Does anybody speak Japanese?

[DesOk]

I should be pretty fluent in Japanese because I have a degree in Asian Culture and Language Japanese, but I don't get to use it as much as I would like. I read raw manga and watch raw anime (watch translated and hear the difference in the translations as well), but I forget many kanji readings and word meanings. I want to go to Japan sometime in the future.

私は日本語を少し話します。文法と単語が忘れてしまうのです。
わたしはにほんごをすこしはなします。ぶんぽうとたんごがわすれてしまうのです。
I can speak a little Japanese. Because I completely forget the grammer and vocabulary.

Oh, well. I tried.
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[nicinch]

I speak some japanese, while living there it is a question life and death.
Incredible how poor their english level is.
The nicest people on earth but no way to share anything or even order in a mc donalds if you don't speak japanese.

[URHereIMNot]

i lived in jap a few years when i was smaller, so i kno some jap. i still read my jap manga collection sometimes (doraemon, conan, etc).
from wat i remember of japan, it was a strange country. does anyone remember the commercial for the original jet grind radio for dreamcast? well in japan, almost all the commercials are like that. it's really freaky.
and i kno ppl kno this, but i have to stress this: their inglish SUX. their vocab and grammar is prolly lower than an american elementary student. need i cite proofs, like "Chrno Crusade" and "Zero One"?
As for learning japanese, i say the best (but prolly not probable) way is to take all ur belongings, take only the stuff that'll fit in a suitcase, haul ur ass to japan, and live there for at least a year. that's wat i did, but that was when i was really young, so others may not find it as succesful.
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[uch1h4_s4suk3]

kan read jap. and speak a lil bit (real lil bit..) but i kant understand what i read...currently taking japanese skool...

[ephbuck]

thats interesting that you can read, but not speak well, usually its speak b4 read.. but i guess the uncomprehension makes up for that part.

[Sarki]

[ephbuck]

haha, let me guess those words are baki, suki, aho, itadakimasu, and ohayo.... the typical words you pick up from anime...

side note im going back to japan tomarow so i can work on my rusty japanese with my granparents... but thier gonna be disapointed by how litte i can read.. not looking forward to that part...

[cicak83]

I can't speak Japanese. I can't read Japanese. Learning 3 languages in school is already tough (Malay, English and Mandrin). Until now, I can only read English and Malay. I can speak 3 languages though. I'll try to find time to learn Japanese. Currently I have a lot of work to do.

[Zellron]

I speak some... but very limited... I have to learn it own my own... so I have to tie it in with my french and english... which is difficult none the less...

Learning french is easy... if you know english... all the european languages are based off Latin (Go roman empire, making my life easier)... but japanese is harder to grasp... took me a while to say "i" as a a long vowel e, or get us to the idea at least...

[Der_Buhmann]

I´ll start learning Japanese starting this April!

[danniest]

Arigatoe gosaimus

[rcjroxanne]

aw man i wish i did!

[asianskater]

i can only speak about 20% of the japanese language and cannot read or even write the simpliest of jap unless its in english
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[Hybrid0147]

I can only copy some cool character speechs...

"Ware ni ken wo atteta koto...homete yaru..."
(I am honored/surprised...you [of all others] would dare to lay a [hand] upon me...) - Igniz
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[miniazn]

i speak some japanese and understand most