How I learned Japanese: Interview about habits and learning Japanese in Japan

Re:How I learned Japanese: Interview about habits and learni... by sparkzilla on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @01:01PM (#14647105)

The easiest way to learn Japanese, at least spoken Japanese, is to find a Japanese boyfriend or girlfriend. And to live away from other gaijin.

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Re:How I learned Japanese: Interview about habits and learni... by bluGill on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @01:13PM (#14647239)

I've been warned that the Japanese consider this the way to learn English and if you investigate your "girl friend" you will eventually discover the real boyfriend that she treats like a boyfriend when not with you.

YMMV.

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Re:How I learned Japanese: Interview about habits and learni... by johngruber on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @01:20PM (#14647295)

That is how I learned English and I totally agree! However in Japanese he way women and men speak is quite different, so I've been told several times that some expressions were "wrong" for me to use.

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Re:How I learned Japanese: Interview about habits and learni... by 77pt77 on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @05:33PM (#14649681)

This is very important.

Men should at least have some interaction with other native male speaker otherwise they'll talk like women and that will hurt them socially.

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