Comments on: No Speak English http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english You don't learn a language, you get used to it. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:37:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Suisei http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-183103 Suisei Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:07:42 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-183103 Hey guys, what should a beginner do at the beginning? To be honest, I'm not if I should change my computer to japanese because it would be difficult to understand and I've been getting frustrated when I watch something that I don't understand (since I've been avoiding watch tv and english videos but been kinda giving in) Any ideas on what to do at first? I need some help and want to learn japanese as soon as I can. Hey guys, what should a beginner do at the beginning? To be honest, I’m not if I should change my computer to japanese because it would be difficult to understand and I’ve been getting frustrated when I watch something that I don’t understand (since I’ve been avoiding watch tv and english videos but been kinda giving in) Any ideas on what to do at first? I need some help and want to learn japanese as soon as I can.

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]]> By: Lourens http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-161401 Lourens Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:31:27 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-161401 Sugoi Arigatou =] Sugoi Arigatou =]

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]]> By: suzunami http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-122784 suzunami Mon, 08 Aug 2011 06:24:16 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-122784 hi hanikas, i saw your blog and i'm impress. your idea sounds fun, but I'm kinda lost to it sometimes. Playing this game, I wondered how "I finished/completed playing Silent Hill in PS" would sound in japanese. Khatz said we should just copy copy native phrases/sentence coz being too creative is doubtful and will make us sound unnatural Anyway, I think you also copy your sentences, except from excite.co.jp, where do you copy your sentences hi hanikas, i saw your blog and i’m impress. your idea sounds fun, but I’m kinda lost to it sometimes.

Playing this game, I wondered how “I finished/completed playing Silent Hill in PS” would sound in japanese. Khatz said we should just copy copy native phrases/sentence coz being too creative is doubtful and will make us sound unnatural

Anyway, I think you also copy your sentences, except from excite.co.jp, where do you copy your sentences

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]]> By: Ryan http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-100995 Ryan Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:15:29 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-100995 I've watched all three movies of Pirates in Japanese.... they're just awesome! I’ve watched all three movies of Pirates in Japanese…. they’re just awesome!

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]]> By: Ness http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-100892 Ness Wed, 01 Jun 2011 03:03:08 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-100892 ...I like this game. A lot. I already played it a lot of the time, too! :D It's awesome, because sometimes I realize I figured out a word-- without looking it up, just from hearing it in an anime or song or something repeatedly, so when I do look it up just to check and I got it right it's like... Wow... And it's like being the japanese-learning baby, it's just what a word means, there's no other way to say it... Until I teach it to myself in english when I look it up, and it's like working backwards... And it confuses me but I luv it! xD ~can't wait to get my japanese copy of Pirates o.t. Caribbean to eventually recite every line in two languages~ THANK YOU for writing this website, it has made my life that much awesomer and lots of the articles have things in them that help with things other than language. Like, I just *finally* finished an essay because I did it *The African Way* instead of just doing more more and more research on it. :D Anyway, I've rambled about four or five of the articles in a comment for just one, so I shall shut up naow~ ^^ (Seriously, you're awesome.) …I like this game. A lot. I already played it a lot of the time, too! :D It’s awesome, because sometimes I realize I figured out a word– without looking it up, just from hearing it in an anime or song or something repeatedly, so when I do look it up just to check and I got it right it’s like… Wow… And it’s like being the japanese-learning baby, it’s just what a word means, there’s no other way to say it… Until I teach it to myself in english when I look it up, and it’s like working backwards… And it confuses me but I luv it! xD ~can’t wait to get my japanese copy of Pirates o.t. Caribbean to eventually recite every line in two languages~
THANK YOU for writing this website, it has made my life that much awesomer and lots of the articles have things in them that help with things other than language. Like, I just *finally* finished an essay because I did it *The African Way* instead of just doing more more and more research on it. :D Anyway, I’ve rambled about four or five of the articles in a comment for just one, so I shall shut up naow~ ^^
(Seriously, you’re awesome.)

