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kirakira (Offline)
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02-07-2009, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by alanX View Post
So you're telling me that you should learn to speak a language extremely politely before learning how to speak it normally or casually? Not to mention, speaking "polite" Japanese takes lots more elongated pronunciation, longer words, more rules, and more exceptions.

It's much easier to speak casual Japanese than it is to speak polite Japanese.
You will trip up at the grammar. Japanese grammar is more regular when it is in the MASU form and it is absolutely everywhere when it is in slang. Slang changes from year to year anyway so its very tricky.

If you can't even get it right in the MASU form, you have no chance in slang Japanese? You should know this.

I assume you are having formal Japanese lessons.

Last edited by kirakira : 02-07-2009 at 12:09 AM.
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