meri
01-29-2005, 11:57 AM
Hi everybody!! im a beginners here in this site. im here in Philippines right now and never been travelled in Japan. I am planning to work in Japan but my problem is i dont know how to speak nihonggo. Now i am looking for school here in Philippines that can teach me nihonggo. In UP Diliman there is a training of japanese nihonggo but it was started for almost 2 weeks. The UP staff says, if i am willing i can enrol there eventhough im late. Here is my problem, i know that in 2 weeks they tackled already all basic steps in learning nihonggo it means im very late to learn it. that’s why im asking everyone who interested and willing to help me to teach the nihonggo. kahit yung alphabet lang or pang grade 1 lang. plsssssssssssss. thanks anyways…
meri
nick
01-29-2005, 03:56 PM
hello meri,
nilagay ko sa tamang forum ang message mo. ngayon yong tungkol sa nihonggo… mahirap magturo ng nihongo through the internet. palagay ko, kung may mga specific na tanong ka tungkol sa nihongo, masasagot ng mga tao dito sa timog forum. kung mga japanese lessons naman, maraming online sites ang makakapag-turo sa iyo ng basics na mas madali kesa sa magagawa ng mga members dito.
kunyari, isang google search lang (learn japanese - Google Search) (“learn japanese”) marami ka nang mapupuntahan na mga sites kung saan may basic lessons. kung may tanong ka pa, mag-post ka ulit dito (sa parehong forum).
nick
meri
01-29-2005, 08:30 PM
Thanks nick.
goldhorse
01-30-2005, 03:27 PM
Don’t be discouraged if your late by two weeks. When I was learning Nihongo I had classmates who’d studied for years in their own countries, and some who didn’t even know Hiragana, but after a few months of intensive training we were more or less on equal footing. It’ just a matter of how much time you are willing to spend on studying. If you spent an hour in the classroom studying, spend a couple of hours reviewing and practicing. It’s not how long you’ve spent in the classroom that matters, it’s how much of your free time your willing to spend learning. Good luck.
BONIFACIO
02-01-2005, 12:35 AM
Hi Meri:
I had that problem before and even now. I was in Japan nine years ago for two weeks but just for
vacation but still even if I carry a dictionary like English/Jappanese… hirap pa rin ako. I know that you will learn quickly because you have the serious intention to work there… kailangan mo yan.
I work here in New York City, kaya English is no problem kahit may Pilipino accent pa rin ako… di na yata mawawala yon, pero ang importante I can express at naiintindihan and I’m proud of it. Siguro ganoon din sa Japan. Kahit dito sa Tate may kanya-kanyang accent ang mga Amerikano. Sometimes they don’t even know What’s the real American English…I think in Japan wala siguro silang accent from different regions. Don’t worry you will learn… and Goodluck to you!
maple
02-01-2005, 05:45 PM
hello meri,
welcome to TF.
maple
crispee
02-01-2005, 08:45 PM
Hi Meri,
Ur name sounds like my lovely “M” only with a lil’ accent:D. And speaking of accents, meron din punto ang mga salita sa japan. Like for example iba ang punto ng mga japanese sa tokyo kumpara sa mga taga osaka, ibaraki, oomori ken, okinawa at iba pang prefecture sa japan. Hindi lang punto kundi iba talaga ang salita depende sa lugar. Halimbawa, ang ampalaya ay tinatawag na ‘nigaori’ sa tokyo, samantalang ‘goya’ naman ang pangalan nito sa okinawa. Sa aking karanasan, malaki ang naitulong ng mga japanese anime (esp. old japanese folktales), variety show at comics sa pag-aaral ko ng nihonggo. Sabi nga ng ibang members, don’t be discouraged if you are late. Remember, If there’s a will, there is always a way. Welcome sa Timog.
‘Billib ako sa Pnoy; pero di lahat’:whistle:
artemis
03-23-2005, 02:38 AM
Hi Meri! Dont be dishearted! Just like you I am a newbie who is very eager to learn nihonggo. This afternoon, I discovered a cd called the PIMSLEUR LANGUAGE PROGRAM. I just finished unit one, a 30 minute course on “sumimasen” (“excuse me, sorry, thank you”) and “watashi wa” (i), “anata wa” (you), “desu” (be), “ie” (no), “hai” (yes), “masen”, etcetera. I now know how to say, “Sumimasen.” “Engo ga wakarimas ka?” “Watashi wa Firipinjin desu.” “Nihonggo ka skosi wakarimas.” and other basic sentences. I just dont know the spelling because, there’s no written accompaniment to the cd. So, Meri, my advice to you is to buy a language tutorial cd so you can learn at your own pace. The disadvantage of this is less interaction (very important to have conversations), and a controlled learning environment (very static). But you can practice with the family or friends. Good luck to both of us.
