i hate when people say they can speak a language

[spamurai]

残念だよ

It takes a lot of work to study and learn a language without being around it every day.
My friend studied for 2 years and was slowly picking it up. Then he moved out there for 6 months and came back almost fluent.

 

[Twinleaf]

OMG xD This is hilarious

 

[AskaRay]

It takes a lot of work to study and learn a language without being around it every day.
My friend studied for 2 years and was slowly picking it up. Then he moved out there for 6 months and came back almost fluent.

Oh yeah I know
I essentially learned the most of my Japanese while I was over there, despite having been in class for three years prior
now being back in the US it's like... ugh, nowhere to practice really -_- need to move back to Japan to get more/better practice, it's really the only option at this point

 

[marzipanmermaid]

I took Japanese classes for 3 years, passed all the work/exams and got the final certificates etc... I still can't speak the language lol.

That's so intimidating, lol... I've been wanting to learn Japanese for ages but I don't know where to start... I can't even speak my "native" tongue all that great. I have too heavy of a tongue for Spanish.

 

[xiaonu]

I have no idea xD she was in Hong Kong, I'm an American school, soooo. Maybe since it's an ex British colony, many people must know how to speak Chinese :3

It could be possible because of that they speak Cantonese in Hong Kong over Mandarin. I know I barely know any Cantonese and if I went to China with a different dialect, it's still hard to pick up because you haven't been taught much about it in English. It is definitely different compared to Mandarin ^^;

 

[xxxmadison]

I'm going to be learning Japanese through school. I'm really interested in the culture and I think it'll be a beneficial language to learn, as a lot of products are made in Japan and it would be good for business negotiations between the US and Japan.
My aunt lives in Miami and when I visited, she spoke Spanish fluently. She has a tenant in her backyard cottage that came from Cuba and only speaks Spanish.

 

[Ste]

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[spamurai]

Currently, I'm trying to learn a language which is more superior than any other: sign language.

Although a very clever and interesting language, I wouldn't say it's superior to others.
I would guess it mostly involves muscle memory so just takes practice and patience.
It's also not a universal language and differs country to country.
Still a very impressive skill to learn. Kudos.

 

[ThatInsaneHenry]

Omg this so much >_<

My friend and I were in a chatroom and these girls came in and one of the was like "I speak Japanese!" and we were like c00l and someone said "how" and she said from anime.

"DESUU
KAWAII
KONNICHIWA
SAYONARA
ARIGATOU
ICH-NI-SAN"

(also, I am no expert in Japanese, I'm just copying what they said)

my god that is some terrible japanese (im learning it and i look at this and just face palm)

 

[spamurai]

my god that is some terrible japanese (im learning it and i look at this and just face palm)

It's not terrible. It's just the romanji of single words.

 

[Ste]

Although a very clever and interesting language, I wouldn't say it's superior to others.
I would guess it mostly involves muscle memory so just takes practice and patience.
It's also not a universal language and differs country to country.
Still a very impressive skill to learn. Kudos.

I see your point, and I see where you're coming from. At the moment I'm trying to learn British Sign Language, but there's a variety of different movements/signals for just one word. I don't necessarily have to learn them all, but it can get tricky if, let's say I'm signing to an American.

 

[spamurai]

I see your point, and I see where you're coming from. At the moment I'm trying to learn British Sign Language, but there's a variety of different movements/signals for just one word. I don't necessarily have to learn them all, but it can get tricky if, let's say I'm signing to an American.

Of course.
And you're absolutely right.
I just googled it to read more about it and it also involves body and facial movements and actions, which I hadn't considered.

Any language is hard to learn.
I admire anyone who's first language isn't English

 

[Ste]

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[spamurai]

You won't admire me then, ahaha.
Yeah, you also have to mime the word, without necessarily speaking.
I've not really got the patience to learn a different language other than sign language, such as: French. This can be argued, but majority of individuals speak English - so it's less of a battle.

Well I admire people who try xD
It's easy for English people, like myself, to become lazy and can get away without learning another language.

I tried French at school but found it boring. Maybe because it was forced as a subject.
Then I took it upon myself to study Japanese once I finished and loved it.
I guess you're more likely to learn a language if you enjoy it/want to actually learn it.

 

[Ste]

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[jazzy_jamie]

I've taken French in school for four years now and I love it! It was also forced on me, but I was really looking forward to it and have always had a bit of a natural ability for learning languages. Due to the fact I have done so well in French (I have bragging rights I've gotten 100 on all four final exams I've taken over my years of learning), I'm taking Japanese this year and I'm really excited. I didn't even know that my high school offered Japanese until last June when I asked about electives!
But I also hate it when people pretend to know how to speak languages they actually can't. Learning a language is A TON of work (as I'm sure everyone can guess) and pretending to be able to speak it when you can't is almost disrespectful to people who have spent years learning it and still aren't anywhere near being fluent and also to those people who CAN speak that language fluently.