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  • [Deactivated] on 05/03/2021 - 07:34
    +1

    Sue me my sensei!

  • PleasureMe on 05/03/2021 - 07:59
    -5

    Learn Japanese from a non-native blonde white girl! lol
    She is hot though, so I'll still watch and listen.

    • smokenmirraz on 05/03/2021 - 08:15
      +2

      Your comment reads kinda creepy, but then I realised that my interest in the course was due in part to:

      • Japanese language
      • free
      • hotness of the instructor
    • 40YearOldSturgeon on 05/03/2021 - 09:11
      +2

      So what if she's white? There's an Asian chick teaching French further down. Who cares.

      You sound like an American.

      • PleasureMe on 05/03/2021 - 09:38
        +5

        you must have missed the part where I said non-native. Learning from a native is always more ideal than learning from a person who by her own admission has only been learning the language for 6 years.

        Years ago, I had an Italian teacher in year 12 who was not a native Italian and her pronunciation was terrible. Yes, she knew all the words and the spelling and the grammar, but no amount of learning will help you to speak like a native. Just like people who are not born in Australia often have accents. Yes, they can learn the English language, but will most likely not speak in a native Australian accent. If your goal is to sound Australian (or Japanese), then you are best off learning from a native of the country.

        • Harrison on 05/03/2021 - 14:16
          -3

          "no amount of learning will help you to speak like a native", so why bother learning from a native

          • PleasureMe on 06/03/2021 - 09:21
            +1

            @Harrison: So that you can hear how words are supposed to be pronounced correctly

    • Cave Fire on 05/03/2021 - 17:17

      Yeah, I have met "European" speakers that were pretty good. Plus my old teachers in high school went over there for years.

    • menvert on 05/03/2021 - 08:45
      +6

      It's called being less of an ass, actually putting in the effort to learn your partners language, when they have gone through considerable effort in learning English for you, that and you get a lot more respect in another country if you can speak, geez Australians treat anyone whom can't speak English pretty harshly.

    • onetwothreefour on 05/03/2021 - 08:48
      +6

      My wife is Japanese and can speak English but none of her family can which is why I went to tafe for 18 months to study Japanese.

      Still no good at it though.

      • starionx on 05/03/2021 - 11:38
        +1

        You're not watching enough Anime. ;)

        • onetwothreefour on 05/03/2021 - 11:45
          +3

          I definitely am watching enough, which is none at all.

      • Skinnerr on 05/03/2021 - 14:51

        Still no good at it though

        So can you converse in Japanese to them? Or was the tafe a waste of time.

        • onetwothreefour on 05/03/2021 - 15:19
          +1

          Definitely not a waste of time and I can speak with them but only basics. I can understand more than I can actually speak because when someone says a sentence I can hear some words I understand and take a guess at the rest (sometimes I'm completely wrong) but it's harder when I'm trying to say something and I don't know 90% of the words I need to say to make a full sentence.

          Last time I was there my father in law had been in hospital for the day and he was telling me how he left his jacket at the hospital and one of the doctors lived near him so he brought his jacket for him on his way home from work. I surprised myself that I understood what he was saying but unfortunately the only thing I could reply was "yasashii" which means kind.

          • Skinnerr on 05/03/2021 - 16:43

            @onetwothreefour: Lol I know what you mean from my years learning Greek in high school. I used to be able to read Greek after learning the alphabet, but didn't know what most of the words meant.

    • sinewaves7 on 05/03/2021 - 09:12
      +10

      Is this a new manifestation of Australian anti-intellectualism
      Knowing another language is now "useless" hahahaha

    • esty on 05/03/2021 - 08:58

      yeah - more of general life skill, than career skill.

    • mcnugget on 05/03/2021 - 09:05
      +2

      Maybe if you want to stay in Australia? Reckon learning Japanese to work in Japan would help your job prospects

      • Blitzfx on 05/03/2021 - 09:21
        +1

        As a small side note, if you're a foreigner, you'll hit a glass ceiling really quickly regardless of your proficiency. Japan is very homogenous and that's reflected in their work culture. I heard a few rants from acquaintances who tried working there and got blocked from promotions etc.

        • IPYF on 05/03/2021 - 09:26
          +1

          I've heard the same stuff, and read a lot about social isolation as well. I understand that many people who have dived into ESL teaching in Japan through those many affiliate companies (I was looking into it at one point) have a difficult time socially, especially in rural areas, because within Japan people don't have any real interest in extending their established friendship groups. It's allegedly an extremely lonely experience unless you can land somewhere with a lot of expats.

