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誰でもネーションステーツの遊んでいる人の中に日本でいますか？

もし誰かいたら、何か言って下さい。

I'm thinking this is gonna get locked soon---but welcome to NSgeneral:D

Ummm, if you haven't noticed most of us speak English - oh yes, and welcome :D

He's asking if any fellow players are in Japan or can speak Japanese.

誰でもネーションステーツの遊んでいる人の中に日本でいますか？

もし誰かいたら、何か言って下さい。

長野県です。　でもぼくはアメリカ人です。　日本語下手ですすみません。　Daistallia 2104 は日本語上手です。

Nya Zakluchene!

誰でもネーションステーツの遊んでいる人の中に日本でいますか？

もし誰かいたら、何か言って下さい。



Me no speaky Japanesey :D

I feel like a jackass now. :( I thought it was just that a font, I couldn't see the characters. I'm so sorry.

Welcome to NationsStates and the great General Forum!

Me no speaky Japanesey :D
Yes, but are you Easy Breazy?

It's great that many Japanese words are Chinese characters. I actually know what you're talking about! But if you were saying this it would become gibberish. :p

Yes, but are you Easy Breazy?

Beautiful cover girl?

It's great that many Japanese words are Chinese characters. I actually know what you're talking about! But if you were saying this it would become gibberish. :p



It must be nice speaking a language similar to Japanese :D

It must be nice speaking a language similar to Japanese :D

No! It's nice for the Japanese to speak a language similar to Chinese!! :D

Beautiful cover girl?
Um... not really, it's actually a joke based on a song by a popular Japanese singer who's refrain goes:

You're easy breazy
And I'm Japaneasy

That is the only Japanese singer I know who probably has better english than Japanese : P

Um... not really, it's actually a joke based on a song by a popular Japanese singer who's refrain goes:

You're easy breazy
And I'm Japaneasy

Oh I thought you were talking about a certain cosmetics commercial :p

hi yeah, i can speak a little japanese, i've been studying it for 3 years, but i dont have a japanese keyboard or font :(

日本語だけ分かりますか？私もアメリカの人ですけど日本語がちょっと読めますよ。

hi yeah, i can speak a little japanese, i've been studying it for 3 years, but i dont have a japanese keyboard or font :(

What platform does your computer use? I know it's already pre-installed on Windows XP.

What platform does your computer use? I know it's already pre-installed on Windows XP.


Doesn't it come with a character map that does Japanese?

Doesn't it come with a character map that does Japanese?

Something like that. It'll become useful when I learn Japanese.

誰でもネーションステーツの遊んでいる人の中に日本でいますか？

もし誰かいたら、何か言って下さい。
Skoshi

That is the only Japanese singer I know who probably has better english than Japanese : P
はい！　ひかるちゃん好きです！

And Japanese and Chinese are not related to each other as a language, they are not even in the same language family really. It's just that for various reasons written Japanese has four writting systems where kanji, Chinese script, is the major one. They only use around 3,000 kanji where written Chinese is... forgive me, Dragons Bay, it's around 200,000 right?

Um... not really, it's actually a joke based on a song by a popular Japanese singer who's refrain goes:

You're easy breazy
And I'm Japaneasy

I'm Japaneasy. Japaneasy, like Sunday morning.

実際に私は日本人の言うことがわかる.

Me no speaky Japanesey :D
Just reading it is ok.

i think that chinese has 50,000. I was in China for 2.5 weeks just a couple weeks ago, and unless our Chinese native tour guide was evil and spreading misinformation, it's 50 thou. but there's only 6k vital ones.

I think I'm turning japanese, I really think so. :)

Okay, cool. Yeah, I`m an American too, BTW. I`m just in Japan on an exchange program.

Is only English allowed on the forums? Can you post in Japanese and not get in trouble?

-Amanda

Okay, cool. Yeah, I`m an American too, BTW. I`m just in Japan on an exchange program.

Is only English allowed on the forums? Can you post in Japanese and not get in trouble?

-Amanda
Welcome to NationStates, and yes, you can post in other languages and not get into trouble with the mods, but be aware that most other players cannot see the Japanese font, and will of course hijack threads at random. ;)

Oh, what exchange program are you on?

日本は１４年に：いろいろのけどいちばんあがいは大阪に１０年かん。ＮＥＲＶＵＮはうそ。上手じゃない！まだまだ下手です！:(

And welcome to NS and Japan (maybe :))
I'm not sure where Obihiro is?

(Lunatic Goofballs, you need a good beating?)

日本は１４年に：いろいろのけどいちばんあがいは大阪に１０年かん。ＮＥＲＶＵＮはうそ。上手じゃない！まだまだ下手です！:(
Chigaouyo! Daistallia-san no nihongo wa sugoi jouzu desu!

(My American computer has decided it doesn't want to activate the language bar this evening. :p )

Chigaouyo! Daistallia-san no nihongo wa sugoi jouzu desu!

