What is your biggest problem with the Japanese language?

[manners]

I'm interested in what people's learning problems are with Japanese.

[SSJup81]

Kanji, Kanji, Kanji!!!!

Aside from that, vocabulary. I usually get grammar rules okay, but I'm terrible with forming sentences since I still have limited vocabulary.

[Kaede]

Oh man, sentence structure.

But then, I haven't even begun learning Kanji.

[james1254]

Handwriting. I have to write fairly slowly and in pencil for tests lest the examiners eyes bleed. But my handwriting in English is also horrible so its the same for Japanese.

[yuujirou]

Originally Posted by james1254

Handwriting. I have to write fairly slowly and in pencil for tests lest the examiners eyes bleed. But my handwriting in English is also horrible so its the same for Japanese.

odd...
my japanese is .... legible....
but my english...
simply atrocious x]

*was asked too actually type up my hw through high school >.>" *

[kaelazors]

casual/formal/any other form T.T so confuseddd

and kanji too of course lol

[AsianAtHeart]

I agree with SSJup, Kanji is so frustrating! I was supposed to learn 90 last spring and only picked up 70-something. Plus, my writing of some Kanji is atrocious, like when I try to write 書 and 買. My Hiragana and Katakana are just fine, though, I write Japanese better than the alphabet.

And I have slight problems with verb conjugation, particularly with the potential form, since I get confused on how alot of young Japanese drop the 'ら' in 'られる' and how 'します' turns into 'できます'.

[SSJup81]

I thought "suru" was more like "to do" and "dekiru" meant more so along the lines of "to be able to" or "can do".

[yuujirou]

Originally Posted by SSJup81

I thought "suru" was more like "to do" and "dekiru" meant more so along the lines of "to be able to" or "can do".

oh shit
are you serious? =x

[SSJup81]

Originally Posted by yuujirou

oh shit
are you serious? =x

Yes, I am. Those are the definitions of dekiru and suru I have; "to be able to do" or "can do" and suru as "to do".