Zomg squee!

[spritechan]

I FINALLY was able to figure out/take the time to/add Japanese keyboard typing on my computer! 三井～！I'm so happy I can't even tell you! To be fair, it looks like the Japanese editor is smart enough to realize I just wrote a nonsense word in hiragana (which I know fairly well, though I'm ridiculously frustrated because all the practice sites I can find, and even MyJapanese Coach for the DS, require romaji for practice/translation even though they all obviously insist to step away from it) and made it into katakana, which I don't know at all yet T_T So don't go thinking I'm good yet. At anything :P

My zest and desire for Japanese has come back, especially so when I heard chochajin PASSED THE N2~!!! YAYYYYY! Congrats again ;) It actually sparked when I was sitting at my desk looking at the tag from my Hello Kitty phone charm, and I realized that I had sounded out the hiragana without thinking and that it read HAROU KITEYU (or something, I can't remember what the last character was, but I planned on taking a picture of it. I think it was ゆ) XDDDDD OMG YES. So good. So funny. So great.

Another huge problem I have though is that I know basically no rules, no application, no words. Bleh!

Comments

[chochajin.livejournal.com]

*blush* Thanks again!! ^-^
Just try! ^-^ If you have the motivation there is no problem anyways ^-^ The most important thing is that you enjoy it!! :)

[miss-ljv.livejournal.com]

You deserve it!

I'll keep working at it, I just think that I need the structure of a classroom if I can't be immersed in the language. I learn best when forced; I picked up sooo much Spanish - almost conversational level - when I was in Spain for only a couple weeks (and I took only 2 years of Spanish!).

[chochajin.livejournal.com]

I don't want to discourage you, just tell you to be careful with that!
For us who have English/German/Spanish/Italian/French/etc. as native language Japanese is really difficult to learn (it's much easier for Turkish or Korean people, though). That also means that it's completely different if you're IN the country! While you can pick up English, Spanish, etc. fairly quickly by just being in the country it's definitely NOT the same with Japanese!!! Of course it'll help you, but it's not like you won't have to do much and just wait while living here. Even my male coworkers who partly have been here in Japan much longer than me can't speak Japanese very well because they never cared much!!! All of them are married to a Japanese woman and some already have children!! They're immersed in Japanese even at home and yet can barely speak Japanese!! :(
You GOTTA put a lot of effort into it, then it'll work even if you're not in Japan! ^-^

Go for it!!! ^________^

[miss-ljv.livejournal.com]

That makes sense ^_^ I don't want to be lazy about it, that's for sure!! I would love to be fluent like you are! Winning contests and sounding native over the phone! ;)

[chochajin.livejournal.com]

Thank you, but I'm far from being fluent! :( And I doubt I'll ever be!! However, it's enough to enjoy novels, magazines, movies etc. ^-^;

[miss-ljv.livejournal.com]

Hee hee I thought you'd say that, so I'd just like to say: You won a speech contest~! You're great! XD

[chochajin.livejournal.com]

Haha, thanks ^-^;