OMGAKITTY Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 well' date=' classes you have to register to get in, and it's a first come first serve basis. There's not enough professors to teach ALL the students who want in[/quote'] Isn't Spanish compulsory...in America? Up to middle school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragnarok1945 Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 well' date=' classes you have to register to get in, and it's a first come first serve basis. There's not enough professors to teach ALL the students who want in[/quote'] Isn't Spanish compulsory...in America? once you reach high school you can choose different languages (though most still stuck with Spanish since they got used to it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanAtlus Posted January 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 well' date=' classes you have to register to get in, and it's a first come first serve basis. There's not enough professors to teach ALL the students who want in[/quote'] Isn't Spanish compulsory...in America? once you reach high school you can choose different languages (though most still stuck with Spanish since they got used to it) How many different languages can you take at maximum? I believe I have all those you can get in Belgian high school. (Dutch, French, English, German and Spanish) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragnarok1945 Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 That depends from school to school I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGAKITTY Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Bigger school = more languages.There's no formalized system, although I'm pretty sure the majority of schools will offer at least Spanish. Mine offers Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Greek, American Sign Language, and Latin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragnarok1945 Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Interesting. Mine only offered Spanish, German, French, and Latin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanAtlus Posted January 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Interesting. Mine only offered Spanish' date=' German, French, and Latin[/quote'] Damn. Forgot Latin/Greek , it also exists in Belgium. But I don't take it. Seems too hard for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragnarok1945 Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Interesting. Mine only offered Spanish' date=' German, French, and Latin[/quote'] Damn. Forgot Latin/Greek , it also exists in Belgium. But I don't take it. Seems too hard for me. We never had greek at our school. Said wasn't useful at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsterikcAde Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 I would love to learn Japanese and I'm a slow learner so It'll probably take me at least 6 months for me to master the essentials. In my opinion, Japanese is a beautiful language and It'll be cool coming from the states to be fluent in it, GOD LOVES JAPAN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanAtlus Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I would love to learn Japanese and I'm a slow learner so It'll probably take me at least 6 months for me to master the essentials. In my opinion' date=' Japanese is a beautiful language and It'll be cool coming from the states to be fluent in it, GOD LOVES JAPAN![/quote'] 6 months? Make that 6 years to get the basics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JoshIcy Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 ^: That's only because there is no general phonics to it at all.If there was, I could probably ace it within a few months. (Provided that I wasn't lazy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanAtlus Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 ^: That's only because there is no general phonics to it at all.If there was' date=' I could probably ace it within a few months. (Provided that I wasn't lazy).[/quote'] Nani? What does "general phonics" mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JoshIcy Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 The english language can be mastered relatively quickly with mild understanding.Due to that each word can beyond the rough basic 100 words (not gonna grab that list), can be understood through deductive reasoning. Even if you do not have any prior knowledge of a word, you can take clues from the context and intent of the person to understand that new word. Such is Phonics. Japanese/Nihongo does not have that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanAtlus Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 The english language can be mastered relatively quickly with mild understanding.Due to that each word can beyond the rough basic 100 words (not gonna grab that list)' date=' can be understood through deductive reasoning. Even if you do not have any prior knowledge of a word, you can take clues from the context and intent of the person to understand that new word. Such is Phonics. Japanese/Nihongo does not have that.[/quote'] Indeed. Don't think I know 100 Japanese words yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsterikcAde Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I would love to learn Japanese and I'm a slow learner so It'll probably take me at least 6 months for me to master the essentials. In my opinion' date=' Japanese is a beautiful language and It'll be cool coming from the states to be fluent in it, GOD LOVES JAPAN![/quote'] 6 months? Make that 6 years to get the basics. Is your username a crack of Harry Potter because your username sounds similar to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanAtlus Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I would love to learn Japanese and I'm a slow learner so It'll probably take me at least 6 months for me to master the essentials. In my opinion' date=' Japanese is a beautiful language and It'll be cool coming from the states to be fluent in it, GOD LOVES JAPAN![/quote'] 6 months? Make that 6 years to get the basics. Is your username a crack of Harry Potter because your username sounds similar to him. Cuwl...didn't notice that before...yeah I used to read them books quite a lot in order to improve my English French and German. Now let's get back on topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury the year Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 So am I. Advice: DON'T. The conjugations are annoying as h*ll. Try Mandarin Chinese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragnarok1945 Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 So am I. Advice: DON'T. The conjugations are annoying as h*ll. Try Mandarin Chinese. please. That's what some people said on Mandarin Chinese also. Give it a shot Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanAtlus Posted February 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 I just think it's sugoi to learn some words. I think my vocabulary is about 20 words right now XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragnarok1945 Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 I just think it's sugoi to learn some words. I think my vocabulary is about 20 words right now XD and how long have you been doing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGAKITTY Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 I just think it's sugoiawesome to learn some words. I think my vocabulary is about 20 words right now XD What did I say about mixing Japanese and English? DON'T. Weaboos are not cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragnarok1945 Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 mixing ANY two languages is bad. Some of my friends tried this for Spanish and it only gave other people the impression their english and spanish skills suck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanAtlus Posted February 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 mixing ANY two languages is bad. Some of my friends tried this for Spanish and it only gave other people the impression their english and spanish skills suck Yeah. But "sugoi" is an exception.I could use that word all day long...XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragnarok1945 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 one word is one thing. A full sentence with more than one language is another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanAtlus Posted February 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 one word is one thing. A full sentence with more than one language is another Dai jyo bu. I'll try to avoid it in the future ;p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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