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]]> By: Chiro-kun http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-98576 Chiro-kun Thu, 19 May 2011 17:43:26 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-98576 わざわざ指摘するからさwww わざわざ指摘するからさwww

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]]> By: Areckx http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-98566 Areckx Thu, 19 May 2011 17:07:27 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-98566 そしてもう、　英語に大体世界の国語でしょう？　忘れないので、ＡＪＡＴＴたち。　英語は面白いなので、日本語もう楽しみに～！　うん！ そしてもう、　英語に大体世界の国語でしょう？　忘れないので、ＡＪＡＴＴたち。　英語は面白いなので、日本語もう楽しみに～！　うん！

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]]> By: N/A http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-78548 N/A Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:25:09 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-78548 I tried it with my English Teacher. Needless to say he wasn't amused... 私は英語教師を試してみました... 彼は面白がっていませんでした。 Is the above correct? I had help from Google Translate and corrected it to the best of my knowledge. I tried it with my English Teacher.
Needless to say he wasn’t amused…

私は英語教師を試してみました…
彼は面白がっていませんでした。

Is the above correct? I had help from Google Translate and corrected it to the best of my knowledge.

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]]> By: Ken http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-61363 Ken Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:08:22 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-61363 私の心が日本人のだよ！ ... It's the first time I understand a sentence in written Japanese... YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 私の心が日本人のだよ！

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It’s the first time I understand a sentence in written Japanese…

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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]]> By: ダンちゃん http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-61303 ダンちゃん Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:43:14 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-61303 あ、チョコじゃなくて、チェコね　＾＾； あ、チョコじゃなくて、チェコね　＾＾；

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]]> By: ダンちゃん http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-61302 ダンちゃん Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:42:37 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-61302 うん、それはチョコの諺だ。 「新しい言語を学ぶということは新しい魂を得るということだ」と翻訳したらいいかも。 うん、それはチョコの諺だ。

「新しい言語を学ぶということは新しい魂を得るということだ」と翻訳したらいいかも。

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]]> By: 星空 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-61256 星空 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:03:41 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-61256 私の魂／心が日本人のだよ！って言った方が良かったな、勝元先輩 i remember reading a quote once, somewhere, that was something like this: "to learn another language is to gain another soul" (this needs to be on a shirt) 私の魂／心が日本人のだよ！って言った方が良かったな、勝元先輩

i remember reading a quote once, somewhere, that was something like this:
“to learn another language is to gain another soul”

(this needs to be on a shirt)

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]]> By: d4rk_l1gh7 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-60980 d4rk_l1gh7 Sat, 20 Nov 2010 14:25:02 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-60980 So, If i Set my PS3 to Japanese, my OS to Japanese, favorite websites to Japanese (YouTube and stuff), watch Japanese TV (via some streaming app), and Basically Live in Japanese, isolated from the Portuguese and English world i live in. Become a newborn, only in the Japanese environment... it world work? So, If i Set my PS3 to Japanese, my OS to Japanese, favorite websites to Japanese (YouTube and stuff), watch Japanese TV (via some streaming app), and Basically Live in Japanese, isolated from the Portuguese and English world i live in. Become a newborn, only in the Japanese environment… it world work?

