Japanese anyone?

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there are too manjy kanjis...the only tip i can give is just memorize them

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... I cant memorize 1200 Kanjis and sure the kanji will change its words when meet other kanji...

ame (Rain) + kaze(Wind) = ??? we not read it like amekaze right...???

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nope and yea you’re right...however, i cannot be so sure...im only good with hiraganas and katakanas, but i still need practice on kanjis

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How can I help?

Doesn’t look that complicated. It’s not binary you know.

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I get it, “wa” is telling you that Prince Zuko is the main subject. And “desu” explains that you are talking in the present tense, whereas Deshita (pronounced DESH ta) is the past tense.

And instead of past tense, the Japanese call it the “non-present”.

And putting “ka” at the end of the sentence turns it into a question.

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yup and what i mean by help, is just decorate this thread...i mean put the hiraganas and katakanas on your very first post....

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watashi wa kankokujin desu demo nihon de ikirimasu. Kankokukugo o wakarimasu, demo nihongo o wakarimasen.

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(I am Korean, but I live in Japan. I understand Korean, but I don’t understand Japanese.) wtf..i just quoted myself. oh well!

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ano jutsu...

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So what would be:
(I am English, but I live in Australia. I understand English, but I don’t understand Japanese)

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Ore wa heero dattebayo...

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Watashi wa igirisujin desu demo ah-u-streh-ri-yah (i dont know if this is right or not) de ikirimasu. ingurisshu o wakarimasu, demo nihongo o wakarimasen.
NOTE: When saying foreign words in Japanese, Japanese say the foreign words based on how they pronounce it

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u should know the use of hiragana and katakana already, right?

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I am here, dattebayo :P

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No, not really.

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Kanji
-nouns
-stems of adjectives and verbs
-Japanese names.

Hiragana
-inflectional endings for adjectives and verbs
grammatical particles
-Japanese words that have no kanji, or where the kanji are difficult to read, or where the kanji is not known, or where the reader is unlikely to know them
-indications of how to read kanji (furigana Õñ¤ê�¢Ãû.

Katakana
-foreign words and names
-commonly used animals, plants or objects whose kanji are uncommonly used, such as “tokage” (lizard), “bara” (rose), “r¨­soku” (candle)
-onomatopoeia
-emphasized words, much like italicized words in English text
-technical and scientific words, such as plant, animal, and mineral names
got this from Wikipedia

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Ramen dattebayou...

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Oh, so the differnet sets indicate differnet uses. Cool.
Oh, I just finneshed my first lesson of Ninja School, and I was the only one there. I learnt Ichi, Ni, San, Shi, Go, Rokku (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). I learnt rolls and basic punches aswell. It’s pretty awsome.
They even have a sword shop. If you live in Australia (Preferably WA) look up 'Kevin Hawthorne' Ninja Schools.

Celebrate Ninja day on the 5th of December!

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