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Old August 22, 2009, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by ookami View Post
From what i know, chinese is more complicated because it has more kanjis and the fonetical is difficult.
It only seems, but it's like other languages. The only difficult thing is to memorice 2000 kanjis and know how to write them correctly. What's left is like in any language once you have learn the Kanas (Hiragana and Katakana).

Hmm, but I'm Chinese, so that's probably why Japanese seems hard. I'm more used to Chinese

the Chinese language doesn't have an alphabet...





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Originally Posted by EmpanadaRica View Post
It' s a language I would like to learn down the line, but there are a few others waiting first. I have a Brazilian acquaintance/friend who is studying Japanese too. I have only once ever watched a tv language course in Japanese and all I remember is (phonetic): ' Hajimemhashito' (How are you?), ' Itadakimasu' (enjoy your meal) and 'moshi moshi' (hello).

It sounds very interesting though! Thanks for sharing!!
3 alphabets... !! yikes..



As per your request a few minor corrections, not many.
I believe phonetic is spelled with a 'ph' not an 'f' but maybe an English native speaker can comment on that.

Thanx for sharing, it's very interesting!!

yeah, phonetic is spelled with 'ph'

Last edited by Jessica; August 22, 2009 at 02:12 PM. Reason: added another quote
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