying Japanese in University. My ancestors are mostly Chinese, but there may have been Japanese ancestry.

[momopi]

I got nominated to go to Japan for a student exchange program!

I better brush up on my Japanese. 

Congratulations and good luck! What kind of program is it? Japanese Studies Program? Arts-oriented kind of program? or the one geared towards international relations and politics?

I lived there before. You can PM if you want to ask something!

Yea the phenomena exists in other cultures aswell , but we would rather describe it by one of the disorders they are given. Labels like that must be very stigmatizing, maybe it has something to do with the parents shame? 

Yeah... but they kind of do it to the max... I mean, I love order but I'm not bothered by a little variety here and there. There's a big difference between calling someone weird then laugh at him/her and calling someone sick in the head then purposely avoid the person. The first one, you can brush off as a joke, while the other is very hurtful.

You know, I can say so many good things about the Japanese and Japan but I guess, there's no such thing as a perfect society. They have a lot of social problems that its people should work on.

And they also have a term for unmarried 20-somethings and above who still live with their parents. They it them parasite singles. Of course, in a culture where extended family is the norm, this is very offensive. Hahaha.

いいえ、そんなことないですよ。お大事にと言う決まり文句は英語で”Take care of yourself"の意味なんです。

I've tried using that phrase to say Take care of yourself and I got corrected by my Japanese friends several times. It is something grammatically correct but inappropriate to the situation. The phrase should be 体に気をつけて下さい。 ^____^

[pianochick93]

Our teacher told us about the last one.

Question to those who have lived in Japan, is 'anata' considered rude.

My Japanese teacher says it is, but the way I see it is if you don't know their name, what the heck do you call them?

[Petter]

I configured my play station 3 to japanese and I can´t switch it back cause all I see are incomprehensible signs. 

[pianochick93]

Look for something like 英語.

That means English.

[hornblower]

I configured my play station 3 to japanese and I can´t switch it back cause all I see are incomprehensible signs. 

LOL, a wise move. Usually English is the first option of Langauge settings, just go through them all and you might eventually hit it. That's my guess anyway.

[Petter]

Look for something like 英語.

That means English.

Thanks P-chick, I´ll look for it. I´m not 100% it´s Japanese thought, it might be Korean, mandarin, traditional Chinese or Cantonese or an alien language. 

[momopi]

Question to those who have lived in Japan, is 'anata' considered rude.

My Japanese teacher says it is, but the way I see it is if you don't know their name, what the heck do you call them?

Anata is not exactly rude. But it's a little intimate so when you use it to strangers, it comes off as rude. I mean, you don't call strangers dear, honey or baby, right? 

You have the choice to omit the subject pronoun or ask the other person his/her name.

Thanks P-chick, I´ll look for it. I´m not 100% it´s Japanese thought, it might be Korean, mandarin, traditional Chinese or Cantonese or an alien language. 

Alien language?! 

But yeah, try to look for 英語. ^____^

[pianochick93]

Anata is not exactly rude. But it's a little intimate so when you use it to strangers, it comes off as rude. I mean, you don't call strangers dear, honey or baby, right? 

You have the choice to omit the subject pronoun or ask the other person his/her name.

So to use it with my best friend/boyfriend would be completely fine?

[loonbohol]

Kimi is more polite

[ahvat]

nihongo and music, oi kaken ne, na? nani o hanashi...?

[momopi]

So to use it with my best friend/boyfriend would be completely fine?

It's okay in some cases. 

But it's better to use:

Males: (insert name)-kun
Females: (insert-name)-chan

[dolly lo]

baka.... nyahahah!!! 

That's the only that I have understood, haha.

[pianochick93]

I might be going to Japan for two weeks, for free!

I have to write a page so they can assess my Japanese skills, and if I'm very very lucky I'll get a place. There aren't very many.

[giannalinda]

皆さん！ここに日本語を話せましょう～～～
minnasan koko ni nihongo o hanasemashou! 

皆さん元気ですか。
minnasangenkidesuka?

私は前に日本語を勉強しました、でも６月間だけだったから、少し忘れました。
atashiwasnihongowobenkyoushimata, demorokugetsukandakedattakara, sukoshiwasuremashita

一緒に日本語を勉強と練習しましょう！
isshoninihongowobenkyoutorenshuushimashou! 

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[pianochick93]

It's a Japanese discussion thread...if you don't speak japanese, don't expect to understand any of it.

heck, I speak a little bit and don't understand a lot of what's said here, even though it's still fairly basic.

[concerto_love]

お元気ですか？
私はあなたのすべてを欠場

((wee!!  my mandarin teacher who understand Japanese translate this one))

[giannalinda]

It's a Japanese discussion thread...if you don't speak japanese, don't expect to understand any of it.

heck, I speak a little bit and don't understand a lot of what's said here, even though it's still fairly basic.

WELL OF COURSE I SPEAK JAPANEESE!!!! ILL JOIN IN!!!! BUT I DONT KNOW HOW TO DO THE CHARACTERS ON THIS COMPOTER!!!!

[pianochick93]

WELL OF COURSE I SPEAK JAPANEESE!!!! ILL JOIN IN!!!! BUT I DONT KNOW HOW TO DO THE CHARACTERS ON THIS COMPOTER!!!!

Well, that gave us a bit more information than

I believe the button you are looking for is just to the right of the 'a' key, and when you've done that, you can download the IME language pack from the microsoft website.

In the meantime, post in romaji.

[giannalinda]

the key above the "A" is the q or the w so i dont know wat you mean

[pianochick93]

the key above the "A" is the q or the w so i dont know wat you mean

I said the key to the right, not above.