Comments on: Language Is Friendship and Familiarity

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[…] No language or sub-language belongs to you — except the ones you earn — and continue to …And you can, if you control your environment and behavior — if you pay the price — [l]earn any language. So every language (or, perhaps more accurately, any language), potentially, belongs to you. You own it. It’s yours. Take it. Time is money. You pay for it 6 by spending time with it. […]

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[…] Screw around now so you can be serious later. If you would read like an adult, read like a child first. […]

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Don’t Ask Me For Advice… | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 05:22:05 +0000

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By: 紗織・レイチェル

紗織・レイチェル — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:01:01 +0000

Thank you very much for this post. I wish to share it with every language learner I know. It’s so important to enjoy a language! And experience that language on a daily basis too.

I fell away from this blog for a long time, because I disagreed with some things. But I’m back and reading, and your posts are interesting. I bookmarked it. I’m looking forward to catching up on posts I’ve missed out on. No person is completely right about anything, but you are inspiring. Without having read your blog, my Japanese wouldn’t be what it is today. Even if it was as good as it is today, I’m sure I wouldn’t enjoy it as much. Thanks.

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Fri, 26 Nov 2010 06:41:35 +0000

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By: Anno

Anno — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:09:03 +0000

I love your style (as well as the content) so as a language learning exercise I’m translating this article into Korean. ㅋㅋㅋ Although I”m finding it much harder than I would have thought, I’m learning a lot through it.

By: sdc

sdc — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:49:19 +0000

I’ve never thought of anthropomorphising Japanese in that way before.
That’s really opened my eyes and I’m thinking about all of this in a completely different way now.

Thank you, Khatz.

By: URAHARA

URAHARA — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:57:55 +0000

>You can’t really become friends if you don’t play and do silly things together.
How could I have forgotten about that? Thanks for reminding to have more fun 😉

By: nippyon

nippyon — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:45:18 +0000

I want to eat some sweets with Japanese! Anyone know a good recipe w/ anko or azuki beans in it?(just picked up some at the grocery store)

By: Chiro-kun

Chiro-kun — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:52:08 +0000

>>There are movies… but nothing else.
Bad ones at that. I mean, seriously, when you’re churning out more than 1000 movies per year it’s hard to get creative.

By: Chiro-kun

Chiro-kun — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:40:20 +0000

＞＞If you don’t believe me, try getting Hindi manga.
あるぞ。なんならオレが翻訳してみっか？（笑）

By: ざっちー

ざっちー — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:01:53 +0000

@nippyon

Yes, the thought has crossed my mind! I have some ideas that I think would be simple yet really sweet and something people could enjoy!
The only problem is my experience in creating something like that. I have to find someone who I could either work with to produce such a program, or have someone point me in the right direction on how to do it myself.
You’re welcome to try to recreate what I’ve got. Maybe even make it better!

By: Lex

Lex — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:24:17 +0000

I have to say that this is one of my favorite analogies for anything ever.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:32:39 +0000

I have tried to learn Hindi and you are very right about Hindi media. There are movies… but nothing else. It’s the sole reason I switched to learning a different language.

By: nippyon

nippyon — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:26:42 +0000

@ざっち　
Really cool idea. Are you thinking of making one open to the public where other ppl can grow/hatch their Japanese language eggs?

By: Drewskie

Drewskie — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:21:37 +0000

I really like this post. Nice, Khatz. 🙂

By: ざっちー

ざっちー — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:07:12 +0000

Actually, I’ve recently (as in this week) decided to play around with making Japanese a “person”. To give Japanese a physical presence.
Here’s what I’m talking about:
hatchjapan.wordpress.com/incubator/

and if you’re curious there’s a more detailed description located in a link at the bottom of that page.

Hope it helps give people a few ideas. ♫