curious-georgia 0 Posted August 17, 2002 Share Posted August 17, 2002 Off topic (again!), but curious as ever. If I were to be in Japan and have Japanese friends, study the language a few hours a day and generally do my best, how long d'ya reckon for me to get decent at the language - conversation style stuff. Please don't flame me with "it all depends...", I'm far too sensitive for that Just curious Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted August 17, 2002 Share Posted August 17, 2002 Well, there's a whole list of 'all depends' involved - what that hour a day consists of, whether it really is an hour or not, whether you listen to the radio for relaxation, whether you have an ear for the language, and on and on. But I'd say that if you're diligent, six months minimum. Although I did once meet a scouser who was holding forth with reasonable competency about poetry within a couple of months. It took me a very long time, and even after 11 years, my spoken Japanese is pretty patchy. Getting competent at snowboarding however only takes 3 days at the most. Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted August 17, 2002 Share Posted August 17, 2002 Scouser + poetry Haha! I'm sure our own scouser will have something to say about that. As Ocean said, and as you didn't want us to say, it all depends. 6 months is a bit early to be getting decent - more like a year or two I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites
mort 0 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 I did a Japanese beginner course last year, but it was pretty useless with no-one to practice with - bit of a waste of time, but it showed us what we were in for if we wanted to learn the language. I think you have to be immersed in the language and culture to get anywhere with a foreign language. Where are you georgia? Link to post Share on other sites
OzOzOz 2 Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 Forever Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Best not to think along those lines and just concentrate on the task - otherwise it might depress you before you get going. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 Are you in the Peach State? Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 curious-georgia: Are you in the Peach State? Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted August 24, 2002 Share Posted August 24, 2002 How long? How long! How looong Link to post Share on other sites
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