Do you speak Japanese?

[tada]

It's not official yet, but I'm at about JLPT 2-kyuu level. Taking the actual test this year. From some mock-tests, I know this is the right level for me; 3-kyuu is way too easy for me, and 1-kyuu is still over my head.

 

[Lledargo]

I know a few phrases. such as 'I like ...' , 'I am ...', or '... is fun.'

 

[Zahra]

i know Katakana,Hiragana & a bit little Kanji.
Oh,My writing ability is better than speaking....

 

[ltsiros]

taking N5 this December

 

[FinancialWar]

does OP have any evidence that Native speakers are better JLPT1 certificate holders?

 

[Wardie1993]

hai, i can speak a little, im still learning like

 

[GreatMrPlinkett]

Yeah, I speak Japanese. How well is a matter of opinion, but I at least qualified for the 5,000 a month Japanese proficiency bonus with my company.

 

[Mike Cash]

Yeah, I speak Japanese. How well is a matter of opinion, but I at least qualified for the 5,000 a month Japanese proficiency bonus with my company.

My entire salary is contingent upon Japanese ability, although they'd be justified in docking my pay sometimes.

 

[zoomingjapan]

I can speak Japanese, but not fluently.
I started studying seriously - but all by myself in 2008.
In 2010 I passed the N2 and won a prefectural speech contest where I was the only one who was self-taught. All the others were students of Japanese.

Since that I haven't really studied at all, so my level hasn't gotten up since then, I guess.
I can manage daily life all alone (e.g. going to the hospital, asking about things on the phone etc.)

Apparently my Japanese can't be that bad. People on the phone often think I'm Japanese and sound very shocked once they ask for my name and notice it's a foreign name. *g*

My wak points are probably grammar and writing (not typing!) kanji (because I never practice).

My entire salary is contingent upon Japanese ability, although they'd be justified in docking my pay sometimes.

What kind of job is that?

 

[Mike Cash]

What kind of job is that?

I'm a truck driver, but you have to promise not to tell my mother. She thinks I have a respectable job, playing piano in a whorehouse.

 

[GreatMrPlinkett]

My entire salary is contingent upon Japanese ability, although they'd be justified in docking my pay sometimes.

Eh, Japanese is a tough language. Sometimes I feel like my Japanese completely sucks. It's just one of those up and down periods all us expats get, I suppose.

 

[FinancialWar]

I'm a truck driver, but you have to promise not to tell my mother. She thinks I have a respectable job, playing piano in a whorehouse.

truckies here in Aussie earn more than most other professionals.