日本語会話: The Japanese Conversation Thread

[GoktimusPrime]

ROFLMAO!!!


There's an English version here, but it's not as extensive as the Japanese version -- and at least one of the jokes in the JP version isn't translatable in English. Aww man... best laugh in ages. *wipes.tear.from.eye*

[GoktimusPrime]

How to say "I don't speak Japanese, do you speak English?"

NIHONGO GA WAKARIMASEN. EIGO GA WAKARIMAS KA?
日本語が分かりません。英語が分かりますか。
(say "nee-hon-go gah wah-kah-ree-mah-sen. Ay-go gah wah-ree-mas-kah?")

[GoktimusPrime]

From the Martial Arts Discussion thread:

There is a Chinese saying regarding hiding one's true skills... "The real man never gives himself away". I am sure the Japanese have a similar saying.

実るほど頭のさがる稲穂かな ("Minoru hodo kobe no sagaru inahokana"= "The mature rice plant lowers its head."; i.e. at full ripeness/maturity, the top of the rice plant becomes so heavy that it pulls the top of the plant toward the ground like a person bowing - the idea being that the more wisdom one acquires, one's head is filled with humility, i.e. with maturity comes humility and respect for others.

Some translate it as "the boughs that bear the most hangs lowest."

[Bidoofdude]

Got 25/25 on my speaking test, 25/25 on writing and 21/22 on reading for Accelerated Year 8.(we do year 9 stuff)
Not bad IMHO. I'm yet to see my wrong answer.

[GoktimusPrime]

Today was the 2nd anniversary of the 2011 Earthquake/Tsunami. 頑張れ日本！

[Dkaris]

In year 7 and 8 I begun learning japanese, but never followed it up in the later years of my schooling. Are there any good books out there to learn from?

[Bidoofdude]

BTW, it's began or had begun, never begun on its own.
Yeah. I'm in year 8 now and I'm doing this Year 9 Mainstream Jap. It's alright.
(I just hate getting vocab tests three days into the next unit.)