A show of hands please

[Disney's doug89]

Hello!

I have received my first piece of assessed homework and I was wondering if you people could help me a bit. I'm not asking for you to do it for me, but to kind of "spell check" it.

The homework is to:

1. Introduce yourself. Include your nationality, university, university year and major. You can write "Curtin" and your name and major in English if you don't know how to write them in Japanese.

2. Write about 3 of your friends including the same information above. Compare the information by using と　も　and　じやないだす　/　じやありません. Write at least 8 sentences.

So once I have completed it I will post it here in hiragana and English translation, and ou guys can correct me or help me improve.

Anyone interested?

EDIT: Right to Write

[羽之助]

Hello!

I have received my first piece of assessed homework and I was wondering if you people could help me a bit. I'm not asking for you to do it for me, but to kind of "spell check" it.

The homework is to:

1. Introduce yourself. Include your nationality, university, university year and major. You can write "Curtin" and your name and major in English if you don't know how to right (write) them in Japanese.

2. Write about 3 of your friends including the same information above. Compare the information by using と　も　and どやないだす　(じゃないです）/　じや　（じゃ）ありません. Write at least 8 sentences.

So once I have completed it I will post it here in hiragana and English translation, and ou (you) guys can correct me or help me improve.

Anyone interested?

My suggestions are in red.

Oh, and じゃ is written by typing "ja".

By the way, are you writing in hiragana because you're not allowed to use kanji or your teacher thinks it's "too difficult"? If you really *must* write in hiragana, make it legible by writing word+particle, space, word+particle. Like this:

まいにち　ほっかいどうで　ゆきが　ふると　ききました。

It's also nearly impossible to misspell something in Japanese, but you're doing a good job so far.

[Disney's doug89]

You didn't need to correct me, I have only slept 4 hours in the last 30 or so.

I'm only in week 3 of University so my Japanese is extremely limited, the curriculum has only just finished the hiragana and today we did some particles.

btw, in a previous mini-test there was a word that sounded like echi （えち？） Is that any relation to ecchi?

[Scott]

ecchi would be e(little tsu)chi. Maybe eki? That's a pretty common early word.

do ya nai? Did you mean de wa nai?

[羽之助]

I dare say どやないだす needed correction, as it makes absolutely no sense and it is only by a great stretch of imagination that I assumed you meant じゃないです。Being half-asleep also does not help, and is not an excuse to use on a test or exam either.

えち could be 愛知, but I seriously doubt it would be on any mini-test for beginning Japanese. It's most likely 駅 （えき）。

[silentplummet]

I dare say どやないだす needed correction, as it makes absolutely no sense

This just proves how little you know about Japanese. You must relearn your lessons! do ya nai desu is one of 573 grammar points on the Level 0 proficiency exam...

(perhaps he means echi as in echizen?)

[Disney's doug89]

I copied the hiragana exactly as it appeared on the assessment sheet.

[Disney's doug89]

Except I copied some of it wrong, damn it some of these hiragana aren't right. Ill scan the sheet when I get home and upload it.

[koku]

I dare say どやないだす needed correction, as it makes absolutely no sense ...


You make my intellect forgive itself.

[Chinpokomon]

I'm only in week 3 of University so my Japanese is extremely limited, ....

... btw, in a previous mini-test there was a word that sounded like echi （えち？） Is that any relation to ecchi?

Seems you know all the right words already. :clap:

[mikem]

Seems you know all the right words already. :clap:

I was drunk in a bar in Kabukicho last night with two of my friends from back home who are visiting. My friend's girlfriend has never been to Japan, so with help from the bartender we agreed to help her learn Japanese.

After some careful drunken thinking I said:
"Let's start with さんピー!"

The bartender started laughing so hard that he dropped the dart he was holding in his hand instead of actually throwing it at the board. :clap: Luckily I didn't have to explain what was so funny ...

[silentplummet]

should I be ashamed if I don't know what さんピー means?

[羽之助]

No. You should just say it as often as possible in Kabukicho until someone offers you a price.

[koku]

Why's half of it in katakana? I'm already intruiged by the way it's written. Of course I'm going to want to know what it means. Any relation to "manko"?

[羽之助]

Any relation to "manko"?

:D

Perhaps if you wrote it as 3P ... and it's not an emoticon of a nose and tongue sticking out.

