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04-30-2009, 08:09 PM

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Everyone who speaks Japanese does.
well i don't DX


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04-30-2009, 08:09 PM

Think is if you have to use an alphabet which is not Japanese then speak another language.
If I decided to learn arabic first of all I would learn their alphabet. If I decided to learn Russian I would learn cyrillic...

Don't expect a foreign culture to adapt to you, you are the one interested in it, thus you get close to it.


Edit: I haven't even got close to know 1/4 of Japanese Grammar, yet I already know all kana and 240 kanji (all readings and meanings). Learn to set priority when you study something.


降り注ぐ雨 マジで冷てぇ
暗闇の中 歩くしかねぇ
everything’s gonna be okay 恐れることねぇ
辛い時こそ胸を張れ

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well i don't DX
Then now seems like a good time to start learning.
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Then now seems like a good time to start learning.
I qkno how to write and hiragana and katakana.

I just want to qkno if there is a program for the PC


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04-30-2009, 08:12 PM

Romaji is very hindering.

I couldn't even understand "ashita" when someone said it on the last page until I saw 明日 because I read it like you would read English - A Shi Ta.

You can download a Japanese word processor very easily by just searching for one on Google, or there's also a sticky at the top of this forum about how to install Japanese on your computer.
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04-30-2009, 08:18 PM

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Romaji is very hindering.

I couldn't even understand "ashita" when someone said it on the last page until I saw 明日 because I read it like you would read English - A Shi Ta.

You can download a Japanese word processor very easily by just searching for one on Google, or there's also a sticky at the top of this forum about how to install Japanese on your computer.
You know? It is true. I used to feel so dumb when I would meet a phrase written in Romaji. I couldn't understand much of it even tho I might know exactly what it means. I stopped reading romaji in forums a long time ago.

It is weird since you think you should recognize coz it is written exactly like when you hear it spoken. Instead something in the brain hinder from undestanding it...


降り注ぐ雨 マジで冷てぇ
暗闇の中 歩くしかねぇ
everything’s gonna be okay 恐れることねぇ
辛い時こそ胸を張れ
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04-30-2009, 09:16 PM

Yuusuke,

Every major OS in use right now natively supports Japanese: OSX and Windows XP (so presumably Vista does, too) come pre-bundled with Japanese. Linux can be made to support it as well.

From there, just use any word processor you like. OpenOffice is free and legal. Microsoft office is either free and illegal or unfree and legal.

I'll take free and legal, personally.
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04-30-2009, 10:30 PM

And if you have problems with the operative system look for something called NJStar communicator online...it is wonderful. There is also NJStar WP which is great, a WP with a huge dictionary inside (unfortunately very expensive).


降り注ぐ雨 マジで冷てぇ
暗闇の中 歩くしかねぇ
everything’s gonna be okay 恐れることねぇ
辛い時こそ胸を張れ
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04-30-2009, 10:53 PM

XP requires you have your XP CD. If "don't have your CD", then you've pirated your OS, and I have no reason to help you.

Vista simply requires you to activate the support for the characters.
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