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| starrye Senior Member United States Joined 5122 days ago 172 posts - 280 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese | Message 9 of 12 16 February 2011 at 3:15am | IP Logged |
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As others have said, it definitely sounds like you prefer either Arabic or Japanese. I have never studied Arabic so I can't comment on that one.
But it appears you have already started on Japanese, and still have a high interest... so, perhaps take another crack at Japanese, before giving up on it? There are some different approaches and methods out there for learning kanji, if that is what is giving you grief. Perhaps if you share a little bit about what materials you own, and how you've been going about learning, then maybe we can help. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Lucky Charms Diglot Senior Member Japan lapacifica.net Joined 6977 days ago 752 posts - 1711 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German, Spanish | Message 10 of 12 16 February 2011 at 5:04am | IP Logged |
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You've been learning kanji in a class, likely with a native Japanese speaker as a
teacher, right? Native Japanese-speaking teachers seem to think it's their job to make kanji as tedious and confusing as possible. You can get a lot of great things out of Japanese classes, but I don't recommend depending on them to learn kanji. Let me add that in my opinion, the kanji are what makes Japanese poetry and prose so beautiful! They add a dimension of expression that isn't possible in an alphabetic language, or maybe even in Chinese (I'm talking about the writer's freedom in assigning any pronunciation he/she wishes to a specific character). Although I haven't read it myself, I hear that "Crazy for Kanji" http://www.amazon.com/Crazy-Kanji-Students-Wonderful- Characters/dp/1933330201/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1297 829022&sr=8-1 (remove any spaces) is a great book for inspiring enthusiasm with regard to learning the kanji. Also, I really love the articles linked on the front page of this site http://kanjidamage.com/ if you need some convincing that the most complex thing about kanji is the ridiculous way in which it's traditionally taught. (Rated PG-13 for language and sexual innuendo) Best of luck to you with whatever you end up deciding to study. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5290 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 11 of 12 16 February 2011 at 1:13pm | IP Logged |
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You are a poet? Some of the most wonderful poetry in the world is in Spanish- Pablo Neruda, Federico García Lorca, Rubén Dario, José Martí, Gioconda Belli.
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| Leftcoaster Diglot Newbie China Joined 5059 days ago 22 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin, Russian | Message 12 of 12 16 February 2011 at 3:30pm | IP Logged |
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As a hard-core addict to the short story format, I've also found that a lot of the Spanish (especially latin American)
literature out there is some of the best in the world. Plus, once you have the pronunciation down reading is a breeze. Of course, there's a host of other reasons to chose Spanish as your second language so don't write it off yet! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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