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Post by Bokusenou on Oct 11, 2014 1:37:45 GMT
simplydenny Welcome to Gaiwa! Oh, wow, I really respect people who can draw! I edit graphics and such in Photoshop/Illustrator, but it really amazes me to see something someone drew from scratch. Also, I think it's pretty cool that you're working on Japanese and English at the same time. A lot of non-native English speaking Japanese learners I've seen already have an advantage because Japanese isn't their first foreign language.
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Post by simplydenny on Oct 12, 2014 0:03:55 GMT
Nice to meet you simplydenny! (⊙ᴗ⊙✿) Oh wow, I'm really honored that you found Gaiwa through my blog! (But also a little embarrassed because I haven't used it in sooooo long...) Gaiwa is a very friendly and helpful community, I think you will really love it here! Welcome to Gaiwa! I also love to draw! Actually right now, I'm currently applying for an internship at Square Enix here in Japan! The artwork in some video games is very beautiful and inspiring!! I think it's cool that you are an aspiring illustrator! Nice to meet you too LittleGaijin ^^ Yeah, it's thanks to your blog that I can find Gaiwa. I hope I can improve my language skills here. It's nice to know that you are also an artist. Square Enix is a great game studio with so many talented artists. It's not surprising that Final Fantasy series being a JRPG legend in every RPG gamer's heart. Good luck with your application! simplydenny Welcome to Gaiwa! Oh, wow, I really respect people who can draw! I edit graphics and such in Photoshop/Illustrator, but it really amazes me to see something someone drew from scratch. Also, I think it's pretty cool that you're working on Japanese and English at the same time. A lot of non-native English speaking Japanese learners I've seen already have an advantage because Japanese isn't their first foreign language. Thank you Bokusenou for your warm welcome! ^^ Oh, you're so modest. Graphic editing is also a hard skill to master because it combines a lot of graphic elements. It's difficult to create seamless digital effect that could blend with real photography, and I think that is a pretty awesome editing skill. I've been studying non-native language aside from my mother language since I was a kid. It's been a mandatory for most of student in my country to be able to speak their local language, mother language (of course), and international language (English). And I think it's pretty much the same for the other (Asian) countries. I think you're right that non-native English speaking Japanese learners have an advantage to be able to learn new language, since most of them already know where to start. I would like to hear your first experience about where did you start when you're learning Japanese as a native English speaker. Learning new vocab each day first? Or try to speak Japanese greetings in one sentence? It would be a great input to know the other perspectives when it comes to start learning foreign language for the first time. ^^
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Post by Bokusenou on Oct 17, 2014 5:12:03 GMT
simplydenny Really? I'm glad you think so, although drawing something from scratch, especially something which looks as good as your images do, is the much more impressive skill to me.^^ So you learned most of your English in school? Woah. In the US, most people take Spanish or French courses in school but then forget it afterwards. Most people in the US who didn't grow up speaking another language at home end up only knowing English. It's always really impressive to me when I hear about countries where everyone is bilingual! Hmm, I think the first thing I did was sing along to Japanese songs, although that was before I even started learning Japanese. ^^ It was good pronunciation practice tho. After that I tried a lot of textbooks, tutorial websites, and taking a few classes, but my Japanese didn't really take off until I discovered a book called Remembering the Kanji, as well as the flashcard software called Anki. I had to try a lot of things before I found what worked for me. What made you want to start learning Japanese?
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Post by simplydenny on Oct 19, 2014 7:02:37 GMT
Bokusenou Thanks for the compliment. I'm really flattered. Yes, English is the top priorities foreign language to master in my country (beside Mandarin). Thankfully I was able to find some great communities to hone my English skill regularly. That's why I love to interact with people from around the world (especially with native speakers of language that I'm interested in). Wow, thanks for mentioning the book. I think I can use it as reference when I want to learn Kanji. Did you know that the way Japanese & Indonesian pronounce each language are pretty similar? I think you can also learn Bahasa Indonesia pretty quick if you're already familiar with Japanese pronunciation. Haha Well, I think my reason is quite cliche. Most of 80-90's kids generation (I'm getting old, haha!) grew watching Japanese anime on TV, the first thing that attracted me about Japan (then followed by it's culture, people, etc). Maybe Japanese anime also being the reason why I want to be an aspiring illustrator. And i belive that my reason is pretty similar with the others who have the same interest about Japan. That someday I want to be able to live & work in Japan. It doesn't sound good if you're unable to speak the native language of the country where you live in. I just feel it's kinda impolite.^^
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Post by Bokusenou on Oct 23, 2014 3:20:35 GMT
No problem! Going through Remembering the Kanji was helpful for me, although different people learn in different ways, so you might want to skim through a few kanji books before deciding on one. Yeah, pronouncing Japanese isn't that hard, and I've heard people remark that it's similar to Spanish, so maybe it's kind of similar to a lot of languages.
Nah, I got hooked on Japanese literature & anime at around the same time and started learning the language. Even if a lot of people started learning the language for similar reasons, that doesn't make it cliche. At least that's what I think.^^
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