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Originally Posted by RaimiiChan
Im new here and i really hope there are people who speak japanese here because i have a problem. I just made a youtube video of me speaking japanese but now im over come with nerves because im not sure if someone a native japanese person or even someone who just speaks japanese can understand me. Im a begginer in learning the language so i know i have an american accent but im not sure if im even gramatically correct half of the time. So if you speak japanese please tell me if im making a fool of myself...
YouTube - ちがう！ <-------theres the link, thank you =] |
Your Japanese is passable for someone who is a beginner. Yes, you do have an American accent.
One thing that reeeeally stood out when I listened to it was that you tend to mix up plain and polite forms and juxtapose them. At one point you said "tanoshii desu. ~ ni itta." This is just wrong.
Also, I'm assuming you haven't learned the past tense of adjectives yet, so I won't criticize.
All in all, the most important part of learning a language is the confidence to actually speak it—this is (one of the reasons) why kids can learn languages so easily. You are surprisingly confident in your video, which is a very good thing.
I'm not a native speaker, but my Japanese is pretty good. My ear for accents is better. Losing your American accent is very, very hard, but you appear young enough (and aware enough) to have a fighting chance of losing it over the next few years. Just force yourself not to PUT stress on Any word beCAUSE THAT sort of STRESS is what makes you sound aMErican.