    • fantombloo on 05/03/2021 - 09:08
      +2

      Knowing other languages, particularly if you know them well, can facilitate more intimate insight into other cultures and therefore also an appreciation of cultural relativism. I don't know how significant that is to you but for me it's one of life's bigger eye-openers and I'm glad I've experienced it.

      • Forth on 05/03/2021 - 11:48

        "appreciation of cultural relativism" What sort of post-structuralist nonsense is that?!
        I don't think it will help learning about Battle of Shiroyama, but may may help me understand Miko losing it in GTA online.

    • Forth on 05/03/2021 - 11:40
      +1

      Always the pragmatist augment. Why not learning for fun, or trying to understand Vtubers.

  • cdmanxp on 05/03/2021 - 08:21
    +1

    I have a friend who is chinese who was born and raised in Philippines. All filipino people talk without having the slightest clue that she understands everything.
    Knowing more than one language is very handy.
    Thanks for sharing.

    • [Deactivated] on 05/03/2021 - 12:21

      I believe the proper term to call your friend is a 'Filipino'.

  • philmarcracken on 05/03/2021 - 08:33
    +4

    日本語の森 is free on youtube and quickly starts with lessons from people speaking japanese. Best way to learn is comprehensible input!

  • hopper on 05/03/2021 - 08:35
    +4

    Any free course for mandarin?

  • [Deactivated] on 05/03/2021 - 08:37
    -5

    Have no Chinese Filipino friends, have friends did linguistics in uni, they are now regretting the choice and working in retail

  • Steakz on 05/03/2021 - 08:47
    -1

    Weeb or not, there are that will take it.

    Edit: for Australian "customers" only, not sure if it should have been included in the title.

  • dfg555 on 05/03/2021 - 08:48

    ohio KKona

  • DMFD on 05/03/2021 - 08:51
    +7

    This could be handy if you're going to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games.

    • Skinnerr on 05/03/2021 - 14:56

      Great Scott!

      • TheRealCher on 05/03/2021 - 14:59

        Dr Scott?
        Brad?
        Janet?
        Rocky?

  • esty on 05/03/2021 - 08:57
    -2

    basement dwelling neck beards, come thru!

    • Steakz on 05/03/2021 - 09:02

      Been shaving it but still can't get there! Does garage count? ^-^

  • ozbargainer88 on 05/03/2021 - 09:22
    +2

    Gomenasai, my name is Ken-Sama.

    I’m a 27 year old American Otaku (Anime fan for you gaijins). I draw Anime and Manga on my tablet, and spend my days perfecting my art and playing superior Japanese games. (Disgaea, Final Fantasy, Persona series)

    I train with my Katana every day, this superior weapon can cut clean through steel because it is folded over a thousand times, and is vastly superior to any other weapon on earth. I earned my sword license two years ago, and I have been getting better every day.

    I speak Japanese fluently, both Kanji and the Osaka dialect, and I write fluently as well. I know everything about Japanese history and their bushido code, which I follow 100%

    When I get my Japanese visa, I am moving to Tokyo to attend a prestigious High School to learn more about their magnificent culture. I hope I can become an animator for Studio Ghibli or a game designer!

    I own several kimonos, which I wear around town. I want to get used to wearing them before I move to Japan, so I can fit in easier. I bow to my elders and seniors and speak Japanese as often as I can, but rarely does anyone manage to respond.

    Wish me luck in Japan!

    • mafmouf on 05/03/2021 - 09:29
      -1

      Scepticism: 112.

      • charliesohi on 05/03/2021 - 09:55

        It's a copypasta

        • ozbargainer88 on 05/03/2021 - 11:39

          The only Japanese I speak is "Coco Ichiban"

    • TheRealCher on 05/03/2021 - 15:00

      If you were real, you'd shut yourself inside your room for five years rather than walking the streets…. Fail! Now, fall on your fake sword

    • Galaxyman on 05/03/2021 - 18:06

      Folding the steel has nothing to do with strength of the blade. It is a method to get the impurities out of poorer quality steel i.e. steel with iron deposits. Well smelted steel blocks do not need to have the impurities repetitively pounded out of ithem before being lengthened into blades.

    • lamb on 06/03/2021 - 10:55

      3-kyu? .. lol

      Note for those unfamiliar with Iaido
      .. kyu (and dan) are ranks/grading system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%AB

      Read in Japanese .. it's san-kyu .. which sounds like "thank you". =P

    • lamb on 06/03/2021 - 11:09

      Surprised nobody has answered @ozbargainer88 with:

      Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die.

