Hello all....
I am Vincent.
I live in Tokyo.
I have recently started to study Japanese very seriously.
I am looking for a female language exchange partner who lives in Tokyo, preferably near to Shinjuku!
I would be interested in meeting for serious exchange and study 1-3 times a week!!!
Please Please Please give me email if you are interested!!!!
PLEASE!!!
Thank you.
I am Vincent.
I live in Tokyo.
I have recently started to study Japanese very seriously.
I am looking for a female language exchange partner who lives in Tokyo, preferably near to Shinjuku!
I would be interested in meeting for serious exchange and study 1-3 times a week!!!
Please Please Please give me email if you are interested!!!!
PLEASE!!!
Thank you.
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Actually, if you didnt mention girl, girls only will reply you as that what happened to me when I put add in metropolis...maybe MIXI is different!
But actually, I couldnt exchange cuz nobody know how to teach really..they just learn from you or somehow they enjoy talking to you as free host.
But actually, I couldnt exchange cuz nobody know how to teach really..they just learn from you or somehow they enjoy talking to you as free host.
Hey, I'm a Japanese though.
One of my friend in LA learned the Japanese from Japanese female and his talking style sounds like a Japanese gay.
Japanese has two talking and wrighting style, male style and female style. You have to learn the two language and should use your gender language.
Otherwise, your speaking sound and writing style come to be a little funny for us like the comment of "Captain Random!"さん. (´∀｀)
One of my friend in LA learned the Japanese from Japanese female and his talking style sounds like a Japanese gay.
Japanese has two talking and wrighting style, male style and female style. You have to learn the two language and should use your gender language.
Otherwise, your speaking sound and writing style come to be a little funny for us like the comment of "Captain Random!"さん. (´∀｀)
Most of the obvious differences between male and female speaking manifest themselves in how sentences are ended and what not. Don't worry too much Superstar!
As for language exchange... well, yeah, they normally end up being more conversations with some slight grammar explanations. But then again, when neither party is a teacher it's hard to expect much else, no? Native speakers generally know less about their own language's grammar than do learners.
As for language exchange... well, yeah, they normally end up being more conversations with some slight grammar explanations. But then again, when neither party is a teacher it's hard to expect much else, no? Native speakers generally know less about their own language's grammar than do learners.
Well obviously AFTER you learn a lot of Japanese it doesn't matter if it's a man or woman and you can understand them, but when I was just starting I could understand women a lot better. Guys tended to mumble, and roll their r's and various other bizarre phonetic mutations. If you already know Japanese well, you may be expecting a specific word before the person even says it, so as long as it's close to the original sound you still understand the meaning. So if somebody says いいっすよ you know that means 'いいですよ' but if you're just starting, you need to be able to hear every syllable. (if that explanation makes any sense)
So a foreign guy might sound a bit effeminate when they start speaking Japanese? Well big deal! When you need to get stuff done, for example buy stuff at the supermarket, talk to people at school or work, then it doesnt matter how you sound! The main thing is being able to communicate. The polite way is best to start with, and for one thing I think its easiers. Also most textbook use this style. I know if I used "male style" Japanese at work it would sound much stranger than if I used "watashi".
Anyway I think worrying how you sound when you first start learning a language is the worst thing to do. Worry about that stuff later when you have the basics!
Anyway I think worrying how you sound when you first start learning a language is the worst thing to do. Worry about that stuff later when you have the basics!
Yikes... a pack of all-stars on this board.
The "basics" of Japanese (to the extent that this is how most text books begin) consist of gender neutral speech. Gender biased speech doesn't really come into play until the learner has mastered the basics.
Communication is good and all, but it's a sad sad sight to watch all the silly foreign boys getting laughed at (including by this asshole) because they speak like their girlfriends. It's a bit unavoidable to be slightly influenced by the opposite sex - especially if you spend 90% of your time talking with them; however, if you keep in mind that female speech on planet earth is _generally_ softer than a man's and are aware of exactly what you are saying, it's fairly easy to pick out spots where a man might be more blunt / less-polite.
でしょうね♡ （へ＿へ）Ｖ イエイ！？
The "basics" of Japanese (to the extent that this is how most text books begin) consist of gender neutral speech. Gender biased speech doesn't really come into play until the learner has mastered the basics.
Communication is good and all, but it's a sad sad sight to watch all the silly foreign boys getting laughed at (including by this asshole) because they speak like their girlfriends. It's a bit unavoidable to be slightly influenced by the opposite sex - especially if you spend 90% of your time talking with them; however, if you keep in mind that female speech on planet earth is _generally_ softer than a man's and are aware of exactly what you are saying, it's fairly easy to pick out spots where a man might be more blunt / less-polite.
