Marieke's review
Good luck Marieke ! Am just thinking it is definitely not simple to learn this language ... My goal has always been to master 7 languages (nice number ;-) and so currently I am looking for my next one, should be non-European (my current list is 5 languages long :Dutch/French/English/Swedish/German). Chinese, Arab and Russian are on my list. But first I need a real reason before starting my mission i.e. I should know for sure that I'll use this language really regularly within short term.
Ciao,
Petra
Hi Petra,
For a few years I had a job where I reworte Japanese translations. Along the way I "learned" Japanese. I put "learned" in quotes because it's more accurate to say I gained insights into the language. I can't speak it, and I can't understand it when it is spoken, but I understand some principles of the language.
In Japanese a lot of things are implied rather than specifically described. And they don't use articles such as "the" and "a". So both sentences, "I ate at a restaurant," and "I ate at the restaurant," are expressed simply as "I ate at restaurant." And the nuances of "the" and "a" are left for the reader or listener to fill in...
Best wishes!
--John
Marieke's review
Good luck Marieke ! Am just thinking it is definitely not simple to learn this language ... My goal has always been to master 7 languages (nice number ;-) and so currently I am looking for my next one, should be non-European (my current list is 5 languages long :Dutch/French/English/Swedish/German). Chinese, Arab and Russian are on my list. But first I need a real reason before starting my mission i.e. I should know for sure that I'll use this language really regularly within short term.
Ciao,
Petra
Hi Petra,
For a few years I had a job where I reworte Japanese translations. Along the way I "learned" Japanese. I put "learned" in quotes because it's more accurate to say I gained insights into the language. I can't speak it, and I can't understand it when it is spoken, but I understand some principles of the language.
In Japanese a lot of things are implied rather than specifically described. And they don't use articles such as "the" and "a". So both sentences, "I ate at a restaurant," and "I ate at the restaurant," are expressed simply as "I ate at restaurant." And the nuances of "the" and "a" are left for the reader or listener to fill in...
Best wishes!
--John