02-23-2005, 05:22 AM
02-23-2005, 06:16 AM
Whoa this
topic got wiped out too. I wonder what the pattern was for topics that got completely wiped out. It's not
like this topic was just started right before the Great Data Loss of 2004-05 ???
topic got wiped out too. I wonder what the pattern was for topics that got completely wiped out. It's not
like this topic was just started right before the Great Data Loss of 2004-05 ???
02-23-2005, 09:07 AM
Maybe it
wasn't as accidental as we think. The admins could've just gone through the threads looking for the
naked topics and deleted everything else.![[Image: hmmm.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hmmm.gif)
wasn't as accidental as we think. The admins could've just gone through the threads looking for the
naked topics and deleted everything else.
![[Image: hmmm.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hmmm.gif)
02-23-2005, 09:09 AM
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cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (tanpopo @ Feb 23 2005, 06:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td
id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Maybe it wasn't as accidental as we think. The admins could've
just gone through the threads looking for the naked topics and deleted everything else.
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class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (tanpopo @ Feb 23 2005, 06:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td
id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Maybe it wasn't as accidental as we think. The admins could've
just gone through the threads looking for the naked topics and deleted everything else.
![[Image: hmmm.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hmmm.gif)
class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
![[Image: perv.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/perv.gif)
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02-23-2005, 09:55 AM
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02-23-2005, 04:53 PM
A lot of
stuff got wiped out when Saren upgraded I think - i remember my post count went down lol. I should study a bit
of Japanese every day, but I start off well and then after I fall asleep trying to work out some Kanji I end up
waking up and forgetting everything I spent all day learning - give up and when I forget about my failure try
again. One of these days I will (!) keep at it, need to do a Japanese test at some point anyway at the end
of the year.
stuff got wiped out when Saren upgraded I think - i remember my post count went down lol. I should study a bit
of Japanese every day, but I start off well and then after I fall asleep trying to work out some Kanji I end up
waking up and forgetting everything I spent all day learning - give up and when I forget about my failure try
again. One of these days I will (!) keep at it, need to do a Japanese test at some point anyway at the end
of the year.
02-25-2005, 01:18 AM
I want
to study Japanese....and I was taking lessons from my friend Kurt...but I have since lagged on it. I've been
using/studying that book I think Bobby D. knows the title to it (Japanese For Busy People By Kodansha
International, Ltd.)...good book at least I think so for learning/communicating in Japanese.![[Image: smile.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif)
to study Japanese....and I was taking lessons from my friend Kurt...but I have since lagged on it. I've been
using/studying that book I think Bobby D. knows the title to it (Japanese For Busy People By Kodansha
International, Ltd.)...good book at least I think so for learning/communicating in Japanese.
![[Image: smile.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif)
02-25-2005, 01:50 PM
never
if i had a japanese boyfriend or
girlfriend i am sure i would tho..... i am not good with books. i bet traveling extensively or living in japan
would do me just fine as i'd have no choice but to pick up at least more japanese than i am learning now.
ie: what does yoroshiku mean??
![[Image: blush21.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blush21.gif)
if i had a japanese boyfriend or
girlfriend i am sure i would tho..... i am not good with books. i bet traveling extensively or living in japan
would do me just fine as i'd have no choice but to pick up at least more japanese than i am learning now.
ie: what does yoroshiku mean??
02-25-2005, 05:33 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-HapaYonsei+Feb 25 2005, 05:50 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%'
cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (HapaYonsei @ Feb 25 2005, 05:50 AM)</td></tr><tr><td
id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> ie: what does yoroshiku mean?? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div
class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
yoroshiku = regards![[Image: smile.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif)
cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (HapaYonsei @ Feb 25 2005, 05:50 AM)</td></tr><tr><td
id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> ie: what does yoroshiku mean?? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div
class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
yoroshiku = regards
![[Image: smile.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif)
03-15-2005, 04:23 AM
There
are so many Kanji's
are so many Kanji's
03-15-2005, 12:57 PM
I need to
live in Japan for a while again to pick up "prope" Japanese....
It's really difficult to speak
"keigo" at work/university etc etc.![[Image: sad.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif)
live in Japan for a while again to pick up "prope" Japanese....
It's really difficult to speak
"keigo" at work/university etc etc.
