Officer Kaoko

Welcome in! :-D Thank you <3

First of all, I feel bad for to have to repeat my writings xD But anyway, it's just like having it with me whenever I go : D So everybody would be able to read it and benefit from it \o/ (I hope)! Getting Familiar With The Japanese Language - Introduction Konnichiwa, minna. Kochira Kaoko-desu~ (Hello, everyone. Kaoko here~) Here, I will be posting lessons and teach you Japanese language in a fun and amusing way~ \o/ But before we get into serious lessons. I want you to get familiar how the Japanese language works~ Here, we would like to introduce the beginning of our learning system. In order to learn you need to be familiar with the Japanese language, or at least to know the basic how the language works. After knowing the basics, it’ll be easy to get yourself around and you’ll learn faster. The Japanese language is actually very simple but so unlike English that many English speakers find it difficult to learn Japanese. The goal of this Getting Familiar With Thge Japanese Language course is to help you study the basics of the Japanese language and to teach you how to learn Japanese in a way that is, hopefully, fast and easy to understand. You might think that Japanese is hard, and you lose confidence... but if you think the opposite, it’ll turn the other way round. Just take it easy and relax. If you don’t understand, try reading it again and again till you get the hang of it. You are also free to ask any of us, and we’ll definitely help you with pleasure! In order to learn you need:- To think like a Japanese person: You need to think like a Japanese if you want to learn their language. Put English aside (or any language you have). Don’t compare Japanese with your native language (it’s the same thing if you learn other languages as well), it’ll just get you confused and will make things harder and far more complicated. Especially beginners and who have yet just started learning. Confidence: You will also need confidence. In fact, not just that but in everything you do. In order to move forward you will always need some confidence in yourself. You can’t do things if you don’t have any confidence. Don’t give up too easily either, never give up! Even if things gets difficult, try reading it again and again until you understand, or/and you can ask any of us; either for help, for explanation, etc. We’ll try our best to make you understand and make to be able to do it. So need to worry! We’ll always be there for you And since this is DC community, I would like to have DC set as examples from now and then (in the upcoming lessons and courses)~ : D Thread under construction...

Ahoy, ahoy, Kleene-chan <3 I love your intro. It sound deliciously AWESOME!

Sorry, Hano! I hadn't update the list in awhile D: *goes and updates* Don't forget to also post it in your blog WOOOOOOOOT! Welcome in¬ <3 If you are a beginner who yet hasn't begin any Japanese course, start from here -> Getting Familiar :-D

You don't have to ask. Just say the word 'I wanna join! \o/' and we'll add you to the list :-D Welcome in! I hope you enjoy it here ;-) xD Sorry for the late reply by the way :V I did :-D Well, duh. What do you expect for someone who hasn't studied a thing? If you are just here to bug us, then get lost.

Kaito: xD xD xD Yup, let's pay it a visit! :-D Here's an example for of when to say 'いってらっしゃい (itte rasshai)' and 'いってきます (itte kimasu)': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0gF3BEaPG8 Before Ran went for school, Conan tells her to have a good day (itte rasshai), and she responded that she will be off then (itte kimasu). 行ってらっしゃい【いってらっしゃい】 (itte rasshai): have a good day; take care; see you 行って来ます【いってきます】 (itte kimasu): I'm off; see you later

Sugoi, Kaitou-kun! Your Japanese is wonderful! Yokatta~ I'm glad you liked our lessons. It's a pleasure to know that our lesson is benefiting other people. K-Kaito-kun..? You were a girl...?! I thought you were a boy! Doumo! xD Of course you can join! You think we'd ever say no? xD Welcome! Don't worry, in our classroom we start from a scratch! Begin with learning the characters first (hiragana and katakana) ~ THUMBS UP! :-D xD What are you referring to, Cheesus? xD BTW, since the story for the hiragana lessons is getting longer (Tna... just how awesome is your writing skills?! xD), it's a pain to have it all transferred here (you know, the forum codes and such). So I am going to post the link of the blog! Here goes lesson 30 -> Hiragana: Lesson 30 - ‘ほ’ [ho], ‘ぼ’ [bo] & ‘ぽ’ [po] Enjoy~ :mrgreen:

Thanks ~