Is it hiragana, katakana, or kanji? I'm just curious since I have the first volume in Japanese and I want to find a guide to help me learn what each word means.
I mean, I can't learn Japanese for another 3 years, that's when I can go to college and learn the language itself. I have to master Spainish first though.
It's… all of them. Sorry. :laugh:
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actually most mangas have hiragana written right next to the Kanji charaters, so its easier to read. But apart from that, 3 years at least :P, have fun.
It's… all of them. Sorry. :laugh:
0_0, well that's craptaculer. So I'm stuck with the much superior first volume whilst I can't read it for a long time.
Well, One Piece isn't the only reason to learn the language. As a video game guru, I need to learn the language so I can one day go to the Tokyo Game Show and see what stupid things Iwata plans next (or is it ingenius?).
If you really want to learn Japanese through Manga but you have absolutely no past Japanese knowledge, I recommend you to read some children's manga. I remember Fujiko Fujio, an author of Doraemon manga, wrote some Manga for little kids. They only consisted Hiragana/Katakana and some easy Kanji with Hiragana next to it. That way, all you need to know is how to read Hiragana/Katakana, less than 100 characters in total.
well… you dont really need to wait 3 years. if its only written stuff for now... then i know a site. real good actually. for verbal stuff u can also buy a language learning cd..
http://japanese.about.com/blbegin.htm
so that is REAL helpful. i suggest writing the stuff in a notebook wo you remember it. better than printing it out, because u learn how to write it and such. better for memory.
@Tetsumaru:
well… you dont really need to wait 3 years. if its only written stuff for now... then i know a site. real good actually. for verbal stuff u can also buy a language learning cd..
http://japanese.about.com/blbegin.htm
so that is REAL helpful. i suggest writing the stuff in a notebook wo you remember it. better than printing it out, because u learn how to write it and such. better for memory.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! Wait, do I have to download a text tranlastor so I don't have to see stupid squares. Ah well, I guess I'll download it.
To Ocean, thanks for the suggestion, but Children's Manga? I take it the pictures are even more innocent then some of the manga I've read. It's bad enough my parents don't like me reading One Piece, why do I have to read stuff that's intended for a younger audience then Jump.
because your not reading for the pictures but instead for the text so you can just answer dad & mom:
i read this because i have the reading ability of a three year old when it comes to japanese
hmm no i dont think you have to download anything to get rid of those boxes (the correct thing to download would be a new font such as simsun [on office 2003 cd] and i dont know others..) because i think that all the japanese is in images.
something like that.
http://www.japanese-online.com
It doesn't teach the correct strokes for the hira/kata and kanji (if you really want them, I can do that for you myself) but it's enough for you to learn the former, at least. If you are really serious about it, the first step is to memorize all of the hiragana and katakana and then start to build on vocabulary. And, of course, actually taking a class, but you've said you can't do that so meh.
(If you've got the money for it, you might want to just up and buy some kind of Japanese textbook that won't half-assedly teach you what you want to know. In my honors course we use Youkoso, which is kind of hard to get used to (it's a college textbook, after all) but it teaches kanji really stinkin' well. So if you want to go with a route that's more tangible and you want your money's worth out of it, spring for a valid textbook, otherwise… you've just got to wait :P)
I just went to the site you suggested Carly. It says I need to be a member, I don't want to join anything just yet (unless it's free).
… Did you not catch the free registration banners hovering all over the place ?
The kanas always seemed pretty simple to me. I studied them on my own in high school. My Latin grades suffered for it, though…
Good luck with Nihongo. and your Spanish, too.
Learning the language is a tougher feat then I thought it was going to be. How am I going to memorize three different alphabets (one with over 5000 characters). Well still be able to have enough memory for school work.
But, I can't give up. As a VGG (Video Game Guru) and a One Piece eliteist (though I don't know wheter that's a good thing or bad thing). I will learn the language.
I tried installing the Japanese language pack and it seems that I need the Windows XP disc that I originally installed on my computer. So it looks like Japanese-online.com is out of the question.
Two of the writing systems take about a week to get down. Kanji seems to come around slowly, so I think finding a way to learn to actually learn the language itself is the main thing.
Originally Posted by Battle Franky
Bad move, bub!
Two of the writing systems take about a week to get down. Kanji seems to come around slowly, so I think finding a way to learn to actually learn the language itself is the main thing.
Hiragana and Katakana take a week to learn? I'm a fast learner so I can hopefully get this stuff down easily. Of course Kanji is going to take a long time since it's over 5000 characters. Now all I have to do is learn to combine all three and hopefully read One Piece with ease.
Hiragana and Katakana take a week to learn? I'm a fast learner so I can hopefully get this stuff down easily. Of course Kanji is going to take a long time since it's over 5000 characters. Now all I have to do is learn to combine all three and hopefully read One Piece with ease.
You only need 2000 kanji to read at an adult level in Japanese, though. The rest are mostly esoteric and/or archaic.
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You only need 2000 kanji to read at an adult level in Japanese, though. The rest are mostly esoteric and/or archaic.
Looks up meaning of esoteric and archaic
Meaning food? Just kidding.
So a lot of Kanji is only confined to an elite group well other is not used anymore? I have so much more to learn.
If you're just reading One Piece, you might even get away with 1,500.
