How I Learned French in One Year

Re:How I Learned French in One Year by ivankirigin on Saturday June 13, 2009 @10:59PM (#656751)

Any recommendations on learning to speak and understand japanese without learning kanji? I hated studying kanji while taking japanese language courses in undergrad.

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Re:How I Learned French in One Year by menloparkbum on Sunday June 14, 2009 @02:56AM (#656900)

Get a Japanese girlfriend.

If that's not possible, sounddust's method seems the most likely for a hacker with limited access to Japanese people.

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Re:How I Learned French in One Year by randallsquared on Sunday June 14, 2009 @05:47PM (#657590)

With Japanese, you risk ending up speaking fluent Japanese-girlfriend, rather than what you would be expected to speak as a Japanese-speaking male.

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Re:How I Learned French in One Year by menloparkbum on Monday June 15, 2009 @11:39AM (#658538)

This is valid, you will sound like a girl. However, it's better than not knowing how to speak at all. It isn't so hard to correct - just go drinking with some old japanese guys once a week.

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Re:How I Learned French in One Year by ivankirigin on Monday June 15, 2009 @09:20AM (#658332)

I can't imagine any possible awkward conversations from speaking Japanese-girlfriend

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