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04-03-2008, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by SamuraiAlchemistNinja View Post
I've been teaching myself on the side during my free time for over a year now. Anime is a good thing to listen to if you've already got a good grasp of the language. If you are just starting out, it's not a good idea. I mean, it won't be very useful...At first. But after, you know, you've studied Nihongo and politeness and all that, you might want a little bit of casualty if you're serious about true fluency.
yup thats right as if you just learn (just)off anime you'll come of as rude most of the time. for example seem to hear them say ore 俺 for I and omae お前 for you, both of which are rude (if not really rude). But its ok for practicing casual patterns as you said.
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