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    Watch dramas with subtitles. They have way more dialogue than movies do, they last longer than movies and you get used to the characters ways of talking.
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    February 11, 2012
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    February 11, 2012
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    "Got" is past tense of the word "Get", or if used in a sentence; "To get". You can ask someone to "Get it". "It" could be anything, a chair for example, but refers to the last spoken item. For example you are talking about a spesific chair you could ask; "Please go get it". When you actually get the chair you can say: "I got it!" I hope this helps.
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    February 11, 2012
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    One of the things you should try is to just do it. Force yourself to break that barrier, if you screw up it will be easier next time. You can't improve without failing first. It's what I do, before i used to be like that, both with my native language, english and japanese. Now I hop into it, if it's wrong then I'll get it right next time. Plus it's not a big deal. If you make a big deal out of it it will be a big deal ;]
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    June 16, 2010
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    To get some practice reading, I suggest following japanese people on facebook.

    Reading those status updates make a big difference.  I follow a fun guy named Danny Choo, a blogger who got popular through, well blogging.  He blogs about Japan, anime, Tokyo, many many things that one would like.

    I enjoy reading his facebook updates because they give me training in reading on a computer screen and even though they are short, it's more than enough to get me going with it.  And it's fun too.

    Danny Choo speaks british english and japanese fluently, which means he also (often at least) posts his updates in both japanese and english, I'd guess it's because so many of his fanbase are not japanese. 
    Buy some manga in japanese too, really helps.  After that you can perhaps get a haiku book at you library and start reading those and then you can buy a novel.

    Lot's of things you can do to get your reading on.
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    June 3, 2010
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    Meow answered perfectly, it's basically word-play.
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    June 3, 2010
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    Back to til though. Til is in simple words "to", so as I explain further up you would need it to complete the sentence. What I would think is confusing is the "å" aspect. BUT. You could have written "Du har ikke tid til venting", meaning "You don't have time for waiting", which you take away the "å", but add "venting" instead. A different time marker. Infinitiv, presens, perfectum- those. The tenses? Past tense, present tense and such. I can't remember the english words for it. "Til" can also be used like for in english in some cases as well. It's kind of easy when you get the base; "Du har ikke tid til <add in verb>". You can put in "Du har ikke tid til <å spille fotball>" = "You don't have time to <play fotball>". "To play" = "å spille" But, "Du har ikke tid til spille fotball" would be incorrect as "spille" on it's own only means "play", which would be "You don't have time play fotball". You need to å. Å is a bit tricky to translate, especially alongside til, also there's no other languages besides swedish and danish that use it, at least that I know of and those are basically the same languages just slightly changed ____ I actually went over the 2000 character limited, so I'm splitting this into two posts. Also I hope you can make sense of this, as I typed along as I thought about it.
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    June 3, 2010
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    Ah, okay this is sorta tricky. In simple terms it's just like saying "You don't have the time to wait", where the norwegian sentence adds the "the"- sorta. Let me try and break it down a bit: "Du har ikke tid til" = "You don't have time to". "Du har ikke tid å vente" = "You don't have time wait". In essence this is what it is. It's works like the "to" in most cases. "Å vente" isn't used in many sentences, it means "to wait", but if you're going to say "I'm waiting", then you write "Jeg venter". Another thing many, many have a hard time with is the "å" and "og", which have the same pronounciation, but mean different things. "Og" is "and", while "å" is used before describing verbs. In infinity or something, I don't remember the name for it. I'm a bit confused as to whether "stå å vente", "stå og vente" and "å stå og vente" is proper when writing. "Stå og vente" is a clear "I shall stand and also I shall wait" sentences. "Å stå og vente" is also correct though, since it means "To stand and wait". "Stå å vente" means "stand and wait" if used in a sentence, but then you would also write "stå å vent" in most cases. I think this relys on the dialect used, as I often say "stå å vente" when I want someone to stand and wait and I also used "stå å vent", since that's more dialect, but also ok to write. "Stå å vente" is a direct command though. You could say "We should stand and wait" two ways(I think), "Vi burde stå å vente" and "vi burde stå og vente". I'm using "stå å vente" because it's easier to keep track of than "du har ikke tid til å vente".
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    June 3, 2010
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    I think what some here fail to understand is that we aren't a forum full of trolls and such, but people who want to learn different languages and make friends.
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    May 25, 2010
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    I don't understand the question, are you asking if big is called manbig and woman pregnancy?
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    May 25, 2010
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