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Re: Learn Japanese from anime in only 5 minutes a day! 1337! | Tofugu.com

Tiya — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:08:55 -0000

love anime but it's not so great for learning the language.I mean, anime is great if you want to practice listening comprehension.
Sometimes you can learn/practice it from watching real japanese TV shows. It's way more practical than learning from some hyped-up cartoon :]
You can hear how everyday people pronounce words, and see their gestures and reactions to certain situations...so I guess you can learn a little about the culture too ^^

Re: Why are you learning Japanese? | Tofugu.com

Tiya — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:34:42 -0000

Yeah, I agree with Kdipko.
I've kinda always been drawn to the Japanese language and culture too.
Japanese really does sound beautiful to me :]
The main reason I started learning it was because I liked to talk to people and I wanted to travel there one day and make friends.
And if I wanted to go there one day I figured:
[love of japan] + [love to talk to people] = [learn japanese :D ]

Re: メイクアップヘアコンタクト (Make-up Hair Contacts)

Tiya — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:50:15 -0000

yes, unfortunately we all may not be able to have hair like pai mei and be a kung fu master, but at least now we can all have long flowing locks of hair on our umm... arms?
XD wow.

Re: Beginning Japanese II: Pronunciation is King

Tiya — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:37:48 -0000

John Mayer is pretty clever
...but he needs to practice quite a bit more :/
his pronunciation and smoothness is really bad.
He makes it sound all choppy, and that makes you sound like a complete newbie ..and yeah,you do kinda look like an idiot :/

Re: Beginning Japanese II: Pronunciation is King

Tiya — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:08:44 -0000

yeah,some people end up like that because they don't really practice speaking enough...they should practice outside of class too and whenever else they get a chance.
They can spend all day studying their reading,writing,and listen comprehension but when they don't actually practice speaking, they end up not sounding fluent and natural.
Instead they sound like robots that are just plugging words into grammar structures.

I think I'll add another example to Koichi's 'John Mayer' point because this video sums up my point and his:
Speaking Japanese

Re: ウルトラローライズデニムビキニパンツ (Ho Pants)

Tiya — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:35:38 -0000

lol! yeah,shockingly when you see the model wearing them they actually do kinda look okay,
but then when you go down to the picture of the other lady on the phone you kinda realize "oh wow, 3/4 of your ass actually is going to be hanging out" and then you get a nauseous feeling from looking at her picture :P eww.

yeah,I definitely wouldn't suggest wearing these at the mall.
i dunno,maybe if you're at home with a boyfriend or a husband they might be okay :/
But otherwise,they just scream "Lookit me!I'm a slut!Come on,Who wants some?"

Re: Godzilla Youtube Feature

Tiya — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:55:22 -0000

OMG I LOVE GODZILLA!!!!

Re: ウルトラローライズデニムビキニパンツ (Ho Pants)

Tiya — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:43:39 -0000

lol!
I agree
...because usually you'd pay $75 on clothes so your ass isn't hanging out.

Re: Beginning Japanese I: Where do self-teachers start?

Tiya — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 17:55:34 -0000

lol! I actually learned the hiragana AFTER I started using the Genki textbooks.
I really like the format they use.
After a while in the beginning of the book they began to remove all of the the romanji from example sentences.
and somehow I kinda began to remember them ^^
I can't really explain it.
But in a way you are kinda forced to remember it or you can't move on to the next thing without being clueless..especially for self-taught people like me.

I guess that could work for some people...but I would most definitely recommend learning the hiragana first. No matter how you do it.

Re: Hello Kitty: Emasculating Thai Police Since 1974*

Tiya — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 03:19:33 -0000

They should make them wear it outside.
There is really no real "humiliation" if they're all just locked up in a room together.

lol! I think making them them wear skirt is a bit much if they we're only late to work and other tiny little offenses like that...

Re: Are you a J-Doramaholic?

Tiya — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 03:31:53 -0000

OMG!
I've given STD's to my family!!!
How could I....have done such a thing! :*[
ahahaha! XD
love the vid koichi 0((^_-))

Disqus - Latest Comments for Tiya

Re: Learn Japanese from anime in only 5 minutes a day! 1337! | Tofugu.com

Re: Why are you learning Japanese? | Tofugu.com

Re: メイクアップ ヘアコンタクト (Make-up Hair Contacts)

Re: Beginning Japanese II: Pronunciation is King

Re: Beginning Japanese II: Pronunciation is King

Re: ウルトラローライズデニムビキニパンツ (Ho Pants)

Re: Godzilla Youtube Feature

Re: ウルトラローライズデニムビキニパンツ (Ho Pants)

Re: Beginning Japanese I: Where do self-teachers start?

Re: Hello Kitty: Emasculating Thai Police Since 1974*

Re: Are you a J-Doramaholic?

Re: メイクアップヘアコンタクト (Make-up Hair Contacts)