How Long do you think it takes?? - Page 2

Kayci · (#11 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by RobinMask

Although I'm far from fluent - probably a grade four - my current textbooks are written primarily in Japanese, albeit mostly katakana and hiragana with little Kanji. It's taken me about seven months I'd say to get this far. I know about 200 kanji but it's not really enough to study Japanese in Japanese.

Kayci - is it just that you don't feel confident or is it that your ability isn't enough to cope at the level of the other speakers in that section of the forum? I hope it's okay asking, I'm just curious.

Verbally, I could be okay, but I'm not confident enough in my writing skills. Not at all.

darksyndrem · (#12 (**permalink**))

You should practice! Especially in the Japanese Chat thread, there are plenty of people that will correct you, and you will learn alot from it.

Kayci · (#13 (**permalink**))

Too afraid to. I use mixi, one on one, in messages, so that only one person can correct me, and not have others possibly laugh

darksyndrem · (#14 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Kayci

Too afraid to. I use mixi, one on one, in messages, so that only one person can correct me, and not have others possibly laugh

Nobody's going to laugh at you for mistakes? We all have to learn somehow, and the thread will be better for you, so multiple people can throw bits of information on the table, you know?

Kayci · (#15 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by darksyndrem

Nobody's going to laugh at you for mistakes? We all have to learn somehow, and the thread will be better for you, so multiple people can throw bits of information on the table, you know?

I understand, but I still feel better one on one with natives on mixi...

alanX · (#16 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Kayci

I understand, but I still feel better one on one with natives on mixi...

And I would agree.

darksyndrem · (#17 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by alanX

And I would agree.

This guy is one of the ones that you should try to ignore. But again no one will laugh, except for Alan maybe...he'll laugh just cause I said no one will laugh...but again ignore him

Kayci · (#18 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by darksyndrem

This guy is one of the ones that you should try to ignore. But again no one will laugh, except for Alan maybe...he'll laugh just cause I said no one will laugh...but again ignore him

Maybe I will in my own time, however. I know people may laugh. Making mistakes for people to see embarrasses me greatly, and I need to grow out of that.

Kenpachi11 · (#19 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Kayci

Maybe I will in my own time, however. I know people may laugh. Making mistakes for people to see embarrasses me greatly, and I need to grow out of that.

you will learn from your mistakes and get better from them

Kayci · (#20 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Kenpachi11

you will learn from your mistakes and get better from them

That is true, but I rather it be one person directly seeing instead of many.