> > ÃÂâÃÂËÃâËÃÂâÃââ > > àÃÂËÃÂâÃÂâÃÂÂÃââ > > Thank you!! I'll record them in my notebook, and find what they mean > (that would help, lol). One of them I already know, which is a good > thing for me! :D
Yahoo email really screws up the encoding. Try walla.com email. It uses UTF8 like gmail and they also give you free 1G space. > asatte sensei no huransu-go ni nihongo de hanasitai desu yo! That's > why I'm trying to learn some verbs before I go on to more vocab. ( I > hope that sentence even looks right!!) I think you're trying to say your french teacher will speak japanese in 2 days. It should be: asatte furansu no sensei wa nihongo o hanashimasu. Although since I've learned japanese for only 9 months now you should always verify what I say. :) > Really? Our school doesn't just work on verbs only!! I think the > school method works for me, which they concentrate on writing, > reading, speaking, and hearing (we learned all sorts in the grammar; > if your school only functioned on verbs in spanish, I'd really > question your teacher's teaching methods); It wasn't verbs only, but conjugating verbs was a major part of it. The problem was that since the lessons were all taught in a systematic manner, I learned to answer questions in a systematic manner as well, even without understanding the question. On tests, there were questions asked in spanish, and what I did was I conjugated the verbs and refeed the same words back as the answer. Structurally, it was correct, so I usually get full points, but again, I didn't know what I was doing.. I was just following "rules". :) > I tried the pimsleur method with portuguese... I had a hard time, > because I have this unusual thing, but in order for me to learn to > speak a language, I have to know how to (a)write it and see how it's > spelt, especially when the language has many pronunciation > exceptions. Then, I would pronounce it (b), and then use the word in > a sentence (c). (BTW, Portuguese is a beautiful language.) How long have you been studying Portuguese and how far are you? Can you read Portuguese newspapers without needing a dictionary? > I find them boring, actually, lol. It's soo... repetitive, and it > turns me off from my learning experience. Experimentation is the key Interesting. I didn't find the pimsleur program repetitive at all. I thought the way the program ask you questions backwards and forwards is a really good way to learn the nuances of the language. For example, in the French pimsleur program, I learned that the woman is speaking with a different accent. She's actually Parisian french, while the man is Canadian french. I can actually hear the difference, so I was happy. :) > find the most affective for me. Besides, Japanese and spanish are > phonetic languages, so they won't pose a problem for me with > pronunciation or comprehension by hearing, except for those homonyms > that can only be distinguished by context and tone... *sigh* the > irregularities of language... Well, you're a lot different than I am ! When reading french texts I can understand a majority of the sentences, but when it comes to watching a french movie, my comprehension drops from 75% to 10%. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/9rHolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Japanese_Language/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
