Archaic Japanese

[Condraz23]

Hey everyone.

Does anyone here know where I can learn to speak archaic Japanese? I'm looking for something from the 1400's to the late 1600's. I don't even know how to speak normal Japanese and am wanting to surprise someone. I need to be as fluent as possible and able to initiate a fairly complicated and open-ended conversation.

 

[Emperor]

get a good translation dictionary

get tutored

get some language tapes

befriend Japanese people

watch Japanese films/TV

get translation software

get Japanese learning software (one that uses mind memory visualisation tricks to help you remember)

 

[HAVOC]

Sounds like someone is trying to initiate courtship tactics.

guddorakku "good Luck"

 

[gaara]

watch Japanese films/TV

lol good luck with that...I've been watching anime for a few years now and I've only picked up on basic expressions and that's simply because the japanese use the same expressions over and over again

Something I hope to tackle in the next year or so

 

[Nubius]

lol good luck with that...I've been watching anime for a few years now and I've only picked up on basic expressions and that's simply because the japanese use the same expressions over and over again

that's also cause you're a BAAAAAAAAAKA and dont pay enough attention.

As I'm sure I've told you before:

http://www.thejapanesepage.com/news.php

Great for learning, especially the alphabets.

And this one you'd probably like better:

http://genki.yousei-ziploc.com/intro.php

Teaching you basic sayings from the generic hello, to asking who someone is, to possession, stuff like that.

as for archaic, just throw 'gozaru' at the end of every sentence

You should ask "Boomstick" though......he's japanese. Boomstick666 I think his whole name here is.

 

[gaara]

yes you've showed me both of those about three times now BAKA...don't you worry, I will living in japan watching my raw anime straight from tvtokyo with my hawt japanese girlfriend while you are stuck in your BAKA desert

 

[Nubius]

yes you've showed me both of those about three times now BAKA...

it's not possible I've shown you both as that 2nd one was a recent acquisition........AHO

while you are stuck in your BAKA desert

I'll be out of this desert in 3 months PUNK. PLUS, I'll have the japanese language proficiency test available to me in seattle. So you mean you'll be envying MY "HAWT" Japanese girlfriend and my raw anime watchage while you're all "Ehhhh, I'm 19......life is sooooo hard......school sucks.....ehhhhhhhhh, I'm one big BAKA for ever going against nubius-sama senpai's guidance"

 

[Frank_Jaeger]

And this one you'd probably like better:

http://genki.yousei-ziploc.com/intro.php

Teaching you basic sayings from the generic hello, to asking who someone is, to possession, stuff like that.

lmao I got lost on the second page! I think I'll stick to english for now as I struggle enough with that.

Although I did hear somewhere that english is one of the hardest languages in the world....

 

[kostas]

English one of the hardest? hahahaha, I don't think so...

 

[Chankama]

that's also cause you're a BAAAAAAAAAKA and dont pay enough attention.

yes you've showed me both of those about three times now BAKA...don't you worry, I will living in japan watching my raw anime straight from tvtokyo with my hawt japanese girlfriend while you are stuck in your BAKA desert

BAKA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baka_(Japanese_insult)

Interesting....