Japanese Practice via Skype

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I’m starting to learn Japanese and I don’t really know hardly anything so far. Maybe a few simple phrases here and there, but not much. I know an “okay” amount of vocabulary, nearly nothing about grammar and the rest of it. I’d just like someone that I can practice with as I learn, and possibly teach me a few things along the way.

Unfortunately, I do not have a microphone for my computer so I’d only be able to type, but that doesn’t mean that I won’ be working hard on my pronunciations and whatnot. If anyone would be interested, my Skype is “cyborgexperiment” (The display name should be “Bloop”)

Thank you for reading and consideration. ^-^

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スカイプではなく、LingQのフォーラムを使ったらどうでしょうか。
(How about posting to the LingQ forum instead of using LingQ?）
私は、フォーラムに投稿することで英語の作文の練習をしています
(I am practicing writing in English, posting comments in English to the forum.)

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I thought this is the LinQ Forum?

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Yutaka wrote “Would like to use the LingQ-forum instead of Skype?” in Japanese.

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Ah, okay. Man I feel embarrassed now lol.
Then Yukata, sure then

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Sakuraさん、いつから日本語をべんきょうしているのですか？
(Since when do you study Japanese?)

“Man I feel embarrassed now lol.”

だいじょうぶ、気にしないで。

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たぶん、さんしゅうかん。
I’m hoping that’s correct. (It should say three weeks)

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“さんしゅうかん” sounds fine to me. The Kanji for “さん” is really easy, by the way ----> 三

Not sure about the “たぶん” though.
Yutakaさん、どう思いますか？(What do you think, Yutaka?)

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Thank you! I know a little bit of Kanji, probably five or a little more.
I’ve understood “たぶん” to mean maybe, possibly, probably, etc.

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Yeah, I know. I´m just not sure if たぶん is used that way.
I´ve been studying Japanese for only 7 months, so you should take everything I write with a grain of salt.^^

I´m learning Kanji with http://kanjidamage.com - making up wacky stories makes learning Kanji much easier.

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SakuraDaisukiさんが、「たぶん」という言葉（ことば）を使（つか）ったのは、日本語（にほんご）の学習（がくしゅう）を始（はじ）めた時期（じき）を正確（せいかく）に把握（はあく）していないと思（おも）ったからだと思（おも）います。私（わたし）も、ドイツ語（どいつご）の学習（がくしゅう）を最近（さいきん）再開（さいかい）したのですが、正確（せいかく）にいつからだったかは把握（はあく）していません。たぶん3カ月（さんかげつ）ぐらい前（まえ）だったと思（おも）います。
(I suppose that SakuraDaisuki-san used the word ‘たぶん’ because he cannot remember the exact date when he started learning Japanese.)

(Edited)

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@Paule: ‘‘だいようぶ’’ ? Is that a shorter version for だいじょぶ ?

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That was a typo^^

Seems like no one ever writes 大丈夫 as だいじょうぶ anyway.

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@Yutaka “SakuraDaisukeさん”

I´m glad to know that I´m not only only one who misreads “daisuki” as “daisuke”.^^ (@SakuraDaisuki - “Daisuke” is a common name for Japanese boys/men)

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I see. ‘Daisuke’ should read ‘Daisuki’

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@Paule Thank you for that website. It’s fun to learn Kanji there!
Also, a lot of people misread “Daisuki” as “Daisuke”

“だいじょうぶ、気にしないで。”
I’m guessing that means “It’s okay, don’t worry about it”? Or close to?

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Exactly. You´ll hear that a lot.^^

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I feel like I accomplished something by knowing that! :smiley:
I can understand a few Kanji and a few phrases, but I can’t quite formulate my own sentences just yet.