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Originally Posted by curiosityshop
Seeing as most of us are beginners here, I thought it might be a good idea having a e-penpal that spoke english, but was also learning japanese so that our conversations would be on the same level. We could write emails to each other in japanese (e.g. if one of us isn't good with kana, we could provide one text in kana, followed by the same text in romaji?).
If we start off simple and build on it, then we could learn new vocabulary from each other. And to check that we got the correct meaning, we could send back a translation with our reply. e.g:
Mr.A: Konnichiwa! Watshi wa gakusei dewa arimasen.
こんいちわ！ わたし は がくせい でわ ありま せん
Mr.B：Did you write: "Hello! I am a student."
Konnichi wa! Watashi wa mo gakusei desu.
こんいちわ！ わたし は も がくせい です。
Mr.A: Almost! I was saying: "Hello! I am not a student."
ect...
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So yeah, if anyone's interested let's go ahead! I doubt our conversations will be realistic, but we could ask each other stuff to practice what we know (e.g. I'd ask you what time you start work/school , send you a map and ask you for directions to something, invite you to non-existant events ect...)
We could do this here, or we could do it by email. If we're able to have proper conversations, then it might be worth chatting over the webcam in (although I have to say, I am excruciatingly slow when speaking)  |
Just a few corrections and some advice.
You made a few mistakes in your Japanese sentences and trust me, most of them were made
because you use romaji. Abandon romaji today and you will learn Japanese faster and more properly. It isn't even part of written Japanese to begin with. Once you're hooked on romaji, it will usually be too late.
こん
いち
わ? You only got 3 out of 5. It's こんにちは. It's such an important phrase, probably the most important. Problem is if you're writing it こんいちわ, chances are you are also saying it wrong.
でわ ＞ では
わたし は も がくせい です makes little sense. What did you want to say? There are no spacings between words in Japanese, either. If you wanted to say "I am a student, too.", then drop that は.
Finally, I wouldn't do this in PMs if I were you. I would do it in the threads where everyone can see it, including native speakers like myself. Not a few JF members unfortunately claim to know Japanese when they only know very little. You let one of them work with you in PMs and you will be in deepest trouble without even noticing it.