Questions to people learning Japanese

1. Who are you? (Age, sex, location and everything else you are willing to tell us)
2. Why are you learning Japanese.

I'm asking this because I want to know if the people who are trying (notice the word 'trying') to learn Japanese are just a bunch of weeaboo faggots, or if they have a more sane reason to do so.

What do you mean by trying?

Because its practically impossible for english speakers to learn on their own. Read this. Its actually pretty funny. http://pepper.idge.net/japanese/


I know the guy jokes a lot, but he hit the nail right on the head, even if he wasn't 100% serious.

lol you were once one too huh?

I can save you the trouble, they are all weeaboo faggots.

Only white people can be weeaboos. Thank god im not white.

ditto

>>3
That guy doesn't know shit.

I'm learning Japanese from Anime so I can import video games, because they're better than American games.

>>6
Actually, the only weeaboo I know IRL is a negro. He's always saying stuff he heard in anime cartoons and writing Japanese stuff in his agenda, etc...

This whole fucking board is crawling with people claiming to be fluent in Japanese.

1. I'm 20, white male, 6 foot tall, and live in California. I didn't even touch anime till I started learning Japanese.

2. I just have had an interest in Japanese. In my younger days, my parents would take in Japanese study abroad students, so that probably somewhat influenced me. Later I got interested through games, and how all are from fucking Japan. I saw all this, and knew Japan was ahead of us in technology too, and I felt like it'd be a good language to learn. I wasn't exactly sure what I wanted to do in life, so I figured maybe I could somehow integrate Japanese into my future profession.

I also love girls who are like a lot shorter than me, and Japanese are just a shorter race so I think that's kind of win, although I don't really like any particular race. Not to mention they like Americans, and it's not like I'm a nerd, or at least don't look like one, I work out and keep up a good physique.

My plan I guess is to teach English over there or be a translator. It's not like it's my life goal to do that, but I feel like if I abandon it, then I'll have no idea where to go. Also one thing I must mention, languages is the only thing I'm incredibly good at. In my Japanese class I got the highest scores yet I studied for a test like 10 minutes before class where people would study for hours and hours and get scores waaay lower than me. I also tried Chinese and never studied and did better than everyone there besides the people already fluent.

12 again, something I forgot to say
My sister is 28 and she went to college for like 8 years and still doesn't really have a job because she kept switching professions and what not, and it got her no where
my brother is 25, and he went to school for a couple years, said school is for fools, then 4 years later he figured out he has to go back.

That's a big reason for me wanting to do this. I got to stick to something, and if I lose Japanese then I don't have any idea what to do.

>>11
Well hello, this is 4chan, the English version of 2 channeru.

Haven't you ever seen the "このサイトについて" part?

>>14
this site nitsute. no clue what that last part is. just started picking up japanese...

>>15
pick up rikai chan for firefox and you'd know, sure it's not the answer to everything but it saves time not to mention it shows where words start and begin, and nitsuite = concerning, so you could translate it to something along the lines of "About this site"

>>16
Good thing I already know what "Kono Sito" is... rikaichan chokes on it and gives gibberish. It did get 'concerning', though. :p

So how do I prevent myself from becoming an elitist jerk who sniggers when other people make mistakes using Japanese?

I've have seen people doing it and now it's happening to me. Not that I'm any good at Japanese, that's the worst part.

When asked I pretend that I liked Japanese before I liked anime, but I lie. I can usually bring up some irrelevant exposure as a kid, comfortably ignoring the deciding period in my life where I loved anime and everything Japanese.

Now I'm one of those creepy guys who can't help but freeze everytime I see an asian girl.

So, anyway, I learned Japenese cause I like green tea. (macha, LOL)

>>19
アニオタはキモい～

アニオタは劣等種族

アニオタは氏ね！

>>WEEABOOS

the only reason to learn japanesetalk is if you plan to move there, this makes you a generic WEEABOO anyway

Or are you just another Pokemon Bumming, sushi munching, anime shagging, utadah hikaru listening-to-ing WEEABOO?

Either way you're a fucking WEEABOO

You're a F@G

(1) European closet aniwota weeaboo. I have some of the stereotypical physical traits too, but since I specialize in hard science, I don't stand out that much. I hold a well-paying teaching position at a very reputable higher-educational institution, so I'm not exactly a social outcast. It's probably best for everyone's sake that I'm not teaching in middle school, by the way.

(2) Because I'm a snobbish wota who likes watching his animu raw and doesn't ever touch translated manga. I've been interested in various aspect of Japanese culture since even before I got into anime, but it wasn't until I was (discretely) running my former school's anime club that I actually picked up the language. Now I'm taking JLPT 2kyu and Kanken 5kyu this fall, and I'm considering getting a master's degree in Japanese linguistics afterwards--for fun more than anything else, although it might help getting an overseas teaching position in Japan later, the sole idea of which is faptastic. Oh, and I dig Japanese girls, but don't we all.

>>20
偏見をやめろ！まぁ、あんたの娘に教える高賃金の教師もアニヲタかも知れんな。ﾊｯﾊｯチューイねｗｗ

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>>3
haha, that page was great

>>9
moron

16, Australia, learning Japanese and Chinese at Uni.

I like east-Asian culture => learning east-Asian languages.

>>25
I like east-Asian cunts => learning east-Asian languages.
Fixed.

>>25
I live in Australia, so I don't have a real culture. I try to compensate by trying to be something I'm not.
Fixed.

Answering OP
1. 18 years old, male, from Argentina.
2. To fucking play galge/eroges. 'Nuff said.

arg, 22... for fucking read loli mangas

arg, 22... for fucking read loli mangas

haha - 15 year old - learning it cause (one of these days) i want to go to japan.

1. 20, anon
2. im gay

1. 20, Shibuya, Tokyo, JP
2. I live here, so it's quite useful.

1. 22, M, Arkansas.
2. I want to, due to games, anime, etc. Also, I am going to Tokyo in March.

17, M, Oregon

Because I like animu and hentai.

1. 96/f/thailand
2. To get laid

1. 18, M, England.
2. Because I want to teach English in Japan.

23, M, PT
2. Sport.

>>26,27

>>25 here -- you are probably correct.

>>36
So you're like 11? I have to agree that Japan is a logical choice to get laid then. Especially if you're looking for someone more "experienced".