Place to learn Jap?

• jianfish9

  13 Jun 07, 20:36

  Since I am very free for a couple of months now, I have decided to go learn Japanese to facilitate my watching of Anime.
  
  Any recommendations will be appreciated.
  
  Thanks.
• mlc

  13 Jun 07, 20:50

  learn jap next time they start war again can become their spy
• Mewlove

  13 Jun 07, 22:49

  You dun need to go for classes you can set up a forum here to ask the people here to teach you. Its free anyway hehe.
• ^tamago^

  13 Jun 07, 23:06

  go bunka at delfi orchard!!
  
  http://www.bunkalang.com/courses_details.shtml
• mystee

  13 Jun 07, 23:08

  community centres.. shld be cheaper
• X k

  13 Jun 07, 23:15

  search for "japanese language" @ google with pages in singapore selected and u have what u need
• ditzy

  13 Jun 07, 23:25

  http://japaneselanguage.client.jp/
• ^tamago^

  13 Jun 07, 23:26

  oh yeah, u're purely going to learn for anime, or u wan a JLPT cert?
• Mewlove

  13 Jun 07, 23:47

  I want to learn too! Teach me!
  
  Lets see... I watch anime too and I learnt some basic words from there. For example:
  
  Good Morning - Ohayou (gozaimasu) *words in brackets are more formal*
  Good Afternoon or hello - Konnichi wa
  Good evening - Kon Ban Wa
  Good night - Oyasumi (nasai)
  
  Hello (on phone) - Moshi Moshi
  So comfortable!/Feel - Kimochii!
  So happy! - Ureshii!
  So fortunate! - Shiawase!
  
  I like you! - Watashi wa anata ga suki.
  I Really really ... really like you! - Dai Suki!
  I love you - Aishiteru
  I dislike you - Watashi wa anata ga kirai
  I really really ... really dislike you! - Dai Kirai!
  
  Magic - Mahou, Ma RioKu
  Kagi - Key
  Tama - Jewel
  Kibou - Hope
  Yami - Dark
  Hikari - Light
  Haru- Spring
  Natsu- Summer
  aki - autumn (isit???)
  cant remember winter...
  yuki- snow
  ame- rain
  
  thats most of what I know liao...
• 3nityblood.

  14 Jun 07, 00:12

  mew> i watch pride and so i learn haru aki all those XD
  
  Ilove U > ai sh!teru
  
  can learn some basic ones in jap show plus anime lor, sometimes got used to them when u dont read sub also understand liao.
• Mewlove

  14 Jun 07, 00:14

  You know, if i watch it i can understand but if you ask me whats this is jap I cant remember. I can only remember the more common ones...
• jianfish9

  14 Jun 07, 00:43

  Tamago: Thanks. You have been most helpful. Guess its more or less for watching anime. Yes, I know I am shallow. Would be helpful if I could converse in Japanese or at least make people understand me. No need a JLPT to understand or speak Jap rite?
  
  I tried Google but all it gives is a list of places to learn. Doesn't say how good or bad or isit recommended.
• soulwinner

  14 Jun 07, 00:44

  Sign up for some course..
• 3nityblood.

  14 Jun 07, 01:17

  tamago > egg
  unagi > eel
  
  xD
• ditzy

  14 Jun 07, 02:16

  Say this to your jap teacher, "ippen shinde miru?"
• WiNtEr'SkiLL

  14 Jun 07, 02:17

  learn jap is goood...
• viciouskitty74

  14 Jun 07, 03:12

  www.jcss.org.sg
• jianfish9

  14 Jun 07, 10:37

  Tamago: Bunka looks pretty good. However, the schedule is a little off. I am looking for a course starting latest by 1st July but they don't seem to have any. Any other recommendations?
  
  Viciouskitty: wow, jcss is something like a 11months course. Gosh. Does it cost a bomb? Anyway, the earliest I can apply would be this Dec since the course runs from Jan to Nov. Perhaps if I like Jap enough I'll go sign on this course.
  
  Anyone has learnt jap at any language school and would like to recommend?
  
  Thanks in advance.
• BusSpeeder

  14 Jun 07, 10:44

  ^tamago^ is a japanese word?
• red_amoeba

  14 Jun 07, 10:51

  go download some jap av - confirm you noe jap in no time....
  
  dame kudasai....
• Mewlove

  14 Jun 07, 11:03

  you could go jap school? Theres a school in Singapore Shopping centre conducted by the School of Inuoe... But its really expensive... Its at dhoby ghaut.
• viciouskitty74

  14 Jun 07, 11:23

  Originally posted by jianfish9:
  Viciouskitty: wow, jcss is something like a 11months course. Gosh. Does it cost a bomb? Anyway, the earliest I can apply would be this Dec since the course runs from Jan to Nov. Perhaps if I like Jap enough I'll go sign on this course. [/b]

  Japanese Cultural Society is the cheapest and better structured Japanese Language School around in Singapore.
  
  They teaches you the Hiragana which is the basis of Japanese Language. With that, you can read most Japanese text or understand some Japanese words & pronouciations in most Japanese Comics.
  
  Try them only if you are seriously interested in the language. I am not sure...but I think the school fees last time was only $38/- a month. Maybe they have increased it, but it shouldnt be more then $150/-
  
  Are you in Secondary School or Poly? You can actually check with your schools whether they provide such language courses or can subsidise your language courses?
  
  I understand we have 'o' levels japanese exams and polys provide Japanese language training for some business or engineering students.
• mrsmall

  14 Jun 07, 11:28

  Originally posted by 3nityblood.:

  tamago > egg
  unagi > eel
  
  xD

  sakana > fish
  
• eviljustice

  14 Jun 07, 12:03

  i tot u wanted to learn to watch japan AV
• sermodabian

  14 Jun 07, 12:32

  doubt a couple of months of jap learning will enable u to understand the dialogue in your anime.