Re: Japanese learning, is anybody as frustrated as me?

From: Travers Naran (tnaran_at_direct.ca)
Date: 12/10/04 

Date: 10 Dec 2004 11:12:29 -0800

muchan wrote:
> Travers Naran wrote:
> >
> > Don't be. I believe it's the easiest language an English speaker
can
> > learn. Even easier to learn than the low Dutch and Old & Middle
> > English that modern English evolved from.
>
> I believe the Dutch is easer to learn than French for native English
> speakers...

My mother speaks an off shoot of low Dutch called Afrikaans, and no
matter how many times my family has tried, I just couldn't pick up the
language. And it's the language she spoke most often at home. Yet on
the other hand, she can converse with Dutch people almost fluently. So
my mileage was poor.

> > whole sylabells this way. I suspect the way to learn is memorizing
> > LOTS and LOTS of French sentences and dialogs so that way it
becomes
> > easier for your brain to recognize the patterns.
>
> This is the way to learn "any" language! :)

Well, yes you could. But you could also cut down a tree with a sledge
hammer.

> > Heheh. Mine was trying to pronounce "rien" to a French waiter and
him
> > giving me ever more anxious and confused looks.
>
> Probably he heard you that you were ordering him "urin". 8)

Haha! You know, that's probably what happened. "REEE-en". And we
were talking about beer at that moment...
(The closest proper pronunciation, I believe, would be ryen)

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