(My American computer has decided it doesn't want to activate the language bar this evening. :p )

Nope. It's better than some, but I know lots of gaijin who speak much better Japanese than I do. But my sample is probably biased - several good friends have passed 1 kyu on the nikken.

Nope. It's better than some, but I know lots of gaijin who speak much better Japanese than I do. But my sample is probably biased - several good friends have passed 1 kyu on the nikken.

*Bows and starts worshiping those who have passed 1 kyu*

One of these days I hope to be able to actually speak Japanese instead of mangling it badly... but, what the hell, it provides my fiancee with a laugh when I inform her I went to "Matsumoto no natsume matsuri." ;)

Ne - minasan. Windows wa kanji to kana o tsukute nai. Tabun romaji dake?

And a big thank you to Most Glorious Hack!

Ne - minasan. Windows wa kanji to kana o tsukute nai. Tabun romaji dake?

And a big thank you to Most Glorious Hack!

I hate to say it, but the longer I deal with kanji and kana, the less I am able to deal with romaji.

Demo, kanji dai kirai desu!

Boku mo, domo arigatou Haaki-sama.

*Bows and starts worshiping those who have passed 1 kyu*

One of these days I hope to be able to actually speak Japanese instead of mangling it badly... but, what the hell, it provides my fiancee with a laugh when I inform her I went to "Matsumoto no natsume matsuri." ;)

Mangling nihongo is a specialty of mine: I've managed to call myself a carrot, tell an old GF I was going to eat a friend, and ask for underwear mushrooms. (nihongo shaberu no hito wa nantonoku ryoukai, ne)

I hate to say it, but the longer I deal with kanji and kana, the less I am able to deal with romaji.

Demo, kanji dai kirai desu!

Boku mo, domo arigatou Haaki-sama.

Kanji wa jigoku karakimashita, ne.

I can see all this Japanese writing but can't read any of it.

Mangling nihongo is a specialty of mine: I've managed to call myself a carrot, tell an old GF I was going to eat a friend, and ask for underwear mushrooms.

*LOL* Yeah, I've done things like that, including asking a poor girl where her honorable castle lives. The worst mistake I've heard is a female AET who frogot her inkan and went back to the staff room to get it and asked the room at large, "Watashi no hanko, doko desuka?" only slipped up and replaced the ha with ma.

kanji wa... kanji wa aku!

I`m with AFS on a year program, and I also did the summer program last year. Obihiro is in Hokkaido, although right now I`m in Osaka on vacation.

Yes, actually, all this romaji is weird to read.

1kyuu... gawd. I`m taking 3 this December, although it should be a breeze. 2kyuu would be impossible in one year, I think....

-Amanda

I`m with AFS on a year program, and I also did the summer program last year. Obihiro is in Hokkaido, although right now I`m in Osaka on vacation.

Yes, actually, all this romaji is weird to read.

1kyuu... gawd. I`m taking 3 this December, although it should be a breeze. 2kyuu would be impossible in one year, I think....

-Amanda

*sighs* Damn, I had hoped you'd be another JET so we could gang up on Daistallia. Shouganai ne?

I'll be joining you for 3 too, if I ever remember to buy the aplication form.

*LOL* Yeah, I've done things like that, including asking a poor girl where her honorable castle lives. The worst mistake I've heard is a female AET who frogot her inkan and went back to the staff room to get it and asked the room at large, "Watashi no hanko, doko desuka?" only slipped up and replaced the ha with ma.

kanji wa... kanji wa aku!

LOL! I've done similar - "There's a cat outside" - darn that "me" and "ne" are too close together... (>.<)

I`m with AFS on a year program, and I also did the summer program last year. Obihiro is in Hokkaido, although right now I`m in Osaka on vacation.

!!! Whereabouts and for how long? I know Osaka pretty darn well, as you might have guessed from my post above.

(Lunatic Goofballs, you need a good beating?)

Usually. *nod* :)

I can see all this Japanese writing but can't read any of it.

Дbјати нє бєсbда тъі. Искати латиньскъ. :D

Дbјати нє бєсbда тъі. Искати латиньскъ. :D

Sumimasen ro-shiago wakarimasen.

Usually. *nod* :)

:D Here, have a set of virtual tickets to the next Vapors concert.

Okay, cool. Yeah, I`m an American too, BTW. I`m just in Japan on an exchange program.

Is only English allowed on the forums? Can you post in Japanese and not get in trouble?

-Amanda

hey! my name is Amanda too:D

Дbјати нє бєсbда тъі. Искати латиньскъ. :D
In Soviet Russia, language speaks you!

Okay, cool. Yeah, I`m an American too, BTW. I`m just in Japan on an exchange program.

Is only English allowed on the forums? Can you post in Japanese and not get in trouble?

-Amanda
That's badass! I'd kill to go to Japan! What sort of programme did you go on?

Watakshi wa hentai desu!

I know very little Japanese. I'm self taught (which is amazing considering how lazy I am)... although I can't really say that because I hardly got past the 4th chapter of the book I was using. Thence, I only know the A wa B desu(ka) structure.

