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Languages and Linguistics

yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts) Mon Jan 27, 2020, 12:35 AM Jan 2020

How I Learnt JAPANESE (Mikan)

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How I Learnt JAPANESE (Mikan) (Original Post) yuiyoshida Jan 2020 OP

I have enough trouble with... mbusby Jan 2020 #1

Whenever I see the spelling "learnt" I assume it is written by BigmanPigman Jan 2020 #2

What Japanese I know, I learn(ed/t) from my sister-in-law (nihonjin desu!) or in Japan DFW Feb 2020 #3

mbusby

(823 posts)

1. I have enough trouble with...

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Mon Jan 27, 2020, 01:08 AM

Jan 2020

...Texan. Y'all.

BigmanPigman

(51,568 posts)

2. Whenever I see the spelling "learnt" I assume it is written by

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Mon Jan 27, 2020, 04:02 AM

Jan 2020

someone from England. That is one of the words that separates "English" from "American". So is the use of words like Hospital and Holiday not getting "the" or "a" infront of them as a definate article.

DFW

(54,302 posts)

3. What Japanese I know, I learn(ed/t) from my sister-in-law (nihonjin desu!) or in Japan

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Feb 4, 2020, 09:38 AM

Feb 2020

For a westerner, the sentence structure is almost backwards and the adjectives have time, so it takes some getting used to. I know enough to place simple orders in a restaurant, or explain that I am Japanese (draws looks of skepticism), or explain that I understand nothing (far more credible). Wakaranai!

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