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> From: lerobe - Lee
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> Subject: RE: DBA job market in Australia and Asia? - OFF TOPIC
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> Erm..... has anyone out there taken the time to
learn Japanese ?? I am
> looking at starting in the next couple of weeks
and would
> like to hear if
> anyone has struggled and know how hard
it is - I know French so any
> comparisons would be great.
I
speak english and french. I took two japanese classes about 12 years ago because
I was bored. So I wasn't as motivated as some other people might be.
I
thought that the pronunciation and vocabulary were fairly easy, but
reading/writing very difficult. You probably already know that japanese has two
alphabets in addition to using a set of characters similar to chinese
characters. I wouldn't plan on being able to read japanese unless you are
willing to spend a few years on it.
Most japanese people with which I tried
to speak japanese knew english better than I knew japanese, and I ended up
speaking english with them. So I didn't have a lot of opportunities to practice
my japanese. On the other hand, I didn't go live in Japan.
I did get to
practice writing with a paint brush (for my own entertainment, not part of the
class curriculum.) Since I'm a poor artist my attempts at paint brush writing
were pathetic.
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