![[Image: sad.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif)
03-16-2005, 05:37 AM
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cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (yumi @ Mar 15 2005, 04:57 AM)</td></tr><tr><td
id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I need to live in Japan for a while again to pick up "prope"
Japanese....
It's really difficult to speak "keigo" at work/university etc etc.
<!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div
class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
yumi what's "probe" Japanese..i'm not familiar with
that term?![[Image: blink.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif)
cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (yumi @ Mar 15 2005, 04:57 AM)</td></tr><tr><td
id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I need to live in Japan for a while again to pick up "prope"
Japanese....
It's really difficult to speak "keigo" at work/university etc etc.
![[Image: sad.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif)
class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
yumi what's "probe" Japanese..i'm not familiar with
that term?
![[Image: blink.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif)
03-16-2005, 05:49 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-SWC+Mar 16 2005, 12:37 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%'
cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SWC @ Mar 16 2005, 12:37 AM)</td></tr><tr><td
id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-yumi+Mar 15 2005, 04:57 AM--></div><table border='0'
align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (yumi @ Mar 15
2005, 04:57 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I need to live in Japan for a while again to
pick up "prope" Japanese....
It's really difficult to speak "keigo" at
work/university etc etc.
[/quote]
yumi what's "probe"
Japanese..i'm not familiar with that term?
<!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
<!--QuoteEEnd-->
proper Japanese... like polite Japanese that you can use for senpais or people you
don't know well
cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SWC @ Mar 16 2005, 12:37 AM)</td></tr><tr><td
id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-yumi+Mar 15 2005, 04:57 AM--></div><table border='0'
align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (yumi @ Mar 15
2005, 04:57 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I need to live in Japan for a while again to
pick up "prope" Japanese....
It's really difficult to speak "keigo" at
work/university etc etc.
![[Image: sad.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif)
[/quote]
yumi what's "probe"
Japanese..i'm not familiar with that term?
![[Image: blink.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif)
<!--QuoteEEnd-->
proper Japanese... like polite Japanese that you can use for senpais or people you
don't know well
03-16-2005, 05:51 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Marisuke+Mar 15 2005, 09:49 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%'
cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Marisuke @ Mar 15 2005, 09:49 PM)</td></tr><tr><td
id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-SWC+Mar 16 2005, 12:37 AM--></div><table border='0'
align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SWC @ Mar 16 2005,
12:37 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-yumi+Mar 15 2005, 04:57
AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3'
cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (yumi @ Mar 15 2005, 04:57 AM)</td></tr><tr><td
id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I need to live in Japan for a while again to pick up "prope"
Japanese....
It's really difficult to speak "keigo" at work/university etc etc.
<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div
class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
yumi what's "probe" Japanese..i'm not familiar with
that term?
<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div
class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
proper Japanese... like polite Japanese that you can use for senpais or
people you don't know well [/quote]
Oh thank you for the explanation Marisuke!![[Image: smile.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif)
cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Marisuke @ Mar 15 2005, 09:49 PM)</td></tr><tr><td
id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-SWC+Mar 16 2005, 12:37 AM--></div><table border='0'
align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SWC @ Mar 16 2005,
12:37 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-yumi+Mar 15 2005, 04:57
AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3'
cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (yumi @ Mar 15 2005, 04:57 AM)</td></tr><tr><td
id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I need to live in Japan for a while again to pick up "prope"
Japanese....
It's really difficult to speak "keigo" at work/university etc etc.
![[Image: sad.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif)
class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
yumi what's "probe" Japanese..i'm not familiar with
that term?
![[Image: blink.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif)
class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
proper Japanese... like polite Japanese that you can use for senpais or
people you don't know well [/quote]
Oh thank you for the explanation Marisuke!
![[Image: smile.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif)
03-16-2005, 10:13 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Marisuke+Mar 16 2005, 05:49 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%'
cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Marisuke @ Mar 16 2005, 05:49 AM)</td></tr><tr><td
id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-SWC+Mar 16 2005, 12:37 AM--></div><table border='0'
align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SWC @ Mar 16 2005,
12:37 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-yumi+Mar 15 2005, 04:57
AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3'
cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (yumi @ Mar 15 2005, 04:57 AM)</td></tr><tr><td
id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I need to live in Japan for a while again to pick up "prope"
Japanese....