[mikem]

Wasn't really sure how I should type it. Any Japanese native speaker would read 3P correctly, but most English speakers only see three-pee.

Anyway, it means three-some. Just before that we were discussing how sixty-nine was sixty-nine in both Japanese and English. (It had come up as my friend's score on her last throw of darts.) The bartender was actually surprised that we said "sixty-nine" too.

[Disney's doug89]

Well I think that "chin" refers to penis, so perhaps that phrase is "blowjob" or "sex."

btw, Here at uni I have found a place to scan my assesment sheet so here it is:

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/2506/scan0001dv5.jpg

[Comazon]

Well I think that "chin" refers to penis, so perhaps that phrase is "blowjob" or "sex."

Except "chin" would be ちん, not さん (which is "san").

[Disney's doug89]

Damn it, damn you sa, damn you!

[Chinpokomon]

Well I think that "chin" refers to penis, so perhaps that phrase is "blowjob" or "sex."

Chin refers to penis?
That's the first I've heard of that....

[koku]

3 people? 3P San/3 P?

And yeah, as far as I know Chin means penis too. Hello Penis Pokemon. What are your powers?

[mikem]

I think your self introduction should include the phrase ちんちんだいすき. It's a very very Japanese thing to say. (Though my experiences might be a little skewed.)

[Black Dog]

ちんちん、ちんこ、ちんぽ、ちんぽこ
What is the difference between these words ?

[羽之助]

Penis, dick, cock, love sword
この単語の違いはなんですか？

btw, Here at uni I have found a place to scan my assesment sheet so here it is:

Oh goody. :)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/418550974_10544da36f_o.gif

[Disney's doug89]

chin chin daisuka

I'm pretty sure what chin means. DON'T LIE TO ME, I KILL PEOPLE!

[羽之助]

朕は陳と申します！

大須加？

[koku]

My head hurts from reading that mock assignment.

[Disney's doug89]

Since I will be spending the next four hours studying I will try to entertain myself by posting Japanese here

Douglas desu
hazhinumashite dosoyuroshiku

[Disney's doug89]

My head hurts from reading that mock assignment.

What mock assignment? What makes it mock? Its "Assessed homework."

[jindojim]

hazhinu? yuroshiku?

Go study more.

[Disney's doug89]

Damnit, I hate the sutble differences.

[Disney's doug89]

Go study more.
I am right now.

[mikem]

Turn off the internets and actually study the language. You aren't making mistakes you're just talking complete non-sense.

[jindojim]

sutble? not really...unless you call "preezed to meet oo" a subtle misspelling.

[羽之助]

zhi=PinYin．
志之知止痔．

You're looking for ji, which is Japanese.
じじ、じじ、じどうの　じじ～

[Black Dog]

もっと勉強に行け
僕も日本語をもっと勉強するべきです

午前三時四十分です今僕はとても退屈ですも眠くありません今ytでビデオを見ていますytは沢山変なビデオ があります最近八十年代の日本の音楽を聞きます。も八十年代のアメリカのアニメの主題歌を見ま す。

聞く事が一番難しいですだから日本人と喋る事が難しいです。

[Faumdano]

Since I will be spending the next four hours studying I will try to entertain myself by posting Japanese here

Douglas desu
hazhinumashite dosoyuroshiku

Please tell me you did that on purpose... pretty audible difference between nu/me so/zo yu/yo -- since you just started do / dou is forgivable.

初（はじ）めまして　どうぞ宜（よろ）しく
ha ji me ma si te do u zo yo ro si ku

[Disney's doug89]

初（はじ）めまして　どうぞ宜（よろ）しく
ha ji me ma si te do u zo yo ro si ku

Please tell me you did that on purpose... pretty audible difference between si/shi/ti/chi

[Disney's doug89]

Thats right, I remeber why I came back just now. What does anamaeha mean?
Its written in Hiragana in the work I'm doing but it doesn't have an english translation next to it, just a "?"

[EIJI]

Nice try, but

最近八十年代の日本の音楽を聞きます。八十年代のアメリカのアニメの主題歌を見ます。

八十代　＝　80 years old
八十年代　＝　80's

A single character makes a big difference.

