The Gare and Elin Translate It Out: keikaku means plan

[gezegond]

Alas, taking first year Chinese does not make you knowledgeable.

It does to an extent. You can never be all knowing, but you do know a lot at least when it comes to languages. You also speak french amirite?

[Gare]

Q: What do you call a crab who goes out of his way to cheat at everything?
A: 蟹ンング

Q: What do you call a bug which tastes sour?
A: 酸っぱいダー

Q: What kind of にく can a vegetarian eat?
A: にんにく

I made up all three. Puns in Japanese are just way too easy.

There's also the classic "郊外の公害はあまり酷くないんだ " from our Skype sessions.

[Shane]

Is it true that sometimes the "u" is silent in Japanese words?

[Nemkoon]

Is it true that sometimes the "u" is silent in Japanese words?

yes.

[gezegond]

There's also the classic "郊外の公害はあまり酷くないんだ " from our Skype sessions.

[Gare]

Like i could bother to type in kata/hira gana

好きにしろ。

[gezegond]

@Elin: Well..., Okay! Thanks!

[Shane]

Is it just me, or is the [ pie ] [ /pie ] BBCode broken?

[Elin]

Is it true that sometimes the "u" is silent in Japanese words?

It's not really silent in the same way that, say, the "B" in "subtle" is silent. There are almost no true silent letters in Japanese, and the language is pretty much entirely phonetic. Still, it's true that it can often become devoiced when it occurs at the end of words, and it's standard practice to do so in Tokyo Japanese (the sort of Japanese you'll probably be learning as a foreign speaker). It's not true of all regions or of everyone's accent, though. I've met Japanese people who pronounce the "u" at the end of words quite strongly.

[Gare]

Btw, try to stay optimistic geeze and I'm sure find a way for yourself. I've been stressed as well, even considered suicide (in fact, starting to study Japanese was one of the things that got my mind off that), but really, always try to look on the bright side and make the most of your situation.

[Elin]

There's also the classic "郊外の公害はあまり酷くないんだ " from our Skype sessions.

Good times.

[gezegond]

You guys are so nice.

[Elin]

It does to an extent. You can never be all knowing, but you do know a lot at least when it comes to languages. You also speak french amirite?

I can read and write French okay. I don't really have much confidence when it comes to speaking it because I've never really tried, and I know that my pronunciation is probably completely atrocious as a result.

[Gare]

It more or less says "pollution isn't that severe in the suburbs", the joke being that pollution and suburbs are both pronounced as kougai. So you're saying "kougai no kougai". Silly, I know.

[gezegond]

It more or less says "pollution isn't that severe in the suburbs", the joke being that pollution and suburbs are both pronounced as kougai. So you're saying "kougai no kougai". Silly, I know.

I could read the first part with rikaichan but I got stuck at "まり酷くない". Granted, I don't know any grammer and just vaguely understand what a sentence mean even if I know all the words as a result.