It's really difficult to speak "keigo" at work/university etc etc.
<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div
class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
yumi what's "probe" Japanese..i'm not familiar with
that term?
<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div
class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
proper Japanese... like polite Japanese that you can use for senpais or
people you don't know well [/quote]
aaaaaah, sorry SWC typing error.... "prope" was supposed to be "proper".
Yeah, as
Marisuke says, proper japanese as in "polite japanese" that you use to bosses, people you don't
know, or senior co-workers/students. A bit like the "vous" use in the French language.
![[Image: wink2.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink2.gif)
cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Marisuke @ Mar 16 2005, 05:49 AM)</td></tr><tr><td
id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-SWC+Mar 16 2005, 12:37 AM--></div><table border='0'
align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SWC @ Mar 16 2005,
12:37 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-yumi+Mar 15 2005, 04:57
AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3'
cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (yumi @ Mar 15 2005, 04:57 AM)</td></tr><tr><td
id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I need to live in Japan for a while again to pick up "prope"
Japanese....
It's really difficult to speak "keigo" at work/university etc etc.
![[Image: sad.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif)
class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
yumi what's "probe" Japanese..i'm not familiar with
that term?
![[Image: blink.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif)
class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
proper Japanese... like polite Japanese that you can use for senpais or
people you don't know well [/quote]
aaaaaah, sorry SWC typing error.... "prope" was supposed to be "proper".
Yeah, as
Marisuke says, proper japanese as in "polite japanese" that you use to bosses, people you don't
know, or senior co-workers/students. A bit like the "vous" use in the French language.
![[Image: wink2.gif]](http://www.halvsie.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink2.gif)
03-16-2005, 10:48 AM
but
way more stupid and difficult.
even for the new generations of Japanese, it would seem...
<a
href='http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,7369,1407365,00.html'
target='_blank'>http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,...65,00.html</a>
way more stupid and difficult.
even for the new generations of Japanese, it would seem...
<a
href='http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,7369,1407365,00.html'
target='_blank'>http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,...65,00.html</a>
03-17-2005, 12:47 AM
What
really gets me is the amount of kanji required to learn news paper and the New kanji added on to about 20,000 or
however more..........goodness ......we have it so easy with english.
really gets me is the amount of kanji required to learn news paper and the New kanji added on to about 20,000 or
however more..........goodness ......we have it so easy with english.
03-17-2005, 12:48 AM
At least
the people that know it
the people that know it
04-01-2005, 03:14 AM
<a
href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4236377.stm' target='_blank'>keigo is
fading</a>
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3'
cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Japanese people need
help to brush up on their polite language, a government panel has proposed.
A report for the Agency for
Cultural Affairs said 'keigo' - honorific Japanese - was being widely misused.
Keigo is a
complicated form of the language which involves different conjugations of regular nouns and verbs, or different
words entirely.
It is used to address seniors - a customer, for example - and is meant to humble speakers
and elevate listeners.
The government panel has proposed publishing manuals explaining to people how the
language should be used.
"Not just young people, but grown-ups are not using honorific Japanese
properly. With the language guidelines, we hope to spread the correct use of the Japanese language,"
education ministry official Osamu Kubota was quoted as saying by the French news agency AFP.
The
government panel cited a 2003 survey on the Japanese language which found that 96% of people believe keigo
remains important, but the researchers noted that it was nevertheless being used incorrectly.
It tends to
take far longer to say something formally in Japan.
For example, the verb "to be" is iru in
informal Japanese, imasu in polite Japanese, and irasshaimasu in honorific Japanese.
The government
report also suggested that the country's ability to read and write Chinese characters - the mainstay of the
Japanese language - be re-evaluated.
A survey in November found that 20% of students at private
universities had poorer language abilities than high school pupils.
Adults sometimes find it difficult to
remember how to write characters because they rely on computers, and have to ask their children for
help.
[/quote]
href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4236377.stm' target='_blank'>keigo is
fading</a>
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3'
cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Japanese people need
help to brush up on their polite language, a government panel has proposed.
A report for the Agency for
Cultural Affairs said 'keigo' - honorific Japanese - was being widely misused.
Keigo is a
complicated form of the language which involves different conjugations of regular nouns and verbs, or different
words entirely.
It is used to address seniors - a customer, for example - and is meant to humble speakers
and elevate listeners.
