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Pandora

先輩

19 Jun 2010

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• 19 Jun 2010

• #1

Hello! Here I will be known as Pandora, and I have been teaching myself Japanese for a little over a year now. Sadly, I have very little to show for it. I can memorize and retain words easily, but I have serious trouble with my grammar. I often don't understand when to use which of the seven bases of a verb, I get my particles confused, on occasion I mess up the order of nouns in a complex sentence, and I do not know any kanji symbols that are not hiragana or katakana. :? There is probably more I cannot recall, but I usually know my words....I just can't convey them in a decent manner. lol! However, I can properly say simple phrases and questions, but I can't really carry a decent conversation. I stumbled upon this forum and decided to join in order to help with my Japanese grammar. I have always wanted to learn Japanese as a child and since my fiance is now stationed in Okinawa (he's a Marine) and will be there for the next two years (possibly four if he chooses to finish his contract out there), I finally had a practical reason to motivate me to learn!
-パンドラ

 

Ashikaga

もちもちした食感

19 Feb 2008

2,220

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• 21 Jun 2010

• #2

Welcome to JREF, Pandora!! and Good Luck with your Japanese!!

 

Milady

後輩

3 Jun 2010

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• 22 Jun 2010

• #3

I also know a US Marine, stationed in Okinawa. Actually, I haven't spoken to him in quite some time, but when I last saw his attempts at Romanizing Japanese phrases (during an instant messenger conversation), it was fairly amusing, to say the least. ^__^

In any case, best of luck with your studies, Pandora.