[Black Dog]

なまえは？
Name ？

[Faumdano]

Please tell me you did that on purpose... pretty audible difference between si/shi/ti/chi
訓令式（くんれいしき） it's faster to type. Better get used to the billion different romaji styles.

As for si/shi ti/chi - the japanese sound is neither. The romaji is irrelevant since the sound doesn't exist in english to begin with.

[mikem]

Please tell me you did that on purpose... pretty audible difference between si/shi/ti/chi

There is zero difference between si/shi and ti/chi. I must admit though that reading zi in romaji always messes with my brain in evil ways.

I love seeing people write this kind of stuff though:
choxtuto

I personally find chotto much easier to do, but some of my friends swear by the x+ mangling. :eyepop:

[羽之助]

Tyoxtuto maxtute! Hepburn! Hepburn! HEPBUUUUUUUURN!

し = Chinese xi (usually).

[mikem]

http://www.blackbirdie.com/images/whatever.jpg

[羽之助]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/418634215_6f30d41021_m.jpg

[jindojim]

:rofl: poor Doug's threads always get derailed...

Well, I think for doug89 to learn Japanese, he has to go to class...so...

http://vingt.blog.ocn.ne.jp/apple/images/saboten.jpg

[mikem]

:rofl: poor Doug's threads always get derailed...

We totally do that on purpose.

[羽之助]

Do not!
Well, yes we do.

[stsparky]

Penis, dick, cock, love sword この単語の違いはなんですか？ Oh goody. :) Should I show it to the wife and ask what you wrote or could you tell us?

Never mind Maria - but pics are always good ...
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/392176914_b57d851e52_m.jpg

[Disney's doug89]

^ Whos that?

[ミュー]

Can we use this thread as an excuse to say silly things in Japanese?

馬鹿チンチン！馬鹿チンチン！

[小学生の話を喋りになる]

[japanat]

"この単語の違いはなんですか？" - What's the difference between these words?

[Disney's doug89]

Who is that in the photo? Actress, model, porn star or girlfriend

[Chinpokomon]

It's a tree.:frypan:

[羽之助]

Who is that in the photo? Actress, model, porn star or girlfriend

Someone hasn't been reading their hiragana assignment. :hat:

[Intense]

ok I'm using this thread to just write random Japanese stuff that I learned last year, spelling mistakes and grammatical errors ahoy!!!

きよう　は　げつようび　です。　わたし　は　あるべいと　に　いきません　でした。
あして、　あたらしな　あるべいと　を　たんちく。　わたし　は　いろいろ　にほんご　を　わすれません　 でした。　

Dam, I haven't really learnt much ahhahaha.
Whats worse is that now I'm learning german again... and its destroying my already limited japanese knowledge

[Pierrot le Fou]

On-the-spot Poll: "To whom is doug89 more intolerable?"(A) The members of this forum
(B) His Japanese class members
(C) His Japanese professor
(D) His family

When I was in High School, one of my teachers joked around about the 'alternative' comments the teachers wished they could put on report cards rather than the generic 'needs more effort' and whatnot.

My personal favorite? "Too late for planned parenthood."

Always brings a tear to my eye.

[stsparky]

Who is that in the photo? Actress, model, porn star or girlfriend
It's a girl named Maria whose ancestry is French-Canadian/Japanese/Scot and here is some trivia:

She plays the guitar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar).
Maria plays field hockey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_hockey).
She still has family and relatives in Canada.
She has a small scar near her right eyebrow.
She speaks, reads and writes fluent English.
She plays the online video game "Guild Wars".
She is a graduate of Christian Academy in Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Academy_in_Japan) (CAJ)

[Scott]

I learned Japanese originally from the JSL/JWL books by Eleanor Jordan... she uses the same screwed up romanization system mentioned a couple of times here, where ti is chi, si is shi, and zi is ji. Her argument is that it keeps it consistent with the rest of the table in romaji. Also, chotto is tyotto in her system.

Ugly.

[kilreli]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/392176914_b57d851e52_m.jpg
a feel like i just saw this picture on a poster in rainbow six: vegas.....
:mario: intriguing...

[stsparky]

a feel like i just saw this picture on a poster in rainbow six: vegas..... :mario: intriguing...
I doubt Maria's been to Vegas ...
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[YukataNinja]

wikipedia says she was born in 86

[羽之助]

That means she's the same age as my sister ... :(