Konnichiwa

[Arthur68]

Hajimemashite. Watashi no namae wa Arthur desu.

Arizona, USA kara desu.

Did I say that correctly?

Well, my name is Arthur and I am from Arizona and just wanted to join in and hopefully try to learn more of the Japanese language and culture.

 

[Gackt21]

Konnichiwa, Arthur-kun.
Christina-san desu.
Amerika-umare. Yoroshiku ne?

You did fine but I would have said it the way I did.

 

[Astroboy]

Hajimemashite. Watashi no namae wa Arthur desu.
Arizona, USA kara desu.
Did I say that correctly?
Well, my name is Arthur and I am from Arizona and just wanted to join in and hopefully try to learn more of the Japanese language and culture.

Perfect !

How about weather in Arizona? maybe too hot?

 

[hirashin]

Konnichiwa, Arthur-kun.
Christina-san desu.
Amerika-umare. Yoroshiku ne?
You did fine but I would have said it the way I did.

Hi, Christina.

We would not put san-suffix to our own name.

Hirashin

 

[hirashin]

Hajimemashite. Watashi no namae wa Arthur desu.
Arizona, USA kara desu.
Did I say that correctly?
Well, my name is Arthur and I am from Arizona and just wanted to join in and hopefully try to learn more of the Japanese language and culture.

Hello, Arthur. My name is Hirashin. I'm a Japanese living in Kyoto , Japan.
Hajimemashite.Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.

As for "Watashi no namae wa Arthur desu," it's grammatically correct but we usually omit "watashi no namae wa". Just say "Arthur desu" or more politely, "Arthur to moushimasu".

As for "Arizona, USA kara desu,"
I suppose it's from "I'm from Arizona, USA", and it's understandable.
But we would rarely say that. We don't have a good and exact translation for that. If you were born there, you can say "amerika no arizona shusshin desu".

What is your main interest about Japanese culture?

Hirashin

 

[Arthur68]

Thank you for the assistance in grammar and word usage.
Right now, I'm basically learning the most common phrases out of a book and off the internet. So I probably use a mixture of either very formal usage and non-formal ways of saying something in Japanese.
I just have a general interest in knowing the Japanese language. I do want to visit Japan someday.
I first want to get a basic knowledge of words and sentences by writing and reading the words using the alphabet and then start learning to read and write Hiragana, Katakana and then try my best to learn Kanji.
Learning foreign languages is not my best skill, so it may take me awhile.
If I find that I'm really picking up on the Japanese language, I may consider taking a class to further my knowledge.
Arigatou,
Jya-matane