The government panel has proposed publishing manuals explaining to people how the
language should be used.
"Not just young people, but grown-ups are not using honorific Japanese
properly. With the language guidelines, we hope to spread the correct use of the Japanese language,"
education ministry official Osamu Kubota was quoted as saying by the French news agency AFP.
The
government panel cited a 2003 survey on the Japanese language which found that 96% of people believe keigo
remains important, but the researchers noted that it was nevertheless being used incorrectly.
It tends to
take far longer to say something formally in Japan.
For example, the verb "to be" is iru in
informal Japanese, imasu in polite Japanese, and irasshaimasu in honorific Japanese.
The government
report also suggested that the country's ability to read and write Chinese characters - the mainstay of the
Japanese language - be re-evaluated.
A survey in November found that 20% of students at private
universities had poorer language abilities than high school pupils.
Adults sometimes find it difficult to
remember how to write characters because they rely on computers, and have to ask their children for
help.
[/quote]
04-17-2005, 08:29 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-danielyuki+Mar 31 2005, 09:14 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%'
cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (danielyuki @ Mar 31 2005, 09:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td
id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> keigo is fading
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center'
width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td
id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Japanese people need help to brush up on their polite language, a government
panel has proposed.
A report for the Agency for Cultural Affairs said 'keigo' - honorific
Japanese - was being widely misused.
Keigo is a complicated form of the language which involves different
conjugations of regular nouns and verbs, or different words entirely.
It is used to address seniors - a
customer, for example - and is meant to humble speakers and elevate listeners.
The government panel has
proposed publishing manuals explaining to people how the language should be used.
"Not just young
people, but grown-ups are not using honorific Japanese properly. With the language guidelines, we hope to spread
the correct use of the Japanese language," education ministry official Osamu Kubota was quoted as saying by
the French news agency AFP.
The government panel cited a 2003 survey on the Japanese language which found
that 96% of people believe keigo remains important, but the researchers noted that it was nevertheless being
used incorrectly.
It tends to take far longer to say something formally in Japan.
For example, the
verb "to be" is iru in informal Japanese, imasu in polite Japanese, and irasshaimasu in honorific
Japanese.
The government report also suggested that the country's ability to read and write Chinese
characters - the mainstay of the Japanese language - be re-evaluated.
A survey in November found that 20%
of students at private universities had poorer language abilities than high school pupils.
Adults
sometimes find it difficult to remember how to write characters because they rely on computers, and have to ask
their children for help.
[/quote]
[/quote]
i HATE keigo....
i
study japanese everyday i guess... not extensively... jus kanji practice -.- damn kanji... but it'll be
worth it when i'm ahead of everyone in uni
cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (danielyuki @ Mar 31 2005, 09:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td
id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> keigo is fading
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center'
width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td
id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Japanese people need help to brush up on their polite language, a government
panel has proposed.
A report for the Agency for Cultural Affairs said 'keigo' - honorific
Japanese - was being widely misused.
Keigo is a complicated form of the language which involves different
conjugations of regular nouns and verbs, or different words entirely.
It is used to address seniors - a
customer, for example - and is meant to humble speakers and elevate listeners.
The government panel has
proposed publishing manuals explaining to people how the language should be used.
"Not just young
people, but grown-ups are not using honorific Japanese properly. With the language guidelines, we hope to spread
the correct use of the Japanese language," education ministry official Osamu Kubota was quoted as saying by
the French news agency AFP.
The government panel cited a 2003 survey on the Japanese language which found
that 96% of people believe keigo remains important, but the researchers noted that it was nevertheless being
used incorrectly.
It tends to take far longer to say something formally in Japan.
For example, the
verb "to be" is iru in informal Japanese, imasu in polite Japanese, and irasshaimasu in honorific
Japanese.
The government report also suggested that the country's ability to read and write Chinese
characters - the mainstay of the Japanese language - be re-evaluated.
A survey in November found that 20%
of students at private universities had poorer language abilities than high school pupils.
Adults
sometimes find it difficult to remember how to write characters because they rely on computers, and have to ask
their children for help.
[/quote]
[/quote]
i HATE keigo....
i
study japanese everyday i guess... not extensively... jus kanji practice -.- damn kanji... but it'll be
worth it when i'm ahead of everyone in uni