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Jamieです。　今日本語を勉強しています。 趣味はプログラミング（パソコン）、筋トレ、日本語を勉強する事。 今年福島県に引っ越します。　大阪に行きたかったが、福島県にある高校で働く事になりました。　 福島県に行く事も楽しみにしてますが、発電所の事がちょっと心配です。　＞＜ 英語の質問あったら、なんでも聞いて下さい！
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    英語を勉強するなら、文法より会話に集中した方がいいと思います。 俺は日本語を勉強しはじめた時に、できれば日本人の友達をつくって、毎日仕事の後友達と一緒に日本語を練習していました。　これは本当に勉強になりました！ 英語も一緒だと思います。　日本人の友達の中では、一番英語のうまい人は一番話す人です。　ww
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    August 12, 2012
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    福島に引っ越しますけど、ちょっと質問があります。 こんにちは。　^^ 私は福島県にある高校で働くことになりました。　来月福島県に引っ越します。　発電所のことは心配ですが、本当に日本に行きたいので行きます。 福島は方言がありますか？　標準語と違うですか？ 方言があるなら、私は福島弁を勉強したいと思います。　ww どうやって福島弁を勉強しればいいですか？　（福島県に居ないと、勉強できない気がしますけど。）　＞＜ 福島県に住んでる人の話し方はそこまで標準語とかわらないですか？ よろしくお願いします。JapaneseTutorさん、ありがとうございました。 いろいろ探してみます。　そのビデオは本当に面白かったです！ 「せっかくどうもない」ってはじめて聞きました。　ww kojirou634さんもありがとうございました！ 若者はそこまでなまってないんだったら、ちょっと安心できるかな。　ww でも年上の人にも話しかけたいから、ちょっと福島弁を勉強する！ wikipediaにいろいろが書いてありますね。　あとで日本人の友達と一緒に勉強します。 「け」？「く」？「め」？　面白い！ 全然違います。　（笑）　日本人分からないなら、僕は分かるわけありません。　www 昔に僕は青森から来た友達が居たけど、一回その人に青森弁に話しかけられて、なに言ってるか全然分かりませんでした。　＞＜　日本語じゃないって感じでした。
    July 30, 2012
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    @wozitoya I said that what Miki and Chihiro_ito said is RIGHT. I am supporting them. I am not saying that they are rude. I don't say that Japanese are rude anywhere. Please read my comment again.
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    July 16, 2010
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    What Miki and Chihiro_ito said is right. Listen to them and don't give them thumbs down, they are native Japanese speakers lol. When I used to work in a Japanese restaurant the staff thought it was funny when I referred to one of the customers standing outside as　前にいる男. They told me that I should say something like 前にいる男の人 or similar because just saying 男 sounded harsh/rude.
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    July 16, 2010
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    I had this problem for the first 6 months or so when I started studying Japanese. People actually told me to give up because I couldn't remember anything. I just kept trying and eventually my brain 'powered up' and words got easier to remember. I think the brain is like a muscle, if you don't use it will become 'weak' and waste away. If you exercise it (with study etc), it will get 'stronger' and it will become easier to study and learn new things. Don't give up. lol As for learning new words, everyone remembers words in different ways so you have to find something that works for you. Maybe try using a memory card program like 'Memory lifter' or 'Anki' once or twice a day for a while (just google them). Or else you can try simply writing new words out over and over again until you remember them (boring I know). Maybe try making flash cards out of card or something and using those? I used to use a computer program called 'vocab bubble' ages ago that made words pop up every now and then in the corner of the screen (although it just ended up getting annoying in the end). There are lots of things you can do to remember new vocabulary, just use your imagination. lol Good luck
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    July 4, 2010
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    For れば (すれば,　食べれば　etc） I think one of most common usages I have heard is the 。。。すればいい structure. It is used when suggesting that it would be a good idea to do something, or it can also sound kind of like an order depending on the tone. As in もっと勉強すればいいだろう。 れば also has heaps of other usages as well though. This is the closest conditional to 'if' in English imo. 明るいところで本を読めば、目は悪くならないよ。 寒ければ、窓を閉めてく下さい。 お茶をおいしく作れば、永住権を取れる。(Just in case you want to live in Japan) Also と I mentioned earlier is useful 私のアパートは、夏になると、とても暑い。（like when) 勉強すると、。。。　When I study。。。 You can't use it like this however. 来年、日本に行くと...　When I go to Japan next year... Maybe use たら for this situation? Sorry I can't give you any specific rules and can't tell you the specific difference between the conditionals. Some textbooks do have rules written, but there are always sentences that don't fit to these rules, exceptions and so on... No Japanese seem to know how the conditionals work, they just know how to use them because they have grown up speaking Japanese. Good luck anyway, hope I could help.
