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oh yeah.. to also answer eisike's question. You will also see ァ「ぁ」 ぇ「え」 ィ「ぃ」 ォ「ぉ」 ゥ「ぅ」 used with words such as: fa ファ「ふぁ」、fi フィ「ふぃ」、fe フェ「ふぇ」、fo フォ「ふぉ」、wi ウィ「うぃ」、we ウェ「うぇ」、va ヴァ「ゔぁ」、vi ヴィ「ゔぃ」、vu ヴ「ゔ」、ve ヴェ「ゔぇ」、tsa ヴォ「ゔぉ」、tsi ツァ「つぁ」、tse ツィ「つぃ」、tso ツェ「つぇ」、che ツォ「つぉ」、che チェ「ちぇ」、she シェ「しぇ」、je ジェ「じぇ」、ye イェ「いぇ」 these were made to make foreign borrowed words sound more like the original. they aren't used all that often, but you will still see them.

here is a good method to help develop that japanese articulation and pronunciation. this is taken as an excerpt from the anime, Clannad. Hitotsu hegi hegi ni hegigoshi hachikami. Bongame, bongome, bongomou. Tsumitate tsumi mame tsumi sanshou. Choshadan no chashoujyou. Okome no namagami. ohome no namakami. Konkogome no namakakami. Shusu. hisuzu. shusu. shuchin. Oya mo kahei. ko mo kahei. Oyakahei, kokahei. kokahei, oyakahei. Furu kuri no furu kirikuchi. Amagappa. kabangappaka. Kisama no kyahan mo kawagihan. Shikka bakama no shippo korobi wo Minna de tabinaga ni chotto muite. Mudo soto sono nakade Kawara sekiniko sekichiku. Nora nyorai. nora nyorai. Mina nyorai. munora nyorai. Choto saki no okoho botoke Ni okesu na okyaku ga Hosonaga ni, hosodomo ni, hosonoyo ni. Kyou mo nama nama nara nara nama no mama. Choto shiokande, ochato chatacho Chatto chotato chotecho. Aoda tokasen de hochacha tochacha. Koo ha koo de moo ni koo. Kouya no yama no okera kozou. Tanuki hyappiki, ashi hyakuzen. Tenmoku hyappai, bou happyappon. Bugubagu bugubagu, nibugubagu. Awasete bugubagu, mugububagu. Kikukuri kikuri, miki kukuri. Awasete kikukuri muki kukuri. Mugi gomi mugi gomi nimugi gomi. Awasete muigigomi mumugi gomi. Ano nageshino no nage naginata Ha dada nagenawa no fuhou no. ひとつ へぎ へぎ に へぎごし はちかみ。 ぼんがめ、ぼんごめ、ぼんごもう。 つみたて つみ まめ つみ さんしょう。 ちょしゃだん の ちゃしょうじょう。 おこめ の なめがみ。おほめ の なまかみ。 こんこごめのなまかかみ。 しゅす。ひすず。しゅす。しゅちん。 おやもかへい。こもかへい。 おやかへい、こかへい。こかへい、おやかへい。 ふるくりのふるきりくち。 あまがっぱ。かばんがっぱか。 きさまのきゃはんもかわぎはん。 しっかばかまのしっぽころびを みんあでたびながにちょっとむいて。 むどそとそのなかでかわらせきにこせきちく。 のらにょらい。のらにょらい。 みなにょらい。むのらにょらい。 ちょとさきのおこほぼとけにおけすなおきゃくが ほそながに、ほそどもに、ほそのよに。 きょうもなまなまならならなまのまま。 ちょとしおかんで、おちゃとちゃたちょ ちゃっとちょたとちょてちょ。 あおだとかせんでほちゃちゃとちゃは。 こおはこおでもおにこお。 こうやのやまのおけらこぞう。 たぬきひゃっぴき、あしひゃくぜん。 てんもくひゃっぱい、ぼうはっぴゃっぽん。 ぶぐばぐぶぐばぐ、にぶぐばぐ。 あわせてぶぐばぐ、むぐぶばぐ。 きくくりきくくり、みきくくり。 あわせてきくくりむきくくり。 むぎごみむぎごみにむぎごみ。 あわせてむぎごみむむぎごみ。 あのなげしののなげなぎなた。 はだだなげなわのふほうの。

you could also probably add watashi wa [私は]. or add boku wa [僕は] at the beginning.

um maybe... kage dewa nai [影ではない]

learning how to read and say hiragana on top of just watching a lot of anime for years. i gradually became more accustomed to the language. as well as deciding to go to school in japan, i continued to learn different kanji and communicated more with japanese people. once you know how to read, understanding sentence structures becomes easier. but i do still have a lot more to learn.♪♪

0 eh can't delete double posts...

Is this classroom stuff still going on?

I also play a Playstation 3 online game with a lot of japanese people.

lol i am actually american. i just know japanese. ^ ^ i'll keep it to english. just wanted to introduce myself with a bit of good ol' japanese. i am self-taught, but am planning on enrolling into The Naganuma School of Japanese Language in Tokyo with a year or two to be able to take the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. All just to get into Toho Gakuen School of Music. ^ ^ But yeah I actually found this forum through a language forum, which lead me to a blog from Kaoko-san. and thus to detectiveconanworld. XD

Hellooo. Just popping in here to introduce myself. I never knew there was such an awesome Detective Conan forum. Yay for google XD 名前はなつです。 私はアニメや音楽が大好きです。 私はミュージシャンとしての安倍圭子下桐朋学園大学で勉強することを期待しています。 名探偵コナンは最高ですww So I'll be hanging out around these forums for a while. ^ ^ よろしくお願いします! uhh.. here is what i said up there.. XD My name is Natsu. I love anime and music. I am hoping to study at Tōhō Gakuen School of Music under a Keiko Abe as a Musician. Detective Conan is the BEST! and that last part said yoroshiku onegaishimasu. oh i forgot to mention, but I play marimba and other Percussion instruments.