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]]> By: nippyon http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-59168 nippyon Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:14:24 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-59168 haha i actually did read the flight safety instructions in Japanese last time I traveled by plane. I did the same thing when I saw a show in New York and the brochure pamphlet thingy was in Japanese. I completely ignored the blatant English description written above it and read about ギャィーズアンドドールズ, not "Guys and Dolls". It was a great exercise in reading Katakana, which I usually loathe more than anything in the Japanese-speaking world, except Kanji. One day, while looking up Gackt interviews on youtube, I stumbled across an interview that only had english subtitles halfway through it. I had meant to take it easy that afternoon, and just watch things with english subtitles. Once I hit the no-subtitles point in the video, I was terrified. All of a sudden my precious english subtitles had vanished and I was left all alone and defenseless with Gackt speaking pure Japanese. Scared as I was, I was determined to finish watching that interview. So I did. And after about 5 minutes of scatter-brained confusion, I began to understand it. When the video finished, I watched anoth video, this one also raw Japanese. As I went on, I was less and less intimidated by lack of English subs, and pretty soon it was becoming natural to just watch the comedy unfold in Japanese. And I never again underestimated the power of Japanese subs for comedic effect. If they hadn't been there, I would have been lost. Thanks to them, I understood almost everything, even the jokes. It was awesome. I love Japanese subs>..< haha i actually did read the flight safety instructions in Japanese last time I traveled by plane.
I did the same thing when I saw a show in New York and the brochure pamphlet thingy was in Japanese. I completely ignored the blatant English description written above it and read about ギャィーズアンドドールズ, not “Guys and Dolls”. It was a great exercise in reading Katakana, which I usually loathe more than anything in the Japanese-speaking world, except Kanji.
One day, while looking up Gackt interviews on youtube, I stumbled across an interview that only had english subtitles halfway through it. I had meant to take it easy that afternoon, and just watch things with english subtitles. Once I hit the no-subtitles point in the video, I was terrified. All of a sudden my precious english subtitles had vanished and I was left all alone and defenseless with Gackt speaking pure Japanese. Scared as I was, I was determined to finish watching that interview. So I did. And after about 5 minutes of scatter-brained confusion, I began to understand it. When the video finished, I watched anoth video, this one also raw Japanese. As I went on, I was less and less intimidated by lack of English subs, and pretty soon it was becoming natural to just watch the comedy unfold in Japanese. And I never again underestimated the power of Japanese subs for comedic effect. If they hadn’t been there, I would have been lost. Thanks to them, I understood almost everything, even the jokes. It was awesome. I love Japanese subs>..<

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]]> By: Sarah http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-51638 Sarah Sun, 08 Aug 2010 03:05:58 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-51638 @Lavita: As a beginner, I was a little intimidated by this as well (I'm learning French) and I thought it would be impossible to implement if I wasn't going to understand half of what was going on (I changed my OS to Linux just so I could change the language). But I always kept google translator and wiktionary.com open to translate for me (both in the language I'm learning, of course) and eventually I weaned myself off of the translator so that now I rely completely on the French dictionary to find out the meaning of words I haven't heard/seen before. It IS sucky at first, it IS frustrating, because you don't understand anything, but not very long down the track, you do. It's AMAZING how fast you pick it up, you will be very surprised...just keep at it. By the way, if you don't always have internet, like I did for a very long time, just listen to your headphones as much as you can until you do, it really does make a difference. I found after an entire month of just repeating podcasts that I had downloaded weeks before, I could read and comprehend much, much more than I could before. I've been at it for 3 months now - during that time, I have moved house, studied full time (still doing that) and living far out in the middle of nowhere ( so no native speakers for me ), but I'm still going strong! Progress right now is fast and very rewarding. Good luck! @Lavita:

As a beginner, I was a little intimidated by this as well (I’m learning French) and I thought it would be impossible to implement if I wasn’t going to understand half of what was going on (I changed my OS to Linux just so I could change the language). But I always kept google translator and wiktionary.com open to translate for me (both in the language I’m learning, of course) and eventually I weaned myself off of the translator so that now I rely completely on the French dictionary to find out the meaning of words I haven’t heard/seen before. It IS sucky at first, it IS frustrating, because you don’t understand anything, but not very long down the track, you do. It’s AMAZING how fast you pick it up, you will be very surprised…just keep at it.

By the way, if you don’t always have internet, like I did for a very long time, just listen to your headphones as much as you can until you do, it really does make a difference. I found after an entire month of just repeating podcasts that I had downloaded weeks before, I could read and comprehend much, much more than I could before.
I’ve been at it for 3 months now – during that time, I have moved house, studied full time (still doing that) and living far out in the middle of nowhere ( so no native speakers for me ), but I’m still going strong! Progress right now is fast and very rewarding.

Good luck!

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]]> By: Lavita http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-41092 Lavita Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:23:07 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-41092 Does this game of "No Speak English" work for beginners? Because it sounds like it is for someone who already knows enough to get by. Does this game of “No Speak English” work for beginners? Because it sounds like it is for someone who already knows enough to get by.

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]]> By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Surrogate Mother: The Proper, Correct And Only Way To Do Private Tutoring http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-27826 All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Surrogate Mother: The Proper, Correct And Only Way To Do Private Tutoring Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:59:24 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-27826 [...] you can always fine-tune it and “man it up” later. The most important thing is to shed your foreignness and assume a Korean [...] [...] you can always fine-tune it and “man it up” later. The most important thing is to shed your foreignness and assume a Korean [...]

