Oh this is very funny. Better than a translation tool.
Create a simple sentence in Japanese! You select from a variety of options to make simple sentences.
Lookie at my new sentence: 面白いと思います！(supposed to mean: I think it’s interesting)
Thanks to Karol for the link.
*phew* i have a LONG way to go to understanding japanese. fugeddaboudit. this is mildly demoralizing.
i was taking a break, looking at some lovely photologs from japan. here: 6strings and bitter girls
thought i might make use of the handy-dandy online translation tool at Jim Breen’s WWWJDIC Server…
it does faithfully translate each word, sentence […]
There’s loads and loads more Japanese language podcasts since I first looked for some in June. I tried listening to the myriad gaijin “whoah look at how wacky Japan is” stuff, but they’re in English anyway.
I do listen to the Nippon voice blog, but mostly it’s over my head. I am starting to pick […]
雨 = あめ sounds like Ame; rain
飴 = あめ; ame; candy
明日 = みょうにち; tomorrow
i met with my japanese tutor for coffee, and talked about ideas on how to make the sessions most useful. we have loads in common, not least of which is mixing cocktails.
we talked about the problem with hiragana, because sometimes […]
this is a very generous fella, what a cool site. he’s bilingual and posts frequent phrases in his blog, to help people Speak Real Japanese, http://learning-jp.blogdrive.com/ he includes helpful pronunciation tips, and different ways to use words and phrases.
the author chooses to write in romaji, so my only wish is that it included the […]
this is great! i found stories to read in Japanese. a lovely lady has transcribed them. she made them for her husband. v sweet. this is her site: Do you want to learn japanese?
The stories are transcribed with hiragana and romaji. For example, this story “Natori” has:
- the kanji
- transcibed in hiragana
- transcribed in romaji
- […]
英語 【えいご】 (n) the English language; (P); EP
英 【えい】 (n) England; Britain; SP
語 【ご】 (n,n-suf) language; word; (P); E
on saturday i took the greetings and hiragana quizzes at Genki: An integrated course on Japanese. it was so satisfying. i knew the greetings from listening to recordings. and i knew the hiragana from practicing with my handy-dandy flashcards, and the tools mentioned before.
i’d say about 60% of my answers were process of elimination. […]
i haven’t been writing what i’ve actually been doing. i’m going to catch up here, and from now on try and do more frequent note-taking on the steps i follow. then i can reflect on what i’d do differently.
for example, i wish i had started by simply reading these four articles, which help describe […]
(update: I just noticed that over at Mike Smeen at Learn Japanese was having the same thoughts about goals.)
when i began, my goal was to dabble in learning japanese, to aim low, and get some “survival japanese”. as i wrote in as i wrote in my profile, i was thinking of effective phrases i could […]