でしょうね♡ （へ＿へ）Ｖ イエイ！？
I am not concerned, at all, with the slight variations that come from having a language exchange partner that is female.
I have plenty of male japanese that I conversate with at my gym, and there all pro fighters, so I think I can use masculine japanese when its needed.
My interest is having a conversation that ISNT about kickboxing, girls or how much someone hates Kaicho at the moment. Hence my request for a female.....Its also just easier for me to strike up conversations with women I dont know as opposed to men, I also feel more comfortable asking grammatical questions to a woman.
Nothing personal.
I have plenty of male japanese that I conversate with at my gym, and there all pro fighters, so I think I can use masculine japanese when its needed.
My interest is having a conversation that ISNT about kickboxing, girls or how much someone hates Kaicho at the moment. Hence my request for a female.....Its also just easier for me to strike up conversations with women I dont know as opposed to men, I also feel more comfortable asking grammatical questions to a woman.
Nothing personal.
This is amazing.
None of these posts are helpful...at all.
Anyway, let me explain....a bit more.
Why female (as this seems to be the biggest point or boggle...)
Im just more comfortable breaking down my Japanese and really speaking carefully, asking grammatical questions and basically venturing into unfamiliar territory with a FEMALE exchange partner rather than male.
I requested someone new as opposed to current friendS BECAUSE I want it to be about language exchange and not just hanging out or whatever, as it would surely end up being were I with friends.
Next, I speak Japanese. I communicate well and smoothly, my need for exchange is based primarily in my new found interest in reading and writing which in my first 2 years here I had no interest in at all. That has changed.
Since I am studying largely formal, standardized text book japanese, I think its unnecessary for me to be concerned with masculines and feminines etc etc etc.
Anyway, thank you for the advice, I think I didnt make my current level of japanese clear, or my actual interests, hence all the unhelpful comments.
None of these posts are helpful...at all.
Anyway, let me explain....a bit more.
Why female (as this seems to be the biggest point or boggle...)
Im just more comfortable breaking down my Japanese and really speaking carefully, asking grammatical questions and basically venturing into unfamiliar territory with a FEMALE exchange partner rather than male.
I requested someone new as opposed to current friendS BECAUSE I want it to be about language exchange and not just hanging out or whatever, as it would surely end up being were I with friends.
Next, I speak Japanese. I communicate well and smoothly, my need for exchange is based primarily in my new found interest in reading and writing which in my first 2 years here I had no interest in at all. That has changed.
Since I am studying largely formal, standardized text book japanese, I think its unnecessary for me to be concerned with masculines and feminines etc etc etc.
Anyway, thank you for the advice, I think I didnt make my current level of japanese clear, or my actual interests, hence all the unhelpful comments.
hey CAP....
I am on mixi, making a point to use it daily, and it is helping. I am also studying alone, and using other various internet tools related to learning to read the language.
I still dont see anything wrong with a language exchange between two people who are genuinly interested in improving there skills in there respective second languages (or third). Working with someone is motivating and fun.
I just dont feel comfortable doing it with a man. Its not complex or sinister, just my personal feeling.
I am on mixi, making a point to use it daily, and it is helping. I am also studying alone, and using other various internet tools related to learning to read the language.
I still dont see anything wrong with a language exchange between two people who are genuinly interested in improving there skills in there respective second languages (or third). Working with someone is motivating and fun.
I just dont feel comfortable doing it with a man. Its not complex or sinister, just my personal feeling.
Whatever floats your boat bro - if you were in Sendai I could recomend a few places but you aren't so :-/ You might try heading to your local international center and posting a notice there - you'll probably get a fair amount of nut jobs BUT who knows.
Do you have a curriculum in mind of what you'd like to study?
Do you have a curriculum in mind of what you'd like to study?
hmmm...u know it depends. I have some friends who actually experienced that they are able to memorize/grasp things better when it came from an opposite sex whom they found attractive..
Now ,I hope this doesnt start a debate on whether organs below the waste and learning capabilities are somehow related :-)
Now ,I hope this doesnt start a debate on whether organs below the waste and learning capabilities are somehow related :-)
30> Very true. Too often adult learning facilities get in the way of language acquisition ;_; Just accept it and use it like a child would- you'll get a sense for the meaning over time.
like ちっぴっと or whatever my gf has been saying lately... no idea how to spell it, or how to use it, but if I hear it in context, I have a vague idea of how it functions.
like ちっぴっと or whatever my gf has been saying lately... no idea how to spell it, or how to use it, but if I hear it in context, I have a vague idea of how it functions.
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