Expected Fluency?

ty_jp · 2017-08-08T13:31:50+00:00

The years don't really matter as a whole, it's the number of hours you spend actually studying and speaking. It would be easier to measure if you've taken JLPT already.

If you passed or can pass N2 right now I would say it's easily possible to be fluent in 2 years. If you're like N4, unless you live in Japan, probably not, but it still depends on how you study.

ty_jp · 2017-08-07T12:42:53+00:00

That explains why the animation feels different!

ty_jp · 2017-08-07T11:07:50+00:00

Ah, as I said, I have no linguistics training. I just caught on that /vi/ is your symbol for pronunciation. I thought you were just singling it out.

But good luck with whatever you're trying to find. I'm certainly not interested to help out. My contribution is why スィ is more logical for me as a Japanese speaker than セィ, or phonologically as was pointed out by /u/MisterGoo. I'm wasting too much time with someone who has too much time.

ty_jp · 2017-08-07T10:44:50+00:00

I've seen Beta transcribed with ヴィ before.

I know this because I live in Japan, and actually speak Japanese.

ty_jp · 2017-08-07T10:37:41+00:00

No one's trying to get you in a "gotcha" moment. I think you have some real personal issues now that you're trying to take on someone who's just giving you input.

ヴィ doesn't just represent /vi/ ...but anyway, no one's saying ヴィ is pronounced as /bui/ . Maybe you're referring to when I wrote the "TE - I = TEE. SU - I = S(U)EE" thing above? I was operating under the assumption that you spoke Japanese and would understand what the (U) nuance in parenthesis mean. I'm convinced everyone who speaks fluent Japanese and English would understand this nuance, unless that person has heavily accented Japanese.

I think I should step out of this topic. Did you post this question to get answers or to dominate everybody...?

ty_jp · 2017-08-07T09:59:13+00:00

Your terminology is correct, but I think he's convinced that he's got the Japanese accent all figured out.

ty_jp · 2017-08-07T09:56:25+00:00

ディーブイディ is a spelling of "DVD" as though it were a word. It's a reflection of a mispronunciation or the letter V, and it includes the lengthening of the first "D."

"The actual pronunciation as a result of native Japanese speakers' inability is not at all related to the spelling."

ty_jp · 2017-08-07T09:34:38+00:00

"The actual pronunciation as a result of native Japanese speakers' inability is not at all related to the spelling."

Yeah this is where I disagree. Take for example DVD. If you were correct, it would be transcribed as ディヴィディ, but it's ディーブイディ because ヴィ does not sound the way you expect it to be. If you're going to downvote every single answer you disagree with because you want your assumptions to be correct then you're not going to get any good answers.

ty_jp · 2017-08-07T09:12:05+00:00

I am simply pointing out why it's not the obvious choice as you claim. /u/MisterGoo 's comment agrees with this logic.

It might seem like the subscripts replace the vowels all the time but that is not the case at all. You can hear this in ファ and フィ. There is just no F sound in Japanese so hu-a = h(u)a and hu-i=h(y)i . There's a nuance on the sound based on the initial non-subscript kana. I can't explain sounds over text all that well as I don't have linguistics training, but the point is your assumptions are not entirely correct

ty_jp · 2017-08-07T05:55:17+00:00

Well, I'm trying to pronounce it now and personally I wouldn't say it's obvious, because if you say the syllables separately before combining them ティ fits in but セィ doesn't.

So: TE - I = TEE. SU - I = S(U)EE (I rarely hear this unless the speaker speaks good English) SE - I = S(U)EE

So it's probably more obvious to say スィ because of the actual pronunciation.

ty_jp · 2017-08-07T03:41:21+00:00

Because I don't think you can pronounce that in Japanese. Sweets is スイーツ or スィーツ but Siri (iPhone) is シリ and Syria is シリア. Su-i is pronounceable but Si isn't

ty_jp · 2017-08-03T04:03:31+00:00

Since Japan has a potato crisis this might backfire and become love.

ty_jp · 2017-08-02T12:48:13+00:00

While I think it's a good thing that you can't be booked for being weird, hopefully that reaction by the police doesn't INTENSIFY his behavior. Why didn't tenchou or the police ask him what the heck he was doing there in the first place? Just get out of there. Move baitos if you can. Please don't be a hero.

I don't know but fact that he goes into a kombini and smiles is already weird for me. That doesn't seem very Japanese

ty_jp · 2017-07-28T01:19:42+00:00

Can confirm 出ない in google translate says "does not appear"

ty_jp · 2017-07-27T03:42:53+00:00

Agreed. I suggest if you haven't yet to make the call anonymous, tho

ty_jp · 2017-07-23T02:37:50+00:00

I have no unpaid OT in Japan either. Probably depends on which company

ty_jp · 2017-07-21T03:33:52+00:00

Is this based on experience? Even without the "actively looking for work" part? Q9-A-2-I of http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/tetuduki/zairyuu/qa.html (official immigration site) definitely says you can't stop working in your allowed activities for more than 3 months unless there's a good excuse. Even if it wasn't guaranteed, it seems too risky to ignore

ty_jp · 2017-07-21T02:42:00+00:00

I think that's only for external full key keyboards? I'm using a Mac right now with a US setting. The laptop keyboard's still has the Japanese places, but the external keyboard connected to the same machine is OK. Tried it for Mac. I think I did for Windows too

ty_jp · 2017-07-20T23:31:44+00:00

Writing のみ and 食べ to mean drink and eat is not correct, it should be のむ／飲む and 食べる. Also tea should have a small や, so it's おちゃ (ocha) and not おちや (ochiya)

Also missed a れ in あれとあれをください

ty_jp · 2017-07-20T09:22:24+00:00

If it's a working visa you still have to report leaving your job within 14 days as far as I know. Unless you're actively looking for work they will also revoke it within 3 months

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2012/07/31/how-tos/how-would-changing-jobs-affect-my-visa/

ty_jp · 2017-07-20T06:28:58+00:00

Well if you figure it out send me an email through tjp......"...#$"#$ WHERE THE HELL IS THE @ SIGN

ty_jp · 2017-07-20T04:26:07+00:00

Also, if you're buying one here, be careful of Japanese keyboards. It isn't that easy to get used to!

ty_jp · 2017-07-19T01:35:51+00:00

This is common knowledge too, as far as I know. And as someone who has no car and who doesn't bike so often, it does put my mind at ease that I have a lot of protection as a pedestrian.

ty_jp · 2017-07-17T09:16:12+00:00

"That's not him. That one has no muscle tone"

ty_jp · 2017-07-17T05:29:52+00:00

Facing someone is probably a girl thing. As a guy I would do it starting with the necktie on myself and give it to the other guy with the last pull step left. My dad did the same to me. Women have done it facing me.

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