Let's learn Japanese together?

[aoshisakura]

minna,, konnichiwa! i also wanna
learn with you guys,, so eager in pursuing this study,, issho ni
benkyou shimashou.. BTW, i studied at japan school but i'm still
looking forward to learning with you..
azurumi-san, you hav a nice idea..

[Azurumi]

Originally Posted by aoshisakura

minna,, konnichiwa! i also wanna
learn with you guys,, so eager in pursuing this study,, issho ni
benkyou shimashou.. BTW, i studied at japan school but i'm still
looking forward to learning with you..
azurumi-san, you hav a nice idea..

One comment from sensei gonna be
Arigato ne, sakura-chan. Hope you can teach us Japanese together with the rest of the members who already know how to speak Nihongo. As for me, I'm just a total beginner. I've always wanted to learn japanese. Hope this is gonna work. Thank you for the comment, sakura-chan

Do you msn or skype?

Ja, dewa mata

[Trinitykitty1]

Trinity desu! Konnichiwa!

i would love to join the group^^ ive been studying japanese for about 3 monthes now! im so excited to learn new things from everyone!

a class thread sounds really fun! btw ><

im on msn too! trintykitty@live.com
sayonara!

[aoshisakura]

Originally Posted by Azurumi

One comment from sensei gonna be
Arigato ne, sakura-chan. Hope you can teach us Japanese together with the rest of the members who already know how to speak Nihongo. As for me, I'm just a total beginner. I've always wanted to learn japanese. Hope this is gonna work. Thank you for the comment, sakura-chan

konnichiwa azurumi-chan! i'll be glad to teach you everything
i have learned from school,, but i don't wanna be called a 'sensei' yet..
haha! i still have lots of things to know.. but i promise i'll share what i know.

minna, gambarou ne? benkyou wa chotto muzukashii
desukedo minna wa nihongo ga daisuki desukara
dekiru.. tomodachi ni naru ne? mata!

[Aether]

I would be willing to help people learn Japanese. I've taken a few college Japanese classes, so I got a strong understanding of the basics.

[Seanus]

OK, please tell me why Japanese people write wo rather than o as they pronounce it? Or ha instead of wa. It's sth to do with the kanji, right? I was told years ago but didn't really follow. It must've been a boozy night

[Aether]

Originally Posted by Seanus

OK, please tell me why Japanese people write wo rather than o as they pronounce it? Or ha instead of wa. It's sth to do with the kanji, right? I was told years ago but didn't really follow. It must've been a boozy night

My guess would be that it has mainly to do with when they developed the romaji alphabet. They had to transcribe the sounds the best they could and with お already taking the place of "o", を had to be given another set of letters and it became "wo". As for why は is pronounced as "ha" in some cases and "wa" in others, it is just how the language developed. Even though it may seem strange, English has tons of weird rules in the language that don't make any sense.

[Seanus]

Pretty cogent explanation, doumo arigatou gozaimashita. Nihon no bunpou ha jouzu desu ne? Umae!!

[alanX]

Originally Posted by Seanus

OK, please tell me why Japanese people write wo rather than o as they pronounce it? Or ha instead of wa. It's sth to do with the kanji, right? I was told years ago but didn't really follow. It must've been a boozy night

You're reading too much into it. Stop.

Why do you pronounce "phone" as "fone" and not "pone?"
Or "thought" as "thoggggt"
Why is the "s" in "island" silent?

Because that's just the way it is. Same in Japanese.

It's just how it works.

[Seanus]

Why do people make careers as linguistic specialists, focussing in on the more intricate points like that above? If they can do that, I can ask one question, tomodachi