Can I Slip This In?

[ruisu81]

私は一人で日本語が勉強します。

If so that's AWESOME! Lol...if not, darn, a little advice please...

[richvh]

The 一人で is fine in that position, but:
私は一人で日本語を勉強しています。

[ruisu81]

ahhhh...thank you, kind sir. back to review :@ can't believe i missed that を　（Ｔ＿Ｔ）

didn't come across 勉強しています　yet, but i see why you put it...is 勉強します incorrect?

[tanuki]

Depends on what you mean. If you mean "I'm studying Japanese alone.", then 勉強しています is the right option. With 勉強します it would mean "I will study Japanese alone."

[ruisu81]

わかりました．皆さん、どうもありがとう

Oh, hey richvh, tomorrow is Japan Day in Central Park if you're interested!

[Infidel]

err

The thread title made me think 入れていい?

[richvh]

Thanks for the heads up, but I doubt I'll make it - NYC isn't somewhere I go for pleasure, as a rule.

[Infidel]

seapony lives that way I think.

[metapod]

I used that same sentence when speaking to a japanese person, and they said 独学で is better than 一人で.

[Gundaetiapo]

Thanks for the heads up, but I doubt I'll make it - NYC isn't somewhere I go for pleasure, as a rule.

Does JLPT count as pleasure?

[juddcarlos2003]

はい、｢独学｣を使ってできます。
You could say: わたしは独学で日本語を学んでいます。

[Yudan Taiteki]

Why 学んでいます instead of 勉強しています?

[ruisu81]

richvh wrote:
Thanks for the heads up, but I doubt I'll make it - NYC isn't somewhere I go for pleasure, as a rule.

Yes, I prefer the old Times Square too.

metapod wrote:
I used that same sentence when speaking to a japanese person, and they said 独学で is better than 一人で.

Thanks, that's a good one!

juddcarlos2003, I'm not really sure how to pronounce that...I love the way I ask a question and get a bunch of different answers though. Best thing about this site.

[juddcarlos2003]

Yudan Taiteki wrote:
Why 学んでいます instead of 勉強しています?

I guess you could use either one... 学んでいます is more like "I'm learning" and 勉強しています is like "I'm studying"

I would go with 学んでいます because you are learning something... but like I said... I guess you can use either one.

Would anyone else know which would sound more practical?
(学んでいます or 勉強しています)

[Yudan Taiteki]

学ぶ is not a word I hear very much in conversation, and none of the examples in any of my dictionaries have 学ぶ in the ている form. alc does list some, though.