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Ker sefo

>Japanese is the hardest, because the writing system, grammar, and syntax are totally different from any of those other languages.

The japanese grammar is very very easy. Easier than any European language.
The writing system takes some time to learn, but there is also the equivalent of our alphabet (hiragana / katakana) that helps you pronounce any japanese word and read and write text. This alphabet can be mastered in 1 week if you have no special gift for languages or 2 days for the others.

Also, most of the vocabulary comes from the english and is just transcripted (orth?) using katakanas. This way if you say "fork" or "knife" to a japanese, even if he doesn't know 1 word of english, he will understand you.

The grammar is just learning 2 tenses, some sentence construction rules and after 1 year you can start focusing on learning vocabulary and chinese characters.

Americans did an amazing job simplifying (ruining) this language after the war.........

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    - Any addition to the library is good, but - Delta Tr dopel 2008-05-14 23:41:23
- RE: Question about foreign languages - Gen Halley 2008-05-14 15:05:30
  - >RE: Question about foreign languages - Ker sefo 2008-05-15 10:14:05 <
  - RE: Question about foreign languages - Gamma Tr The Digital Poet 2008-05-14 23:42:35
- RE: Question about foreign languages - Ker sefo 2008-05-14 07:47:42
  - RE: Question about foreign languages - Tr Trapt 2008-05-14 17:50:15
- RE: Question about foreign languages - Gamma Tr The Digital Poet 2008-05-14 01:08:25
  - Can you speak Janaese now? - Delta Tr dopel 2008-05-14 23:37:30

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Message:	On 2008-05-15 10:14:05, sefo wrote >>Japanese is the hardest, because the writing system, grammar, and syntax are totally different from any of those other languages. > >The japanese grammar is very very easy. Easier than any European language. >The writing system takes some time to learn, but there is also the equivalent of our alphabet (hiragana / katakana) that helps you pronounce any japanese word and read and write text. This alphabet can be mastered in 1 week if you have no special gift for languages or 2 days for the others. > >Also, most of the vocabulary comes from the english and is just transcripted (orth?) using katakanas. This way if you say "fork" or "knife" to a japanese, even if he doesn't know 1 word of english, he will understand you. > >The grammar is just learning 2 tenses, some sentence construction rules and after 1 year you can start focusing on learning vocabulary and chinese characters. > >Americans did an amazing job simplifying (ruining) this language after the war.........
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