09 Oct 05
Originally posted by Nordlyscommunicate reasonably well 😉
Je ne veux pas me répéter. 😉 Die Frage ist auch etwas unklar. Hva betyr det egentlig å "snakke et språk"? To be able to say some words and phrases, to be able to communicate reasonably well, or to be fluent?
I know I asked you before, but I'm too lazy to go search for the message log 😉
12 Oct 05
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Originally posted by NordlysHmm. Yep, my English-Japanese dictionary has it as biiru as well. The locals around here write it with in 'e' in it. (had to go check a few local bars to make sure). Not sure if it is due to vernacular differences or due to it being an English word that they have a hard time pronouncing 😕
お早うござい ます。　ビールが有りません。
(I guess you mean "biiru".)
(Click "reply and quote" to see the Japanese characters.)
(Edit to make the words short enough (which sometimes means putting a space in the middle of the wo ...[text shortened]... n decided to take the spaces out again because you have to click "reply and quote" anyway 😉 )
No matter. Many of the bars serve rhum and coke as well. The friadrice on the corner is pretty good, too.
P.S. I can do fairly well with Romanji, but Kanji is out of the question. I can recognize the city I live in, "exit", and "boys". Beyond that I need Romanji or pictures
12 Oct 05
Originally posted by Saint Nickhiragana and katakana shouldn't take long to learn - only 46 or so in each. Kanji is another story - naturally 'sake' is the first you should learn - easy to remember - three dashes on the left is the radical (commonly occuring element of a kanji character) for water ... the rest of the character vaguely resembles a half full glass with cocktail umbrella in it!
Hmm. Yep, my English-Japanese dictionary has it as biiru as well. The locals around here write it with in 'e' in it. (had to go check a few local bars to make sure). Not sure if it is due to vernacular differences or due to it being an English word that they have a hard time pronouncing 😕
No matter. Many of the bars serve rhum and coke as well. The ...[text shortened]... can recognize the city I live in, "exit", and "boys". Beyond that I need Romanji or pictures
12 Oct 05
Originally posted by treetalk酒
hiragana and katakana shouldn't take long to learn - only 46 or so in each. Kanji is another story - naturally 'sake' is the first you should learn - easy to remember - three dashes on the left is the radical (commonly occuring element of a kanji character) for water ... the rest of the character vaguely resembles a half full glass with cocktail umbrella in it!
12 Oct 05
Originally posted by treetalkYea, hiragana and katakana aren't too hard, but they don't seem really worth learning. They are primarily used for pronunciation of foreign words, in which case, they are usually written it in English near it.
hiragana and katakana shouldn't take long to learn - only 46 or so in each. Kanji is another story - naturally 'sake' is the first you should learn - easy to remember - three dashes on the left is the radical (commonly occuring element of a kanji character) for water ... the rest of the character vaguely resembles a half full glass with cocktail umbrella in it!
As I travel, romanji and kanji are the two forms that I usually see and need to try to figure out.
A cool trick for kanji is to make up things that it looks like. For example, Yokosuka (where I live) looks like a skinny man and a fat man watching TV while something is cooking on the stove. It's silly, but it works great when in Toyko and trying to find the train home.
12 Oct 05
Ua mau ke ea o ka aina I ka pono
C'est ce qu'on raconte du côté de chez moi, quand on a un soupçon de patriotisme...
Pour le coup, ce serait sympa qu'un hawaiien qui parle français me donne un REC...
(Mais je peux toujours réver)
J'avais commencé un forum en français, quelqu'un l'a-t-il lu dernièrement?
