Comments on: pronunciation tool http://japanese.nearlythere.com/2005/09/30/pronunciation-tool Notes from my self-study and my Japanese lessons Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:49:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Siu http://japanese.nearlythere.com/2005/09/30/pronunciation-tool#comment-119 Sun, 09 Oct 2005 07:07:44 +0000 http://japanese.nearlythere.com/2005/09/30/pronunciation-tool#comment-119 I hope that your effort succeeds! ...From Japan. I hope that your effort succeeds!

…From Japan.

]]> by: Ed Sasaki http://japanese.nearlythere.com/2005/09/30/pronunciation-tool#comment-100 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:54:06 +0000 http://japanese.nearlythere.com/2005/09/30/pronunciation-tool#comment-100 Regarding meeting native speakers. The class I am taking is taught at Fresno City College. And the teacher is a counselor at Fresno State University. So she has students from Japan who are studying at Fresno state help with tutoring. And there is a small Japanese Student Association with members from Japan and the U.S. So the Japanese students can learn English and the American students can learn Japanese. They have fun events and get togethers. Maybe you can find or start a similar club at a local college or community college. Best of luck, Ed. Regarding meeting native speakers. The class I am taking is taught at Fresno City College. And the teacher is a counselor at Fresno State University. So she has students from Japan who are studying at Fresno state help with tutoring.

And there is a small Japanese Student Association with members from Japan and the U.S. So the Japanese students can learn English and the American students can learn Japanese. They have fun events and get togethers.

Maybe you can find or start a similar club at a local college or community college.

Best of luck, Ed.

]]> by: Ed Sasaki http://japanese.nearlythere.com/2005/09/30/pronunciation-tool#comment-99 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:51:01 +0000 http://japanese.nearlythere.com/2005/09/30/pronunciation-tool#comment-99 Found your postings today. Some of the weblinks you posted were very helpful. Keep up the log!!! Thanks. I am a Japanese-American from Hawaii, but now live in Fresno. I am studying Japanese for a first time and enjoying it. But the hiragana takes a lot of effort and study. Wish I had more time. Bye for now, Ed. Found your postings today. Some of the weblinks you posted were very helpful. Keep up the log!!! Thanks.

I am a Japanese-American from Hawaii, but now live in Fresno. I am studying Japanese for a first time and enjoying it. But the hiragana takes a lot of effort and study. Wish I had more time.

Bye for now, Ed.

]]> by: Marie http://japanese.nearlythere.com/2005/09/30/pronunciation-tool#comment-98 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:36:34 +0000 http://japanese.nearlythere.com/2005/09/30/pronunciation-tool#comment-98 Heather -- Found this interesting looking manual today that might make learning kanji easier. http://www.thejapanshop.net/km.htm I don't know much about it, aside from what is displayed on the page, but it certainly looks easier than diving in and memorizing frantically. Just a thought! Heather — Found this interesting looking manual today that might make learning kanji easier. http://www.thejapanshop.net/km.htm I don’t know much about it, aside from what is displayed on the page, but it certainly looks easier than diving in and memorizing frantically. Just a thought!

]]> by: Paul D http://japanese.nearlythere.com/2005/09/30/pronunciation-tool#comment-96 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:49:22 +0000 http://japanese.nearlythere.com/2005/09/30/pronunciation-tool#comment-96 I think if your pronunciation is merely okay, people will just compliment your Japanese. They'll compliment your pronunciation if it's very good. If/when you go to Japan, you can judge it by how well store clerks and restaurant waitresses understand you. :) I think if your pronunciation is merely okay, people will just compliment your Japanese. They’ll compliment your pronunciation if it’s very good.

If/when you go to Japan, you can judge it by how well store clerks and restaurant waitresses understand you. :)

]]> by: David http://japanese.nearlythere.com/2005/09/30/pronunciation-tool#comment-95 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:53:38 +0000 http://japanese.nearlythere.com/2005/09/30/pronunciation-tool#comment-95 I went out for dinner with my brother last night, in Brighton. One of the waitresses was probably Japanese (it was a Thai restaurant, so Japanese wouldn't be the norm, I guess). Anyway, she was describing the choice of desserts, and pronounced the f of 'fritter' with that light, blowing-out-a-candle sound we know as ふ. Too sweet for words. Now I need another excuse to go to Brighton. Perhaps I could take a tape recorder and pretend it was for research? I went out for dinner with my brother last night, in Brighton. One of the waitresses was probably Japanese (it was a Thai restaurant, so Japanese wouldn’t be the norm, I guess). Anyway, she was describing the choice of desserts, and pronounced the f of ‘fritter’ with that light, blowing-out-a-candle sound we know as ふ.

Too sweet for words. Now I need another excuse to go to Brighton.

Perhaps I could take a tape recorder and pretend it was for research?

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