Presia, I'm a newb :D Options

[Presea]

Thx, Shiro. I like learning foreign languages, too. It can be really fun. I wanna learn Japanese, maybe, but it looks kinda hard... do you know Japanese? Is it hard to learn?

[Yuki Fukurou]

Me & Shiro know a little bit. Well...he does more than me. The language can be a bit tricky first, since you have to try & understand the writing before the actual reading. Me...I have a sort of odd way of learning it. Putting the words first in the romaji (romanized version) & then the actual writing. They're both the same, however, I still have to learn the rest of it.

[Presea]

I looked at some Japanese stuff online one time (it was sort of a quicky on the basics of Japanese), but it looked so complicated! lol! I was looking at it when the thought of learning Japanese was just a thought--in other words, I might learn it, and I might not. So when I saw all that complicated stuff, it sorta blew me away. But now I'm reeeeally wanting to learn it, so I may go back to that site, or check out some books from the Library or something and see if I can't get it down. I learned a bit of Hebrew this one time (which was fun), and Mom said that I learn languages fast, so, I may give it a spin.

[Shirotatsu]

...oh...can you read the Alephbeth with all the vowels and stuff...?

Actually, I believe learning Japanese script (excluding Kanji) is easier than reading Hebrew...so do give it a try! Myself, I know the script better than the language, since I put reading before speaking (that's highly discouraged though). Either way, good luck with your studies!

[Shiidou Hikaru]

At one time I looked into studying Japanese too and checked out the courses at my old university. They have a three year/six semester program which seems decent but costs somewheres between $400-$500 per credit hour. >_< So I decided not to do it based on the time and financial committment. If you're still in high school, now is the time to learn it Presea-san, you'll save a whole lot of time and money over waiting and doing it later.

[Presea]

thanks for the advice. I'm definitely going to have to check out some Japanese-learning material. Besides, there's a few Japanese songs at the end of this one video game I own that I've been hoping to "decipher" lol!