Just saying Hi

窶堋ｱ窶堙ｱ窶堙俄?堋ｿ窶堙債。
窶堋ｨ窶堙坂?堙ｦ窶堋ｨﾂ 窶堙ｭ窶堋ｽ窶堋ｵ窶堙個 窶堙遺?堙懌?堋ｦ窶堙債 ﾆ椎?ﾆ蛋ﾆ槌陳ーﾆ檀ﾂ 窶堙??堋ｷﾂ。
窶堙ｭ窶堋ｽ窶堋ｵ窶堙債 窶堋ｪ窶堋ｭ窶堋ｹ窶堋｢窶堙娯?堙俄?堙吮?堙ｱ窶堋ｲﾂ 窶堙??堋ｷﾂ。ﾂ
窶堙ｭ窶堋ｽ窶堋ｵ窶堙債 窶堙俄?堙銀?堙ｱ窶堋ｹ窶堋｢ﾂ 窶堙??堋ｷﾂ。ﾂ
窶堋ｹ窶堙ｱ窶堙?窶堙ｱ窶堙債 ﾆ弛ﾆ停?ｰﾆ但ﾆ断ﾆ谷ﾆ湛ﾆ弾ﾆ停?愴担ﾂ 窶堙??堋ｷﾂ。
窶堙ｭ窶堋ｽ窶堋ｵ窶堙債 窶堙俄?堋ｶ窶堙｣窶堋､窶堋ｫ窶堙｣窶堋､窶堋ｳ窶堋｢ﾂ 窶堙??堋ｷﾂ。ﾂ
窶堙ｭ窶堋ｽ窶堋ｵ窶堙債 窶堙懌?堋｢窶堙俄?堋ｿﾂ ﾆ弾ﾆ椎槌池ﾂ 窶堙ｰﾂ 窶堙昶?堙懌?堋ｷﾂ。
窶堙ｭ窶堋ｽ窶堋ｵ窶堙債 窶堙銀?堋ｱﾂ 窶堋ｪﾂ 窶堋｢窶堙懌?堋ｷﾂ。
窶堙ｭ窶堋ｽ窶堋ｵ窶堙債 窶堋?窶堋ｳ窶堋ｲ窶堙坂?堙ｱﾂ 窶堙ｰﾂ 窶堋ｽ窶堙冷?堙懌?堋ｹ窶堙ｱﾂ。


Hi I am a second year student at the University of Nebraska. I just completed my first semester of study of Japanese at my school. My major is Broadcasting. Mostly I am looking for a place where I can openly post in Japanese and develop my language skills. If anyone here wants to read that above intro and tell me if I did anything wrong I would most greatly appreciate it. I have not learned much Kanji yet only Hiragana, Romaji (which I hate) and Katakana, which I struggle with still.


Right now I am still a beginner but I have completed my first semester and although I did pass the class I felt like I am missing something in the grammar department. I am trying to focus on building my vocabulary but I have little to go on as of right now.


The book we use is Genki by the Japan Times. I have the first book and the two cd' that go with it and the work book. I also use their website sometimes and this website called Yes Japan which I use to mostly review the katakana which I still struggle with. I have pretty much gotten my hiragana down for the most part I still struggle with some of the ones with " marks like the two rows that change into similar sounds I get those mixed up.


I have learned numbers, telephone numbers, time, how to count, expressing ones age, and how much something costs. We only learned 15 Kanji our fist semester, we sort of fell behind but I did manage to learn eight of those the rest I am still struggling with.


Anyways that is all about me, I am planning on going to Japan for study abroad but that is over a year away so I am excited but that is far enough off that I won't worry about it now. I am hoping this is a friendly place to help me learn Japanese and I am interested in all aspects of the culture so I will likely be stopping by a lot to get in on other discussions too but I mostly am interested at least now in developing my use of the language.

Welcome to the forum!

Do you have any opportunity to talk to Japanese or are you just learning it by the book? What are your interest in Japan besides studying Japanese?

Especially the Japanese language learning section is very active on this forum so I am sure that you will be able to enjoy here.

Take care!

Hi there, no I am taking a formal class, um I think I mentioned that in my post but I might not have been clear. I have a book and a cd that goes with it also called Genki that is what we use in the class. I also have some Before you Know it lists, I mostly use that software for studying Irish but I also have some Japanese lists.

My interest in Japanese is mostly the language but I am also into their technology, video games, anime, movies, culture, music, well everything else really. I am planning on going for a summer aboard through my college. I am still a beginner I did pass my class but I did not do as well as I wanted that is why I am seeking out people to use what I am learning with so I can stay in practice and not fall behind next semester.

I do want to try posting some in those Japanese language forums that is why I am here so I will probably start doing that soon.