i finally figured out why people say 草生える. that's so silly.
[QUOTE=Exooodus;52386112]i finally figured out why people say 草生える. that's so silly.[/QUOTE]
Just googled it and clicked the first result, can confirm.
Not interested in Japanese that much, but Duolingo has started a Japanese course now if you guys didn't know about it.
Korean should be coming soon as well.
How is duolingo for languages with different alphabets? I did the full Swedish course, and it was okay, though it didn't really concert very much.
[QUOTE=laserpanda;52406602]How is duolingo for languages with different alphabets? I did the full Swedish course, and it was okay, though it didn't really concert very much.[/QUOTE]
No idea what they went with but I know the Russian one lets you switch display between cyrillic and latin characters freely.
Gonna go shill Rhy5lightning's [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV4E4aeniCM"]learning moonrunes with mango series[/URL], seems to be pretty well made if you're just starting out.
Does anybody here have experience with TEFL in Japan? I've been thinking about it for a few years and the more I think about it the more I think that I wanna do it. I wanna see the world, not rot away in this dead-end town.
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I've been debating the JET myself, but as more of a "working holiday" kinda thing, with the full intent of returning to Canada after my year is up. I think it would be really interesting to spend a year immersed in a culture so vastly different from my own.
I'd like to think about being an expat actually, thanks for the advice. Is there any way to re-enroll into the program for the short term if things don't go 100% smoothly, as they are wont to do? What sort of resources should I study about integration and career planning abroad?
Obviously I might get there and decide it sucks and change my mind but it would be nice to have my ducks in a row. This is all several years off, too, so I have time to carefully research and study and plan.
AFAIK you can't re-enroll in the JET for a few years after your first "tour", and I think you can't enroll after age 30.
However from what I hear it's way easier to job hunt for jobs in Japan while you're there, but unless you speak Japanese the only ones you'll be able to get are teaching English.
Sounds like if I wanna take this seriously I should learn me some Japanese. Maybe I'll take classes when I go back to school, I need to take my associate's and make it a bachelor's anyway. Lots of resources on the previous page, too.
It's gonna be a lot of hard work but I should begin seriously figuring out my future.
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[QUOTE=YOMIURA;52434015]Sorry if this is broken post. I am currently very busy, so I will sloly update this post with advice and english facing resources.
First goal for living successfully is get jpltN1. Many jobs will not require N1. But employer be oh so happy to test and fail on whether you have N1. I hear so many stupid interview stories now that it is just safest to have N1.
Second is become familiar with common law, so you can walk around the hammer before it falls on you. Some JET entrants I know after trying to live end up stupid things in bad corners and end up imprisoned for what they think are not crimes, or are complicit in civil issues and so have problems.[/QUOTE]
Do note that JLPT is basically the same as a degree. It looks good on paper and that's about it, you can be perfectly fine and not pass the JLPT N1, and you can pass the JLPT N1 and not be able to function normally.
JLPT is really the JLPTPT. Life is not a multiple choice quiz, people do not speak like the dialogue in the JLPT, but you'll probably figure that out way before you take it.
So I am in Japan now. I will be here for the next 6 months. It's exciting! I get to finally use this language in a practical sense! :happy:
[QUOTE=DEG_fan;52437565]So I am in Japan now. I will be here for the next 6 months. It's exciting! I get to finally use this language in a practical sense! :happy:[/QUOTE]
Welcome! Send me a PM, add me on Steam, etc. if you have any questions.
[QUOTE=reevezy67;52501828]空你及哇
哎呀，我学错语言了。FP都没有中国群。
撒哟那啦[/QUOTE]
中国語こわっ
[editline]24th July 2017[/editline]
I was gonna do a post about that person who got banned for being racist in Chinese but I dunno what the fuck ban translates to and I gave up googling.
youkan is fucking amazing
wish it was more convenient to get here, my friends bought me some for my birthday and i'm trying to make it last as long as possible
[QUOTE=reevezy67;52501828]空你及哇
哎呀，我学错语言了。FP都没有中国群。
撒哟那啦[/QUOTE]
cao ni ma
Any of you guys going to comiket this month? Some of my senpai are inviting me, but the crowd seems a bit scary. Especially in all this heat right now.
君の名は。は凄かった。
[sp]ハッピーエンドを期待したけどやっぱり新海誠なら悲しく終わる。ほしのこえと言の葉の庭と秒速5センチメートルとまた泣いた。[/sp]
新海誠の映画だけで満喫だ。日本語を勉強し始めて天門を見つけて最適の監督の全作を見ると全てが良くなる。
ところで、三省堂が有料になったのでなにか勧めるか？英語の定義が欲しくないのでWeblioとかヤフーとかの代わりを探してる。
[editline]27th July 2017[/editline]
ボーナス：グーグルで翻訳しておかしくなるｗ
[QUOTE=Mistah Gahsmask;52505206]Any of you guys going to comiket this month? Some of my senpai are inviting me, but the crowd seems a bit scary. Especially in all this heat right now.[/QUOTE]
Just... [B]do not[/B] try to go there early in the morning, and you will be fine. I will not go because I do not have much to do there and I live in a completely different part of Japan.
[editline]28th July 2017[/editline]
Make sure to bring lots of water with you too of course.
I don't know if anyone of you remember me talking about Kendo but I'm getting into the deep end of the weeaboo sword stuff because I got news about someone being interested in starting an Iaido club at my university and I'm heavily interested in partnering up with them since I'm part of the committee of the Kendo team
i might try to go to comiket next year if i can squeeze japan into my SEA trip
[QUOTE=elitehakor;52514842]i might try to go to comiket next year if i can squeeze japan into my SEA trip[/QUOTE]
come to hong kong so I could [del]kidnap you to my sex dungeon[/del] shake your hand
lol i'll see if i can't get a long layover in hk. last time my parents went to indonesia they had around a day in hk
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