I also learned all the kana and 200+ kanji from playing a freeware computer game that helped you memorize them, but I'm slowly forgetting them. Oh well, there's always time later...

In Soviet Russia, language speaks you!

Nyet. Was typing in Old Church Slavonic, not Russian. :D

I hate kanji so much that even government almost looks good in comparison. I have tried to learn Japanese, but there are just too many kanji. At least I could read most of the title of this thread barely.

I don't even like Japan, though. I'm interested in the language because it sounds nice and has an interesting grammar.

To anyone thats intrested in going, it`s no picnic, lol.

I`m in Osaka until tomorrow morning. You know Takatsuki? I`m there, you anywhere near there?

もう。。。昨日は(or today rather)、朝４時までカラオケをしてた！！！ねむたい！　ヤバイイわ。

-Amanda

It's great that many Japanese words are Chinese characters. I actually know what you're talking about! But if you were saying this it would become gibberish. :p

lol

same here! :D

もう。。。昨日は(or today rather)、朝４時までカラオケをしてた！！！ねむたい！　ヤバイイわ。
*LOL* かわいそうアマンダさん！

私は悪い日本語を話すことができる

As per advice by Frisbeeteria, the current topic of discussion is the Japanese language itself (difficulty of, ability to use, and mistakes), location within Japan and experances, and the evils of late night karaoke.

This ends the English report for the thread.

日本語始まる！ ;)

To anyone thats intrested in going, it`s no picnic, lol.

I`m in Osaka until tomorrow morning. You know Takatsuki? I`m there, you anywhere near there?

もう。。。昨日は(or today rather)、朝４時までカラオケをしてた！！！ねむたい！　ヤバイイわ。

-Amanda

はい，たかつきしてる。ぼくは堺「さかい」市て。
カラオケは二年間よりでいてない。
ぼくのおすすめはアンアキインザユーケイ！ちょっとむかしでわ、ホステスクラブにはうたうました。面白いそう。いぱいのサラリマンがとてもびっくり！http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/spezial/serpe/punk/punk6.gif

Saipea, honto ni hentai? Tabun etchi na hito shaberitaikatta.

アンア何とか何とかって何？

ホステスクラーブ行った事ないけれども、そのお仕事したくないわ。　すごく大変だと思う。

高校生のせいふく着るので、まだ変たいばっかりがいる。　We don`t need anymore...it`s actually really frightening and scary when you`re a young woman living here.


ああ、忘れた！日記がある。　www.amandainjapan.net

-アマンダ

Hai, Nihongo o hanasu...demo watashi wa osutoraria-jin. :)

...I've always wondered,

50 thousand charachters,

How big are your keyboards? :confused:

...I've always wondered,

50 thousand charachters,

How big are your keyboards? :confused:
You wouldn't believe how big. ;)

Actually they are the same size as a standard US one and use the same QWERTY configuration with just a few extra keys. The OS handles the converstion from romaji, Roman alphabet, to Japanese by allowing you to type in the phonetics and then choosing which kanji or kana you want.

Watashi = わたし = ワタシ = 私 (English: I, the self)
Romaji Hiragana Katakana Kanji English ;)

私は土に無礼である! である深刻私に会うことができるか。私の方法、あなたのすべてから出なさい! これはなまけ者のための場所でない。私を結合するか、または死になさい。より少しをしてもいいか。幸運で最もよい洗浄のため、Sparkle 使用氏!

http://www.actionfig.com/simpsons/mrsparkle.gif

...I've always wondered,

50 thousand charachters,

How big are your keyboards? :confused:

50,000 is a bit more than are in actual common use.

There are 1,945 "Education kanji" (kyōiku kanji 教育漢字) and Daily-use kanji (jōyō kanji 常用漢字), plus another 983 "Name kanji" (jinmeiyō kanji 人名用漢字). The first two sets are the once taught in primary and secondary education, and the "name kanji" are old characters now used only in names. The average college-educated native Japanese speaker knows around 2500-3000 characters.

The highest level on the "Japanese kanji Aptitude Test" (Nihon kanji nōryoku kentei shiken　日本漢字能力検定試験), level 1, tests for knowledge of 6000 characters.

Then there are 46 hiragana and 46 katakana, which are the dual phonetic alphabets.

The number of kanji needed to pass the highest level (which is supposed to be equivilant to a native-speaker high school graduate's level of ability) on the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (日本語能力試験), a test for non-native speakers, is about 2000.

There are a disputed number of "Gaiji" (外字), or rare/non-standard caharcters - between 40,000 and 80,000 depending on your source. However very few of these are represented on most Japanese computer OSs or word processors. AFAIK, there are about 6000 JIS Kanji (http://www25.big.jp/~jam/encoding/jis.html#kanji90) available for standard computer use.

The number of kanji needed to pass the highest level (which is supposed to be equivilant to a native-speaker high school graduate's level of ability) on the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (日本語能力試験), a test for non-native speakers, is about 2000.

Heh. I only know about 300.