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yuujirou · (#11 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by SHAD0W

If you can't use chopsticks then why don't you just ask for a knife and fork?
If you cant do it then.. meh..
Naifu toh fo-ku oh kudasai.. is how you ask..

If you didn't know that (i guess thats why you posted or you would have just asked when you got there) then how are you going to manage working there? Chopsticks will be the least of your worries.

If all else fails just use your hands. I'm sure you'll get dirty looks for fingerpainting the tables with soy sauce but I bet the first dude to pick up a slice of Pizza and stuff his face got the same treatment -> just look at it now though! Good luck.

hmm... actually i think japanese-illiterate gaijin make it alright in japan xD
my gf's brother moved to japan on some teaching program and he's doing fine... i believe he's supposed to start snowboarding lessons next month or so >.>''
but yeah... the guy barely speaks any japanese at all x.x'

TalnSG · (#12 (**permalink**))

I would say that some time learning to use chopsticks would be essential study. About on a par with being able to say a few basic words of Japanese, like, yes, no, please, thank you and excuse me. Beyond that I have a few acquaintenances that manage with almost nothing beyond English. But they are in the larger cities. Smaller towns may be a little more difficult with only English, but there is no better way to learn a foreign language than total immersion.

SHAD0W · (#13 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by TalnSG

there is no better way to learn a foreign language than total immersion.

I agree completely but to WORK under a new language? I couldnt do that now nevermind being a total begginer.

Hamselv · (#14 (**permalink**))

Quote:

Originally Posted by SHAD0W

If you can't use chopsticks then why don't you just ask for a knife and fork?
If you cant do it then.. meh..
Naifu toh fo-ku oh kudasai.. is how you ask..

If you didn't know that (i guess thats why you posted or you would have just asked when you got there) then how are you going to manage working there? Chopsticks will be the least of your worries.

If all else fails just use your hands. I'm sure you'll get dirty looks for fingerpainting the tables with soy sauce but I bet the first dude to pick up a slice of Pizza and stuff his face got the same treatment -> just look at it now though! Good luck.

well how i'm gonna work there? well ofc i use my hands and legs its on a farm so i guess i'll use the bit of japanse i can and use body launge for the rest of it

But this is really a great help but how is the easiest of learing how to use chopsticks? is it by eating ramen or??
any idea would be welcome

yuujirou · (#15 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Hamselv

well how i'm gonna work there? well ofc i use my hands and legs its on a farm so i guess i'll use the bit of japanse i can and use body launge for the rest of it

But this is really a great help but how is the easiest of learing how to use chopsticks? is it by eating ramen or??
any idea would be welcome

dude....
grab a pair of chopsticks and start eating
=.=

you might as well ask yourself 'how do i teach some one how to use a fork?"

and before you think that those are two completely different things,
there are actually various styles of using fork and fork & knife

all you can do is just try it out and see what happens
we can't just keep throwing examples at you if you never take up any of them
and now that i think about it
have you ever even TRIED using hashi?
=.=

sushidushi · (#16 (**permalink**))

Do a search on You Tube on how to use chopsticks. Some are probably helpful, others are presented by lovely Japanese girls, and yet others are very amusing. Always worth a try...

SHAD0W · (#17 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Hamselv

But this is really a great help but how is the easiest of learing how to use chopsticks? is it by eating ramen or??
any idea would be welcome

Nah.. start with Chips (french fries.. whatever) cuz their big and easy to handle. What you do is hold both chopsticks in your plam, at the thicker end of the sticks, then with the thinner end pointing towards your plate you stab the chips in a "psycho" fashion.

itadakimasu!

Hamselv · (#18 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by yuujirou

dude....
grab a pair of chopsticks and start eating
=.=

you might as well ask yourself 'how do i teach some one how to use a fork?"

and before you think that those are two completely different things,
there are actually various styles of using fork and fork & knife

all you can do is just try it out and see what happens
we can't just keep throwing examples at you if you never take up any of them
and now that i think about it
have you ever even TRIED using hashi?
=.=

nope never tried but lets face it

i have to start somewhere right? :P
So i'll be starting to eat with chopstiks now ^^
thanks for the advise and help you guys are the best

yuujirou · (#19 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by yuko81

ok, one of many solutions for you:
go to my hometown before you go to Japan, i will teach you how to use chopsticks. everyday, you and i go to restaurant and you pay the bill

. I maybe sure that you will be able to use chopticks like an Asian after 3 days with me.

wow... that method actually sucks....
how about what i did to my friend x]
since the bloke was dependent upon me for food for a short while once upon a time, i took it upon myself to educate him in usage of chopsticks

for his training, for a whole week i prepared nothing but noodles in broth
and he was to eat w/ nothing but hashi >.>''

took him a week to learn ^^

SHAD0W · (#20 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by yuujirou

took him a week to learn

A week? I got it after the first ramen dish i had! Maybe I'm more dependant on food than i thought?