Eric VK3EJP/K5EJP wrote: "some of my favourite works are French... like
'Sandwich...'"
Sandwich, as in Earl Of....?
I almost became fluent in Spanish in high school (had QSOs in Spanish, but I
wish I'd gone to live in a Spanish-speaking country for a year), and German in
college (got to the point where I'd dream in German sometimes). But alas, I
let it all drop, and now at age 66 I'm struggling to re-learn German so I can
talk to the neighbors when I visit my grandson there. He, of course, is
bi-lingual.
Learning languages is a good thing. Taking the trouble to speak to someone in
their native language may be painful to them, but it does show some respect.
Jim - K6JM
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Pinnell
To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Japanese Language Lessons
I think these lessons are all right. I don't have a need for Japanese, but as
an American that used to work in Paris, France every few months I found that
knowing your way around a restaurant and day to day stuff isn't bad.
When it comes down to it, the French didn't want you hear your bad French and
would speak English, but they appreciated the effort. I would imagine the same
is true for the Japanese stations.
btw, some of my favourite works are French... like "Sandwich" and
"Mayonnaise" :) yum! I have some favourite Japanese words, like "toro" and
"Uni"... and "Sapporo" :)
-e
VK3EJP / K5EJP
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From: kevin asato <kc6...@yahoo.com>
To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, July 11, 2010 3:35:43 PM
Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Japanese Language Lessons
The lessons are pretty basic but helped me get back into the Nihon-go
mindset before my first trip to Japan in 2009. Still, this Japanese-American
benefitted (survived) a week in Tokyo by the better English language skills of
the Japanese. (I lost whatever Japanese language skills learned in J-School
living in SoCal where I hear the language spoken less and less). Need to study
further as my daughter is asking to go again next year.
73,
kevin
kc6pob
--- On Sat, 7/10/10, bosshardss <bossh...@gmail. com> wrote:
From: bosshardss <bossh...@gmail. com>
Subject: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Japanese Language Lessons
To: dstar_digital@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Saturday, July 10, 2010, 9:13 AM
I had a nice call sign routed chat with Kohji, JA4NYY in Hiroshima
this morning (US Time). JA stations do not have Dplus or reflector liinking,
but many have dongles to listen with. Kohji mentioned Japanese Language lessons
on NHK 1, the website for the Japanese equivalent of BBC or VOA.
http://www.nhk. or.jp/lesson/ english/index. html
Sayonara, steve nu5d
