*points to Az*

It is the shortened form of のです -> んです and is used when we answer a question/explain something in casual form.

"Doko e iku no?"

"Kooen e ikun da/desu."

OMG I GOT IT? LoL

So my Japanese exam was fail. I think I passed just fine, actually I think as long as you understood what she was asking and could answer in some way, she counted it as correct. >_>

I always get tripped up between "koukou" and "koko" when talking ;-; so that happened, but whatever.

Yep, you got it.

And there's honestly only so much studying at school can help you. Actual repeated practice (and imitation) is really the best way to learn languages, I believe.

I know. School helps you with the basics, gives you somewhere to start, but only real immersion can /teach/ you.

See that's kind of the impression I got from my teacher but she has met with teachers all over the state before at a convention and they all say that is one of the hardest things to explain about the languages.

I also know the のです. She briefly explained that it was the shortened form of it.

But thank you Az and ash.
I think I get it a little better.
If I end of up using it wrong, I will be told so by my friends. ^^

SWEET, JAPANESE FINAL IS OVEEEER

Ugh I am thankful to have this one friend of mine. She got accepted to a few schools in Japan and she's giving me some of the information to go through the process. I don't need to for a while, still, but I'm still happy that I don't have to start from scratch.

It's good for your to start researching it now. That way, you know exactly what you'll be getting into when you go.

~nod~ Yeah. I don't plan to for another two years at /least/. Gotta finish my associates >3<' But after that... I dunno if I wanna go to my university here and take just a year in japan or if I wanna just go right to Japan.

@az:
UGH!!
I STILL HAVE LIKE 3 WEEKSSSSSSSSS!!!!

and another UGH!
I'm going for next year april/oct.
and im starting from scratch and its HELL!
i have a lot of websites im going to to find help and funding and schools and whatnot.
Right now I need to get money and funds secured then apply.
BUT if I go through my CC's program which sadly is only for one quarter its about 7k and the programs that I would do are about double that for a year or 2.
so... i dont think imma do that BUT if i did it would mean I would be able to get FAFSA applied to it.
so idk.
i think imma just hold onto my fafsa that i get in fall and winter and try to do a sister-school private one.
cause those allow you to keep your fafsa, get credit, go to the sister city and take classes, etc etc

Good luck, Shink! <3

Yesterday a girl in my Japanese class said "雨をふとています”
XD We teased her cause it was supposed to just be "ふって”

So she was saying that the rain is fat, rather than it is raining.

That is the first I have ever heard of rain being fat. XD Awesome.

I hate to say this...
but if this was facebook I would like that xDDD

XD she just got the verbs mixed up. I thought it was hilarious.

A group of three Japanese girls were sitting across from me earlier while I was waiting for class, and I /so/ wanted to say something but I didn't know what/didn't want to butt in. ;-;

woah thanks for the link xD aha im interested in learning jap myself, so i can watch anime w/o subs aha

XDDDDD the rain being fat is awesome.

*studies the row of Higarana Ashu gave me to study* *^*

You can do eet!!

I hope so D8 *scribbles the characters in the notebook* >8x

DK, if you have one or can afford it, a small whiteboard will be your BEST study friend when learning to write characters.

I think its hilarious as well.

and then you wait til they look around and approach and say "ummm... hi. I know you don't know me but I couldn't help but notice you are speaking japanese.　日本から着ましたか？" They most likely will respond in japanese fast but you can always say "please speak more slowly" or "i am just learning japanese, I'm not good yet" or "I'm sorry I do not speak much japanese"

I wish i could afford one but writing them down in an old notebook that never gets any use anymore is good :3

XD that works. But if you can afford one at any point you really should invest in one, they're good for math, too XD

*slides in* hello guys ^^

This clubhouse is about non-japanese people learning japanese language...
the office i'm trying work in is for japanese people learning english language ^^

oOoooh that's cool <3

I wanna go to Japan at some point. Like, next summer I should be going.

I want a big one to hang on the wall.. really x3 that will help me with sentance structure and stuff.. but I must wait ;-;

a new bed and tv come first

XD Spend 5$ at Office Depot or something and get a small 12" one?

Az D8 thats too small!

if I get bored I won't beable to doodle >.>,

hey y'all! how're you?

Oh My :D I would love to study japanese, I always wanted to :D I will try to make some time for it xD Maybe during summer

XD DK that's the point! NO DOODLE! FOCUS >=O

XD I am so excited! I got an A in japanese! I thought I'd get a B <3 Not even an A- an A <3<3<3

yay! congratulations, Az! <3

haha, I'm borrowing the second year textbook from my friend and a whole chapter on rumors. I love this. ._. Oddly there's a lot of animal vocab in this chapter. XD

WOOTZ!! CONGRATS AZ!! <333 Are you done until university? or are you already at one?

XD I'm at our "community" college right now. So I have Japanese next year, still <3

LUCKY!
we only have first year.
but i get to be a TA and stick around for at least another quarter.
fyi - your avi looks adorable~

<3 thank yooou

And haha, yeah we have up to year 2 at the community and then up to year 3 at the uni.

will you be taking summer classes?

and yw!

nope, not this summer. =P