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]]> By: hanikas http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-24451 hanikas Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:21:54 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-24451 you know what a similar method i applied did to me? i ended up translating EVERYTHING into japanese. i because japanese-fied. no kidding. when writing an essay, i'll have to pause to translate the japanese word in my head to english/malay whatever it is i am writing. when talking to people, i have to pause to translate from japanese back to english. this method really consumes you. but you know what? it's fun (: you know what a similar method i applied did to me?
i ended up translating EVERYTHING into japanese.
i because japanese-fied. no kidding.

when writing an essay, i’ll have to pause to translate the japanese word in my head to english/malay whatever it is i am writing.
when talking to people, i have to pause to translate from japanese back to english.

this method really consumes you.

but you know what? it’s fun (:

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]]> By: Young Master Donal http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-24358 Young Master Donal Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:30:45 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-24358 Khatzumoto, I've been using your method for a while and I must say it's pretty swell. I've learned a lot in such a short span of time, but lately, I've become interested in other dialects of Japanese. I was wondering what your take is on learning different dialects of Japanese. Let's say I want to learn Kansai-ben. Should I learn it as I learn Hyojungo or maybe before or perhaps after? Maybe not at all? My girlfriend (who is from Japan) says it might be strange if I, a White American, learned a dialect (especially Kansai-ben). http://donalsawesomeblog.blogspot.com/ Khatzumoto, I’ve been using your method for a while and I must say it’s pretty swell. I’ve learned a lot in such a short span of time, but lately, I’ve become interested in other dialects of Japanese. I was wondering what your take is on learning different dialects of Japanese. Let’s say I want to learn Kansai-ben. Should I learn it as I learn Hyojungo or maybe before or perhaps after? Maybe not at all? My girlfriend (who is from Japan) says it might be strange if I, a White American, learned a dialect (especially Kansai-ben).

donalsawesomeblog.blogspot.com/

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]]> By: Yazmin http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-22895 Yazmin Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:51:37 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/no-speak-english#comment-22895 (can't swear in english?!!) okay spanish instead =D I basically stripped everything english,spanish,little french....and I have become language-less except for the little japanese I know....I got down with the hiragana, katakana, and the stressing kanji it's on it's way but since language is probably one of the most changing things I've ever taken the time to notice....I'm rambling on...sorry, I'm weak I tell ya....I tell myself just a little tv time understand won't hurt.....I have never been more wrong...it's like a person with diabetes eating sugar coated cake....it just doesn't help(I know comparing communicating with a sickness that affects mostly children and old people isn't probably proper but....nvm) it is just true....if you're not in it for true reasons(like manga! I've always wanted to read Eva in the original script...which I know was butchered by english language....or rather translators....some words in other languages don't have the same descriptions...it's just not the same....I'm rambling again >.< srry.) just do it....some fam members where actually mean...I tried to keep quiet the fackt that I was learning japanese....but alas Fed-Ex came early! DAMN YOU FED EX!. I'll shut up now xD (can’t swear in english?!!) okay spanish instead =D

I basically stripped everything english,spanish,little french….and I have become language-less except for the little japanese I know….I got down with the hiragana, katakana, and the stressing kanji it’s on it’s way but since language is probably one of the most changing things I’ve ever taken the time to notice….I’m rambling on…sorry, I’m weak I tell ya….I tell myself just a little tv time understand won’t hurt…..I have never been more wrong…it’s like a person with diabetes eating sugar coated cake….it just doesn’t help(I know comparing communicating with a sickness that affects mostly children and old people isn’t probably proper but….nvm) it is just true….if you’re not in it for true reasons(like manga! I’ve always wanted to read Eva in the original script…which I know was butchered by english language….or rather translators….some words in other languages don’t have the same descriptions…it’s just not the same….I’m rambling again >.< srry.) just do it….some fam members where actually mean…I tried to keep quiet the fackt that I was learning japanese….but alas Fed-Ex came early! DAMN YOU FED EX!.

I’ll shut up now xD

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