Okay...
I'm 13 and I want to learn Japanese.
I defiantly going to move to Japan, when I'm older.
And I want to know the language as best as I can.
Would 7 years (when I'm 20) be long enough to know as much as I need to know?
(writing, reading, speaking, understanding, etc.)
If I try REALLY hard.
No mean answers please.
2007-07-17 23:40:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
7 years won't make you use the language as a native Japanese, but it will surely take you very close. If you work hard on it.
Instead of making this kind of questions, start asking your doubts about Japanese! There are some here that speak it.
Good luck!
2007-07-18 01:43:05 · answer #1 · answered by kamelåså 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Seven years should be more than enough. According to experts, it takes an English speaker 3-4 years to learn to speak, read and write Japanese.
I'm not fluent in the language, but I have took lessons on my own. It's really not that hard of a language. Yes, you need to work on it, but it's not impossible. It's easier than Chinese or Arabic, IMO. The grammar is pretty straight forward -- there are no plurals, no word for "the" and words have no gender.
I don't mean to scare you, but the characters can be a nightmare to learn, though. That will probably take up most of your learning time. You will definitely be speaking fluently BEFORE you learn to read it.
But go for it, and good luck!
2007-07-17 23:51:01 · answer #2 · answered by karkondrite 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, if you try hard. Good luck You have to practice daily language with come Japanese people near you and watch movies in that language also with subtitles in your language to learn better in the beginning
2007-07-18 00:04:37 · answer #3 · answered by pelancha 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes of course ! 7 years is a lot if you work hard! My friend studied Chinese for 4 years and then she moved to China for some time, and she could suriviv and she learnt a lot there. You can do it! Good luck!
2007-07-18 02:05:08 · answer #4 · answered by Chiara C 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't worry, you seem very interested in learning a new language, which is very positive and important. You are also young enough, and I truly believe that you will succeed. Good luck !
2007-07-18 00:30:45 · answer #5 · answered by Angel 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes 7 sevens is plenty. you have to speak it everyday with someone who already knows japanese, like a good long conversation. i'm tri-lingual, i can speak english, french and spanish.
2007-07-17 23:50:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It more than enough.
2007-07-18 00:28:13 · answer #7 · answered by rayanna 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
my uncle mastered it in three but he worked really hard.......
2007-07-17 23:45:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you really try hard!!
yes!!
2007-07-17 23:43:58 · answer #9 · answered by Robin 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