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    June 29, 2010
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    Conditionals... one of the hardest things to learn to use naturally in Japanese. lol Unfortunately there aren't any simple rules that say when each one is ok to use, and in many situations you can use more than one. If you are going to study them you might as well learn the other conditional と　at the same time. たら is used for if/when something happens. 太郎さんが行ったら、私も行きます。 The first part has to come before the second part 太郎さんの家へ行ったら、前もって電話します。　WRONG 太郎が来たら、ジョンが帰った。　OK The following are not ok: 太郎が来たら、僕が帰った。　WRONG 昨日、ご飯を食べたら、テレビを見ました　WRONG 布団に入ったら、すぐ眠ってしまった　This is ok. If the sentence is in the past, the second part has to be non-controllable. (the last one is ok I guess because you can't 'control' when you fall asleep) Ok, now なら。(するなら、行くなら　etc)　　Conditionals are difficult to explain. The best way is just to listen to Japanese speaking and listen to which conditional they use and where they use it. I'll just give you some examples. あなたが行くなら、僕もいっしょに行こう。　OK ジョンが来たなら、ボブさんは帰った　NO 日本語を話すなら、正しい日本語を使いましょう。　OK 日本語を話すなら、スミスさんには分からない。　NO Don't ask my why you can't use those ones I put no for, they just sound weird.
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    June 29, 2010
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    James is right, just google this question or grab a grammar book. It is too difficult to explain everything here. The best way to learn is to sit down with the hiragana table and look for patterns in how the verbs change. @megumi - te form of kau is katte btw Also not all verbs ending in iru/eru are ru verbs. What about shaberu, siru, suberu etc?　(^_^)'
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    June 9, 2010
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    Go to www.mangahelpers.com Click on Download Manga, and then go to [JP] RAWs. There's lots of manga on that site. I hear some of the fan translations are not so good but it doesn't matter if you're going to read the Japanese anyway.
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    June 7, 2010
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    I think it is important that he knows what level of Japanese you are at if you are going to do an exchange. If you can't read the message you should just tell him instead of getting other people to translate it for you. You want to learn right? ^^ If he knows your level he can write stuff at a similar level and you can learn from that right? Instead of struggling through lots of Japanese that you don't really understand properly. Anyway this part of what he said is important, he wants you to choose what you want him to do: ■あなたは、自分の書いた文章が少しでも不自然だったら、それを指摘して欲しいですか？ Do you want me to point out if what you wrote in Japanese is not natural? (He will put what you wrote into more natural Japanese, this seems like the good option) それとも、少しぐらい不自然でも言いたいことが伝わるのならそれでよいが、内容が分かりにくい、または誤解を招くような表現だと私が思ったときだけ指摘して欲しいと思いますか？ Or, do you want me to just leave it even if what you say is not natural but the meaning is understood? And then only correct what you wrote if I think there could be a misunderstanding/miscommunication? I think the first option is best for learning. Under that he corrected one of your Japanese sentences for you. Good luck. Edit: Um, did you read my reply? You wrote: When my writing is even slightly strange, I want you to point it out. (But, why is there a question mark? Do I have this part wrong?) I already translated this for you, he is asking YOU if he should correct YOUR Japanese if you write something strange. You wrote: (These next two lines, no clue....) I translated this above already. (^^)' Anyway, good luck. Maybe someone else will correct the rest of your translation, I don't have time now... some of it is wrong btw. If other people translate everything for you then he is going to think to himself, "oh, she can understand this", and then will continue to write to you at the same level of Japanese, and then you will have to get other people to translate everything for you all the time... doesn't make any sense right? ^^
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    June 7, 2010
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