Do YOU speak Japanese?

[Eyedunno]

可能形使ったら「を」助詞が使えません。このボイスには、その助詞が「が」になります。日本語の学習者は、 この間違いが通常だと思います。

便利な説明を読むには、下記のサイトをご覧ください。

http://www.geocities.jp/niwasaburoo/25boisu.html#25.4

25.4.1 可能形の形についてという部分。

頑張ってください。

Funny thing is, the very page you posted makes it clear that either を or が is acceptable (aside from with できる), albeit with some difference in nuance.

ただ、このガ／ヲの交替は、「できる」の場合とは違って、義務的なもので
はありません。特に、スル動詞の場合や、否定の場合、「Ｎが」と動詞の間が
離れている場合は「Ｎを」のままでもかまいません。

練習メニューを何とか消化できた。
　　　　　大きな声で夢を語れなくなった。
　　　　　こんな難しい本を辞書なしですらすら読めるなんてすごい。

[Breetai]

Speak? Yeah, sure, I coulc get by just fine last time I checked.
Listen? Yeah, but speaking is easier.
Read? Eh, not really. Just stuff you'd use in daily life. I'm too lazy to actually study, so I don't know too much kanji.

I don't know anything about any study programs. I never studied it. I just lived there for a bunch of years and got used to it. My Japanese is pretty crude I think.

haha pretty funny that no one speaks japanese on the import games forum.

fluent btw.

Pretty funny how you aren't fluent enough in reading web-forums to have bothered actually reading the posts in the two pages of this thread. Not to mention that a lot of people here who know Japanese of various levels won't even bother to post in this thread.

Burn!

[Aussie2B]

It's not like it matters anyway. It's not like there's some import gaming police who requires people to learn Japanese before they're allowed to enjoy games released in Japan. There are also plenty of gamers who stick only with import games that are more action-based and have very little text in them, so it's no surprise to me that a lot of people in this forum enjoy imports without knowing Japanese.

Also, I think it helps to realize that as English speakers and/or Japanese speakers, we're in a fortunate and unusual position. Those are the dominant languages for games, so it's easy to take for granted having most games in your mother tongue. Most of the world has to either learn one of those fluently or adapt to playing games in a language that they don't understand well or at all. Like in Europe, if a game is released in multiple languages, it's usually, what, 4 or 5 languages? If you're from one of the less powerful/populated European countries, you have to get by on whatever you may have learned as a second language. It's not uncommon at all for people to play games in English even though their English is pretty weak or nonexistent, so why is it strange for people to play games in Japanese without being totally fluent?

[FoxNtd]

Funny thing is, the very page you posted makes it clear that either を or が is acceptable (aside from with できる), albeit with some difference in nuance.

ハハ。「を」は、動詞の可能形と一緒に使われてることたまに見た。

できるという動詞は別の意味を表せるからこの動詞は特別の場合ですね・・というわけで「を」と「できる」と 一緒に言ったら別の意味を伝えると思う

[InsertCleverName]

My school offers a vitual language course which is basically Rosetta Stone. I just started Japanese this month, and it's pretty fun so far. I'm aware that Rosetta Stone doesn't teach you everything but its a nice platform for beginners.

[The 1 2 P]

I was actually thinking of trying out one of the cheaper alternatives to Rosetta Stone. Just haven't gotten around to it yet.

[Bubble_Man]

Sukoshi (a little). I studied it for a while back in my late teens and had a Japanese penpal whom I exchanged emails with on a daily basis (a few sentences in Japanese and a few in English). That was about 10 years ago, so I've forgotten quite a bit due to a loss of interest. I'd have to do some reviewing just to read hiragana again.

[Manhattan Sports Club]

I've already posted here but what kind of games do you guys play the most to keep yourself immersed in the language? I'm finding playing games that I am already familiar with to be much more helpful in learning new phrases and vocabulary than attempting stuff you haven't, despite how tempting it is. After all, most people who pursue it based on the otaku culture want to play RPGs that aren't available in english. Still, I'm learning alot by playing the Final Fantasies and Grandia in the original Japanese since I'm already familiar with the story and dialogue.

[Ogreatgames]

Currently I do not speak Japanese, but it would be a really nice skill!

[MadaoBob]

I err.....

Sorta cheated.

Having learnt Chinese before hand, I kinda somewhat cheated with the Kanji, considering that the meanings are usually the same except for the few that aren't.

Aside from that, I can only speak a meager amount of Japanese, broken but enough to perhaps get my point across.... I hope.