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Re:Tim Ferriss on his approach to learning [video] by dbul on Saturday April 18, 2009 @09:18PM (#568970)
That's not true: I've spoken single sentences and Japanese people would tell me, "when you spoke just now I thought you were Japanese."

And for what's it's worth, he spoke more than the above (e.g. when he was imitating the instructor).

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Re:Tim Ferriss on his approach to learning [video] by basugasubaku on Saturday April 18, 2009 @11:54PM (#569081)
That doesn't contradict my assertion that generally some things will sound natural and others won't.

When we was imitating the instructor he was speaking English in a Japanese accent right? I am talking about whether his Japanese is native-sounding.

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Re:Tim Ferriss on his approach to learning [video] by dbul on Sunday April 19, 2009 @05:17PM (#569813)
That's the funny thing: he was speaking Japanese but two of the 3 words he used were borrowed from English.

I guess in the end not having been to Japan and knowing few, if any, people who have gone there and seriously studied the language, it simply sounded impressive to me.

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