That's one of the challenges since most people lea...

2009-05-26T13:12:49.200+02:00

That's one of the challenges since most people learn the normal polite form first but it is only one of many formal and informal versions and the verbs and other appendages change form depending on which form you are using.
The main challenge for me is reading though because without access to written Japanese it is very hard to gain vocab like you do in other languages, you are totally reliant on learner materials.
Still, I am only learning for fun so any progress is good progress.

A friend of mine lived in Japan for 4 years. He go...

2009-05-26T12:25:51.364+02:00

A friend of mine lived in Japan for 4 years. He got pretty good at everyday Japanese, but whenever he went to the dry cleaners he could never understand the lady there. It turns out she was using a formal form of the language reserved for a subservient female addressing a male (or something like that)

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That's one of the challenges since most people lea...

A friend of mine lived in Japan for 4 years. He go...