日本語を話せますか？

[celestialpearl]

数ヶ月間勉強してきました。
練習するために話が好き。
私の日本語は悪いです、けど　がんばります！
よろしくおねがいします。

 

[faroukfarouk]

数ヶ月間勉強してきました。
練習するために話が好き。
私の日本語は悪いです、けど　がんばります！
よろしくおねがいします。

So you speak Japanese?

All I can say is: Nihon-go ga wakarimasen!

 

[celestialpearl]

It's debatable, lol. I'm around Jlpt 5 level. My vocabulary is up there, but my kanji knowledge is lacking. I'm always looking for new language partners!

 

[faroukfarouk]

It's debatable, lol. I'm around Jlpt 5 level. My vocabulary is up there, but my kanji knowledge is lacking. I'm always looking for new language partners!

So how would I say, "I do speak Japanese"?

Nihon-go wakarimasen?

 

[celestialpearl]

It's debatable, lol. I'm around Jlpt 5 level. My vocabulary is up there, but my kanji knowledge is lacking. I'm always looking for new language partners!

にほんごがはかります！

 

[faroukfarouk]

にほんごがはかります！

So do you have a (partly) Japanese family background?

 

[celestialpearl]

So how would I say, "I do speak Japanese"?

Nihon-go wakarimasen?

You're saying, ’I don't understand'

私はにほんごが話せます。’I speak Japanese'

 

[faroukfarouk]

You're saying, ’I don't understand'

私はにほんごが話せます。’I speak Japanese'

Okay, thanks!

 

[celestialpearl]

So do you have a (partly) Japanese family background?

I don't think so. Just a love for the culture and language of Japan.

 

[faroukfarouk]

I don't think so. Just a love for the culture and language of Japan.

This is some achievement! So did a friend introduce you to Japanese? or maybe you followed a course of study?

 

[celestialpearl]

This is some achievement! So did a friend introduce you to Japanese? or maybe you followed a course of study?

Well, I still have a ways to go! Learning is always easier when you enjoy the subject matter though. I'm self taught with books, online resources and more recently, native language partners.

 

[faroukfarouk]

Well, I still have a ways to go! Learning is always easier when you enjoy the subject matter though. I'm self taught with books, online resources and more recently, native language partners.

A good way to increase fluency in a language is reading the Bible in it. A passage such as John chapter 1 has clear and simple ideas in any case and is probably quite familiar anyway; and one can be surprised at how soon one gets to follow what it says.

 

[celestialpearl]

A good way to increase fluency in a language is reading the Bible in it. A passage such as John chapter 1 has clear and simple ideas in any case and is probably quite familiar anyway; and one can be surprised at how soon one gets to follow what it says.

Awesome suggestion...I always use KJV, I don't know anything about multilingual versions of the bible though, something to look into for sure!

 

[faroukfarouk]

Awesome suggestion...I always use KJV, I don't know anything about multilingual versions of the bible though, something to look into for sure!

I use the KJV in English also! (plus other versions in certain other languages).

 

[faroukfarouk]

I don't know anything about multilingual versions of the bible though, something to look into for sure!

PS: Multilingual versions of the Bible - sometimes bilingual NTs - are issued by Gideons, I think.

 

[faroukfarouk]

Well, I still have a ways to go! Learning is always easier when you enjoy the subject matter though.

PS:It's good to do some Japanese Bible reading every day! a little and often, can in the long run work better for fluency than telling oneself that one will do a Bible reading marathon.

 

[celestialpearl]

PS:It's good to do some Japanese Bible reading every day! a little and often, can in the long run work better for fluency than telling oneself that one will do a Bible reading marathon.

Good tip! I'm one of those who tends toward marathon study naturally!XD

 

[faroukfarouk]

Good tip! I'm one of those who tends toward marathon study naturally!XD

Sounds like whatever you do - Bible study, language study, motherhood duties, ink: you seem to become dedicated to whatever it is you're doing!

 

[faroukfarouk]

Awesome suggestion...I always use KJV...

PS: There's something classy about the KJV that I like; it's not the original, as some claim, but it's basically accurtae and its language has class and resonance and I stick to it.

 

[celestialpearl]

PS: There's something classy about the KJV that I like; it's not the original, as some claim, but it's basically accurtae and its language has class and resonance and I stick to it.

I think I know what you mean. To me, the language seems more poetic than other versions I've read. I still use others for comparison though too.