A New Beginning!

[HaipaKun]

Originally Posted by Mauja

Thanks

Your welcome!

[masaegu]

Originally Posted by HaipaKun

Your one of the people I was talking about!
It isn't polite to cause a scene, Masaegu!
Entertainment is normally on Television, Not in communication.
You might want to meditate this negative energy out of your soul!

日本語で応答してくれって言っただろ？オマエみたいな やつがこういうフォーラムをだめにしてくんだよ、この ボケッ！

An it's polite to pretend being Japanese here? Gimme a break.
And why can't you reply in Japanese as I asked?

[Mauja]

I´m really interested how will this continue.

[MMM]

Lying about your nationality is not acceptable, so I will allow you to revise your introduction and explain why your Japanese is full of so many errors.

[Sphinx01]

Originally Posted by HaipaKun

Hello, Everyone.
こんにちは、皆さん。
Konnichiwa, Minasan.

It is nice to meet you.
お会いできてうれしいです。
O Ai Dekiteureshii desu.

My name is Kobo Toshi.
私の名前は工房トシです。
Watashi no namae ha Koubou Toshi desu.

In America, I believe my name would be Toshi Kobo?
アメリカでは、私は自分の名敏工房だと思う？
Amerika deha, Watashi ha jibun no mei Toshi Koubou dato omou?

I have been away from this Forum for a while. I've been mostly spending time on a BBS. But, I wish to remain active on here.
私は、このフォーラムからしばらくしている。私はほと んどの掲示板に時間を消費している。しかし、私はここ でアクティブな状態を維持することを望みます。
Watashi ha, kono foramu karashibarakushiteiru. Watashi hahotondono keijiban ni jikan wo shouhi shiteiru. Shikashi, Watashi hakokode akuteibu na joutai wo ijisu rukotowo nozomi masu.

A few birthdays have passed, I am now 15.
いくつかの誕生日、私は今15です合格しています。
Ikutsukano tanjoubi, Watashi ha ima 15 desu goukaku shiteimasu.

I understand, Most people have been curious to know a few things about myself.
私は、ほとんどの人は好奇心が自分自身についてのいく つかのことを知って理解しています。
Watashi ha, hotondono nin ha koukishin ga jibunjishin nitsuitenoikutsukanokotowo shitte rikai shiteimasu .

I am Japanese, I have relatives who live in America. I apologize for the misconception.
私は日本語が、私はアメリカに住んでいる親戚がありま す。私は、誤解を謝罪する。
Watashi ha nihongo ga, watashi ha amerika ni sun deiru shinseki gaarimasu. Watashi ha, gokai wo shazai suru.

If you wish to talk to me, Reply here or Message me on MSN.
もし私に、私のメッセージに返信またはMSNここに話を願 っています。
Moshi watashi ni, Watashi no messeji ni henshin mataha MSN kokoni hanashi wo negatte imasu.

[email protected]

Hello it's nice to meet u..I am named Eric

[Odin]

Hello Toshi,

It's been far too long since we last spoke!!! I'm very glad to see you here once again. Hope to see you more.

[Odin]

Originally Posted by MMM

Lying about your nationality is not acceptable, so I will allow you to revise your introduction and explain why your Japanese is full of so many errors.

MMM,

I do not believe it is the correct course of action to air this out in the open. As a moderator you should know this is something that should be handled through PMs. To do so without getting his position will only sow misunderstanding and distrust within the forum.

Personally I have little doubt about HaipaKun's nationality. I confess to know next to nothing about the Japanese language. However I was introduced to him over a year ago, and I firmly believe what he says. Although they are no longer hosted, I've seen a few videos, of himself practicing his English, that he once uploaded to YouTube.

In the end it is upto you and the other moderators of this forum, to arrive at a desicion on this matter. However now that this has been introduced in the public, the resolution should be as well. If it is determened that he presented to truth, then a public retraction should be given to remove any lingering doubts that anyone may harbor.

[Nagoyankee]

Originally Posted by Odin

MMM,

I do not believe it is the correct course of action to air this out in the open. As a moderator you should know this is something that should be handled through PMs. To do so without getting his position will only sow misunderstanding and distrust within the forum.

Personally I have little doubt about HaipaKun's nationality. I confess to know next to nothing about the Japanese language. However I was introduced to him over a year ago, and I firmly believe what he says. Although they are no longer hosted, I've seen a few videos, of himself practicing his English, that he once uploaded to YouTube.

In the end it is upto you and the other moderators of this forum, to arrive at a desicion on this matter. However now that this has been introduced in the public, the resolution should be as well. If it is determened that he presented to truth, then a public retraction should be given to remove any lingering doubts that anyone may harbor.

All I wish is that you read Japanese. If you did, it wouldn't take you two seconds to tell that Japanese isn't his first language.

Him practicing English? lol His English is already 80 times better than his Japanese. Don't kid yourself. We wouldn't challenge him in public unless we weren't 100% sure.

As a lower teenager living in Kyoto, he sure keeps posting in the middle of the night, too.

[MMM]

I understand your feelings, Odin, and if I wasn't sure that these were not the words of a Japanese native, I wouldn't have posted anything.

Having seen a couple members over the last year or so try and pass themselves off as something they weren't (one went so far as to post pictures he or she found online) much to the shock of the members who thought they had made a new friend online, I feel it is my duty to do what I can to expose potential fraud the moment I see it.

In short, people come here looking for Japanese friends. How big a disappointment would it be to find your new friend is not Japanese at all, or that your new tutor is not a native speaker?

If I am wrong I will be the first to apologize and retract my statements, but even a four-year-old knows not to use ある when talking about his relatives, much less any living thing.

私はアメリカに住んでいる親戚があります
I have relatives who live in America.

Of course a machine translator wouldn't make that distinction.

A three-year-old would make the distinction between the Japanese language and Japanese citizenship, and would never call themselves 日本語, but this 14-year-old states:

私は日本語が、
I am Japanese,

Naturally a machine translator wouldn't know which "Japanese" was intended.

In fact not just any machine translator, but iGoogle translator was used for the machine translation of every phrase this "Japanese" person presented.

Go ahead and copy-paste any English sentence from the OP into this site and see the results for yourself:

iGoogle

[sjingyu]

I am Japanese, I have relatives who live in America. I apologize for the misconception.
私は日本語が、私はアメリカに住んでいる親戚がありま す。私は、誤解を謝罪する。
Watashi ha nihongo ga, watashi ha amerika ni sun deiru shinseki gaarimasu. Watashi ha, gokai wo shazai suru.

います。
we usually use あります to refer something...
while います　to refer someone...