  • IPYF on 05/03/2021 - 09:32
    +9

    Cool thing I found about learning Japanese (for those of you who aren't just interested in copypasta or being racist-adjacent bellends) is that it's one of the easier Asian languages to learn because there's no gendered words, and the spoken delivery is mostly flat so you don't have to worry about words meaning something different because you dropped your grave or acute. And because it is all built around standard characters and sounds, it all feels very orderly and logical.

    I'm hot garbage when it comes to learning languages (tried French, Indonesian, Italian and sucked) and Japanese is the one I found most personally intuitive. I'm keen to give this course a good crack.

    • spamsational on 05/03/2021 - 11:55
      +2

      I mean, that's objectively not true. Japanese is one of the most difficult. Grammar is complex, kanji, and honorific language.

      https://effectivelanguagelearning.com/language-guide/languag…

      For native English speakers, Indonesian is way easier.

      My parents speak Indonesian, I'm learning Japanese for my new job. I also learnt Chinese when I lived in Taiwan.

      • IPYF on 05/03/2021 - 12:45
        +1

        All I'm saying is that I, a person who is inherently bad at languages, found it easier than others I tried, and my perception was that it was for the reasons I cited. I'm not a linguist though and don't argue against evidence. I guess now I'm even more curious why I found it infinitely more intuitive than Italian (in Category 1) which I was trying to learn at the same time.

      • lamb on 06/03/2021 - 11:04

        Have you tried learning english? .. being a native speaker and I still can't get it completely right.

        .. and it's constantly evolving with slangs. lol

  • deme on 05/03/2021 - 09:41
    +2

    ITT: Seppo goes to Japan and yells speak English!!!!

  • DrPopkorne on 05/03/2021 - 09:58

    Thanks OP, I was supposed to go on an employee exchange an age ago when I worked for Fujitsu IT Services still a young worker. Maybe this is the kick to get back into what I missed.

  • mingjuitsai on 05/03/2021 - 10:02
    +1

    If you ever travel to Japan knowing some basic Japanese is very useful.
    Most hot tourist spots would have English signs or people around who can speak English.
    However if you ever want to visit the less popular restaurants or suburbs. Menu has no English and Staff speaks very little English.
    Sure you can always use phone to translate, however you never have the slightest knowledge of the language the country you're visiting, which imo is bit of a shame, as knowing the language is also great for making friends

    • spamsational on 05/03/2021 - 11:56

      I mean, is it really practical for a two week holiday?

      I speak basic conversation Mandarin because I lived in Taiwan for a year. I went to China two years ago and was able to have some pretty cool experiences that I know I wouldn't have if I didn't speak the language. That being said, the effort and time it took me to get there wouldn't have been worth it for a holiday.

      • mingjuitsai on 05/03/2021 - 12:24

        For some simple traveling phrase it won't take that long to learn such as yes, no, thank you, excuse me, goodbye, please. I find it really practical and useful to know simple words for countries I visit and over the years have helped me tremendously for making friends either locally or overseas. It introduces a warming vibe when speaking their language no matter how simple it is. That's what I found anyways so just my personal experience

        • spamsational on 06/03/2021 - 21:22
          -1

          yes, no, and thank you are worlds apart from being able to read and order menus.

    • onetwothreefour on 05/03/2021 - 12:28
      +4

      Dude, this is a free course for basic Japanese and you have made 4 comments about why we shouldn't study language, all of which are being negged to oblivion because they are utter drivel. Get over it and go to a different thread of something that does interest you.

    • Munki on 05/03/2021 - 15:54
      +2

      Mate, you're on a website about bargains, not whitenationlistshangout.com.au.

    • Cave Fire on 05/03/2021 - 17:26
      +1

      Kind of desperate reach to call it a "minority language". Especially since it has many speakers worldwide. Plus Japan is not China lol.

  • plank89 on 05/03/2021 - 11:27
    +4

    “Kimochi” is the only Japanese word I guess I can fully understand what it means in various contexts

    • MBloxx on 05/03/2021 - 16:48

      You're like jv aren't you

      • plank89 on 05/03/2021 - 17:47
        +1

        I know there will be someone who’s gonna ask me this question 😂

        Just copy his style and see how other OzBargainers react 😆

        • MBloxx on 05/03/2021 - 22:24

          You're interesting plank89

    • Jamie777 on 05/03/2021 - 21:57

      na ni?

  • Ozsaver88 on 05/03/2021 - 21:05

    "The coupon code entered has expired"

  • emresound on 08/03/2021 - 16:32

    Well this sucks…missed it. Want to get back into japanese. Feel like I lost so much.

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