ともだちおください

[Catrlgirl]

Hi I am Samantha I'm 18 years old and I am learning Japanese. I have been studying for eight months I can read hiragana and even al little kanji. I need a good friend that I can practice with everyday. I warn you my kanji is weak I only know 20. oh i would also love to be penpals

[Crownedinterror]

Good luck (this is not sarcastic nor demotivational I really wish you good luck)

[Hackimoto]

どうぞ　よろしく、　
I have been studying for years and I still have a hard time with it. Kanji is very hard to learn indeed.
But remember this, it is a good saying

継続は力なり(Keizoku wa chikara nari)

What it literally means is "power through continuation"
So it's kind of like saying "practice makes perfect"

[Nagoyankee]

ともだちおください?

Catrlgirl, please correct that kana in red. We've gotta get our kana straight before ever worrying about kanji.

[Hackimoto]

Oh snap, i didn't even catch that. It should be:

ともだち　を　ください

Unless you meant to add the honorific 'O' like in Onegai or Otenki. But I'm not sure if that is ever done with kudasai

[filiadragongurl]

that honorific "o" of "onegai" etc. is never done with "kudasai"

[Nagoyankee]

That's right, filiadragongurl. I wouldn't have made my last post if we ever said "okudasai" with the 'o' as the honorific. That's just not possible.

[Nikko]

I have a lot to learn still

[Hackimoto]

The best way to learn Kanji is by learning the radicals. They are like little symbols that are used together to make big symbols. Here is one of many helpful sites
Kanji Radicals

And if you use Windows Vista, it comes with a language toolbar which has on it a whole database of Kanji and radicals(Control Panel\Clock, Language, and Region). It's really just meant as a tool for writing in other languages but it can also be an effective learning tool if you know how to use it that way.

[billysweird]

Originally Posted by Crownedinterror

Good luck (this is not sarcastic nor demotivational I really wish you good luck)

funny how you have to clarify that el oh el