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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz
Here's what you need to know going into university:
1. Four years is not enough to "learn Japanese" if by that you mean "become fluent."
2. It took me two years of university to be prepared enough to live in Japan. In that sense, it took two years to "learn Japanese."
Also, sorry if I was hard on you. I think I come across as a bully here sometimes, but it's really because I just want to help noobs avoid the stupid mistakes I made when I was young and dumb. And I just plain hate kanji tattoos on someone who doesn't have a connection to the language or culture—it's a fetishization that disgusts me.
But yeah, just go with what I typed way back in another post. It's not poetic, but it's at least better than what you got from your boyfriend.
And yeah, let him have it!  haha
Good luck. Learning Japanese is very rewarding. |
Well. In the 3rd year of college we're supposed to actually go to Japan for about five months. I believe that's some sort of exchange. But I'm already nervous about that.
Going that far away for so long all by myself.
The Japanese you gave me, I'm gonna shove it under his nose tonight and ask him if that's by chance what he meant to say. See how he reacts to that heheh.
I'm not only interested in the Japanese language. I'm also interested in it's history and culture. I wonder what I'll learn about that in school.
And it's ok you were a little tough. I understand if I came across as some nitwit wannabe who just tried to be all cool and awesome.
But I'm not, really I'm not.
