Hi I am new, just practising...

[Azure]

The grammar will probably be horribly wrong because I am learning using the pimsleur method at present which is entirely audio. So any and all corrections are welcome ども　ありがとう　がいざます。。。



おはよ　ございます

わたし　わ　えいごじｎ　です

わたし　わ　にほんご　が　ｓこし　わかります　でみ　ようけ　じゃります

あなたわ　にほんご　が　わかりますか

= ]

Probably horribly wrong but the journey of a thousand miles begins with just one step etc...

[Yudan Taiteki]

Azure wrote:
The grammar will probably be horribly wrong because I am learning using the pimsleur method at present which is entirely audio. So any and all corrections are welcome ども　ありがとう　がいざます。。。



おはよ　ございます

おはよう (ども should be どうも as well)

わたし　わ　えいごじｎ　です

わ as this particle is written は. Hit "n" twice to get the ん character. You don't need to put わたしは at the beginning of sentences. えいごじん　should be イギリスじん.

わたし　わ　にほんご　が　ｓこし　わかります　でみ　ようけ　じゃります

It's pronounced "skoshi" but there is a "u" in there so write it as すこし. でみ was probably supposed to be でも, but けど is better here. Unfortunately I don't know what ようけ　じゃります is supposed to mean.

あなたわ　にほんご　が　わかりますか

Avoid using あなた until you get more experienced in the language. A question is understood to be about the person you're talking to, so you can just drop it entirely.

[Azure]

Heh, seems that it is almost entirely a mess.

Thank you for inputting though Chris.

I will mull that over... I have to say I do struggle with Skoshi in audio as sometimes they pronounce it as "Skossh-" and other times as "Skoshi", I assume the u is at the end to iterate the long i at the end? Or am I incorrect there?

いかが　です　か

たいてき　さん　ども　ありがとう　ございます

[Zillidan-leba]

Azure wrote:
The grammar will probably be horribly wrong because I am learning using the pimsleur method at present which is entirely audio. So any and all corrections are welcome ども　ありがとう　がいざます。。。



おはよ　ございます

わたし　わ　えいごじｎ　です

わたし　わ　にほんご　が　ｓこし　わかります　でみ　ようけ　じゃります

あなたわ　にほんご　が　わかりますか

= ]

Probably horribly wrong but the journey of a thousand miles begins with just one step etc...

my god...the letters are so small my eyes...are pinched to torture can you make them bigger?

[richvh]

Use the ▼▲ arrows to change the size of the characters.

[Yudan Taiteki]

Azure wrote:
Heh, seems that it is almost entirely a mess.

Thank you for inputting though Chris.

I will mull that over... I have to say I do struggle with Skoshi in audio as sometimes they pronounce it as "Skossh-" and other times as "Skoshi", I assume the u is at the end to iterate the long i at the end? Or am I incorrect there?

Both the "u" and the "i" are often contracted or lost in speech. This is just a pronunciation thing; it's written "sukoshi" or すこし.

いかが　です　か

たいてき　さん　ども　ありがとう　ございます

I think it's funny how everyone calls me "taiteki-san" or "yudan taiteki-san" even though my real name is in my sig.

[tanuki]

Yudan Taiteki wrote:
I think it's funny how everyone calls me "taiteki-san" or "yudan taiteki-san" even though my real name is in my sig.

That's what you get for not using your real name as your username.

At least you're not being called like a dumb raccoon dog with big balls.

[shiohigari]

I think tanukiさんis a very cute name. In fact, a raccoon dog is such a cute animal. I never saw one until I was in Japan and a friend had some in their yard. Don't think of one as

a dumb raccoon dog with big balls.

but as a cute, unique animal.

[flammable hippo]

At least you're not being called like a dumb raccoon dog with big balls.

Would you like us to call you Jorge-san instead? (I remember you said that was your name on another thread)

[Zillidan-leba]

richvh wrote:
Use the ▼▲ arrows to change the size of the characters.

wow thats pure genius never seen it before thanks

[CajunCoder]

Actually, to say that "u" and "i" are usually completely lost in speech is a bit of an over statement, I believe. They're just not as emphasized and much shorter than their English counterparts. In the beginning, you may not hear them at all, but if you listen closely they can usually be heard.

This is one thing I dislike about the pimsleur method. It's very important to know how things are spelled, so I only suggest using pimsleur tapes in conjunction with other learning methods.

[Infidel]

shitsurei really kicked my butt for a while: shtsurei

[Yudan Taiteki]

You're right that they're not really lost. This is something that can only be mastered through audio, not explanation.

It's very important to know how things are spelled

If you're concentrating on the spoken language it's not that important. But at least romaji transcripts should be provided.

[sei]

えいごじん　should be イギリスじん

Now, has a person who uses the pimsleur audio CDs (*coughs* well, sometimes...when i'm in the mood), i have to say this confuses. In the audio they clearly say, several times, 'eigo', 'eigo-jin'... So now you are saying something different than what i knew Kern-san (i actually had never noticed the name on your sig till now.. ^^' ). So how can this be? Are there 2 different words for the same thing?

I haven't gone to that lesson in a long time, but i'm pretty sure this is what they say, since i don't recall having heard "Igirisu" before...

[Yudan Taiteki]

Are you sure it's not えいこくじん? えいごじん is something that I've only heard used by preschoolers.

えいこくじん and イギリスじん are the same thing.