Ja mata!
reon
03-23-2005, 10:11 PM
hello artemis,
bago ako pumunta sa japan, binasa ko ang unang chapter ng “japanese for today” (isang libro sa national bookstore na yellow ang kulay ng cover). kaso na-bore kaagad ako kaya, yun, hinintay ko na lang yung actual na nihongo classes dito.
maganda na meron nga kayong kaibigan o kakilala na puwedeng pagpraktisan. at manood siguro ng japanese tv (merong nhk dyan sa cable di ba?) para makuha ninyo ang “feel” ng nihongo.
reon
maple
03-24-2005, 08:36 PM
hello Artemis,
welcome to TF.
why don’t you and meri sit down together, share Nihongo materials, baka mas madali pa kayong matuto niyan. suggestion ko lang naman:-) good luck!
maple
hotcake
03-24-2005, 09:40 PM
hello Artemis,
welcome to TF.
why don’t you and meri sit down together, share Nihongo materials, baka mas madali pa kayong matuto niyan. suggestion ko lang naman:-) good luck!
maple
Hello Artemis and Meri. Welcome to TF, agree ako sa suggestion ni Maple. Since pareho kayong from UP maybe you can meet somewhere (like sunken garden) and share Nihonggo Materials. And in the same time pwede niyong i-try mag-usap using nihonggo language. Mas mabilis kayo pareho matututo. Suggestion ko rin lang ito… good luck!
Hotcake
tenkei88
07-09-2005, 09:24 AM
AS in any other learning experience,
ATTITUDE plays an important part.
Since the both of you have that ATTITUDE, and WILLINGNESS TO LEARN
a second language [all othe language learned AFTER the native tongue is categorized as SECOND LANGUAGE], things would be easy…THERE IS NO NEED TO WORRY!
Youngsters, they say, especially those kids from 1-12 years old …learn FASTER THAN ADOLESCENTS AND OVER. But then, your willingness and that great desire to learn is there, so I don’t see any problem with both of you…
PRACTICE, they say, MAKES IT PERFECT!
Good Luck!
jhayelle
09-02-2005, 09:28 AM
eto kung medyo napag-aralan mo na hiragana, practice mo ito, hehe masaya to try mo: ChipChat Japanese Training (http://japanese.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=japanese&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww. chipchat.com%2FNihon Go%2F)
stanfordmed
09-09-2005, 12:08 PM
“Basic Japanese for You” and “Brush Up Your Japanese”. On this
home page (Easy Japanese, free audio & text lessons | NHK WORLD RADIO JAPAN), you can listen to these programs.
http://members.aol.com/writejapan/purple.gif
The Japanese Writing Tutor (http://members.aol.com/writejapan/index.htm#katakana): This page is meant to help students of Japanese practice their writing skills.
booble
10-20-2005, 08:01 AM
Hi everybody!! im a beginners here in this site. im here in Philippines right now and never been travelled in Japan. I am planning to work in Japan but my problem is i dont know how to speak nihonggo. Now i am looking for school here in Philippines that can teach me nihonggo. In UP Diliman there is a training of japanese nihonggo but it was started for almost 2 weeks. The UP staff says, if i am willing i can enrol there eventhough im late. Here is my problem, i know that in 2 weeks they tackled already all basic steps in learning nihonggo it means im very late to learn it. that’s why im asking everyone who interested and willing to help me to teach the nihonggo. kahit yung alphabet lang or pang grade 1 lang. plsssssssssssss. thanks anyways…
meri
hi meri!
im in japan right now! maraming nihongo schools in manila… you can go to la salle, actually dun ginaganap ang nihongo proficiency test. meron din sa morayta.
butterfly
01-16-2006, 02:01 PM
hi! basa o ung letter m ky merry,tanong ko sana kng san m nabili ung cnasabi mong cd,katulad din ako ni nery dpa ko masyado marunong mag nihonggo,ung mga madadali lng alm ko sbihin,ang problema lng d ako masyado makaintindi,pag nagsasalita na cla dko na maintindihan.un ang pinuproblema ko,kylangan ko rin yata mag aral na parang grade 1.
butterfly
01-16-2006, 02:04 PM
hi! booble:) dto my nihonggo school din ba,kc nahihirapan ako,nakakapagsalita ako ng nihongo kaso ung mga basic lng,ang problema ko pa,d ako nakakaintindi. sana matulongan mko.
pointblank
01-16-2006, 03:01 PM
Since pareho kayong from UP maybe you can meet somewhere (like sunken garden) …
yung Sunken Gardens?!? hmmmm… baka iba ang mangyari ha… sa ibang place na lang siguro… salbahe, ano?
Anyway, kahit na 2 weeks na yung klase sa UP, I think it is possible to catch up dahil hindi naman super-intensive yan.
The sad truth is that Japanese language education in the Philippines is still way behind the other ASEAN countries, and even the program in UP is still limited - so it is not impossible to catch up as long as you dedicate time to studying your lessons.
I know of a girl who had finished 12 units of Nihongo at UP. Pagdating niya dito sa Japan, nag-enrol siya sa Gaidai together with some other Pinoy students who had zero Nihongo training. Nakalamang lang siya ng 3 weeks bago sila naging tabla ng mga ka-klase niya, because by the 4th week, they had covered everything she had learned in 2 years at UP.
I am not even going to discuss the Japanese Studies program at UP, which is half a joke. I mean, how can you trust your supposed “Japan-expert” professors when they cannot even speak Japanese well enough to buy a hamburger at McDonald’s? (Hindi 'to chismis, first hand information 'to dahil nakasama ko na dito minsan yung former head nila!)
One other place you can check is the Japan Foundation office in Manila. I believe they also conduct Nihongo courses, at Hapon ang nagtuturo.
Anyway, good luck & study hard, Meri…
This is an archived page from the former Timog Forum website.