[tevyrefficy]

I remmember I had so much fun in all Japanese classes, not only I aced them so easily... the people were so funny I remember we had divided in teams to test each other, they always want me in their team, lol And our team name was like "ばか花子" (Baka hanako - Stupid Flower Girls and it was my classm8 Chris - a huge footfall guy thought of that) lol the grammar was wrong, but that was hell funny, lol

日本語クラスを　とても　懐かしまったな。。。
Nihongo kurasuwo totemo natsukashimattana... (I miss Japanese class a lot...)

[truportodfa]

mmm I think we should include translations, too so we can actually learn something, lol

dou omo u? (what do you think?)

いいですね。そんなにしましょう。

iidesune. sonnani shimashou.

that's good! let do that.

PS. I hope someone would correct me if what I say is wrong.

[Brewpralgar]

Konnichiwa Mugu San!,

O Genki Desu?

[Grapappytek]

Konbanwa.
こんにちは.

Hajimemashite.
Hai Hai desu.
Doozo yoroshiku.
はじめまして.
はい はい です.
どうぞ よろしく.

[toksenveste]

I hate being the grammar police... oishikatta desune?

[Ifroham4]

Or

そう しましょう
Sou shimashou (let's do it)

Our lesson is getting interesting, hahaha

おもしろい ですねえ! (interesting, eh?)

漢字を使ってもいいですか。
kanji o tsukattemo iidesuka?

is it good to use kanji?

[dumadegg]

kendokamax, can I take a guess? Tell me if I'm right...

"I like Kendo and I'm always (just?) thinking about it. They call that kendo-baka."

that sounds good!

[Ehlgamxf]

wakarimasu

better to say wakarimashita

[Avgustslim]

Sweet! Sakura no tabemono wo tabetakoto ga arimasen demo oishisou! Ne, Tanpopo ni ittakoto arimasuka? Sugoku oishidesuyo! Sono mise no mattcha ice cream wa dai ichiban!

I haven't eatten at Sakura before but it sounds really good! Hey, have you been to Tanpopo? It's really good! Their green tea ice cream is the best!

Jaa konshuu isshoni ikimasho ne!

Then let's go together this fall!

My Japanese vocabs are so limited, lol

[bUqLfXRI]

There are a lot of people writing 'watashi no namae ha...' as a direct translation of 'my name is...'. Ask any seasoned Japanese instructor and they'll tell you that this is one of the most common mistakes around. While it's perfectly understandable, it's not really that commonly used by native speakers, at least in introductions. of course, you can use it just fine in other situations. Here's a nice example I found in my favourite dictionary:

ぼくの名前は東郷隆盛といいますが、人からよく名前負けしていると言われる。

Not an introduction, as you can see. Bonus points to the first one to get the joke!

[Shinegayboyx]

mmm I think we should include translations, too so we can actually learn something, lol

dou omo u? (what do you think?)

[leadmoffer]

こんにちは　みなさん、

わたしんのなまえは、　かおるです。
みなさん、　おげんきですか。
わたしは　かながすきです。　

じゃ、　またね！

かおる

Translation:

Good evening everyone,

My name is Kaoru. Everyone, how are you? I like kana.

Well, bye!

Kaoru

[triardwonvada]

Konbanwa.
こんにちは.

どっち？！

こんばんわ、
わたしは剣道がすきで剣道のことばっかりかんがえています。それはケンドウバカといえるでしょ う！

[LfYaRf1S]

omg I want to learn japanese so bad where did u guys learn that don't live in japan
I mean my japanese skills consist of being able to count to 99 and telling u
konbonwa watakushino namaewa Rauriku desu
and I'm proud of that 1 where as u guys are having full conversations in japanese that rocks

also I was wondering if any1 knew where to find a book on japanese characters the 1's use d for normal writing. not the simple 1's (if I seem to have confused myself in anyway feel free to point it out ^_^)

[Gedominew]

Demo watashi-mo katakana wakarimasu. (but i only understand karakana)
Nihongogo skoshi wakarimasu, demo mada josujari-masen (i understand a little japanese, but im not good yet)


hope thats right

[emily]

はじまして、　私の　ナメは　チャーリーです。
Ｎｉｃｅ　ｔｏ　ｍｅｅｔ　ｙｏｕ．　Ｍｙ　ｎａｍｅ　ｉｓ　ｃｈａｒｌｉｅ．
ちゃーりーは　１５歳です。
Ｉ　ａｍ　１５．
私は　liverpoolに　すんでいます。
I'm from liverpool.　
こんにちは、　みんなーさん。　すこし　わかります。　(=^o^=)
Hello everyone. I can speak a little. (=^o^=)
私の　日本語は、　わかりますか？
Can you understand my japanese?

[jhfsdhf]

wakarimasu

[Badyalectlawl]

tsumaranai ne, kono hanashi ...'konnichi wa minnasan, hajimemashite' etc etc

Its boring just going through the usual, hello everyone nice to meet you etc etc.

boku wa omoshiroi kotoba no hou ga ii to omou. kore wa Yonekawa Akihiko no 'Beyond Polite Japanese' kara da.

I think its better to try more interesting words. This is from 'Beyond Polite Japanese' - Akihiko Yonekawa.

miihaa - bimbo, bubblehead, airhead

example sentance:

maikeru no tame nara shinde mo ii nante, miihaa na yatsu da ne.

translation (from the book, I kid you not):

Imagine some skirt carrying on about how she'd die for a cartoon cat named Michael! What a Bimbo!

[awagsFare]

awww poor ShinKenshi... there are some good Japanese resturants around here in Minnesota. In fact, my friend took me to Sakura last Saturday and it was great. They have really good bento box sets and sushi. The names were pretty kewl too for the bento boxes; Samurai, Shogun, lol I had the Shogun, it was one of the most delicious meal I ever had. Tottemo oishiideshita ne~! I'll take you there sometimes if you come visit our dojo

Sweet! Sakura no tabemono wo tabetakoto ga arimasen demo oishisou! Ne, Tanpopo ni ittakoto arimasuka? Sugoku oishidesuyo! Sono mise no mattcha ice cream wa dai ichiban!

I haven't eatten at Sakura before but it sounds really good! Hey, have you been to Tanpopo? It's really good! Their green tea ice cream is the best!

[NudiJuicervich]

Actually, you say "watashi" not "watakushi". I have heard people say "watakushi" before but it's a fairly common mistake. Also, if you're a guy, then you can say that or one of the following: "boku" or "ore". "Ore" is a less formal way of referring to yourself and only guys use it. Girls can use it too but it makes them sound like total tom-boys. That being said, I'm having trouble understanding what you mean when asking about kanji books. I'm really not sure what you mean by "normal writing." If you live near a college or university you might be able to take some Japanese courses there. Otherwise you could probably find some decent language books at Borders, B. Dalton, Barnes & Noble or something. Just make sure that the book not only goes over how to write hirgagana, katakana, and kanji, but also goes over grammar, verb conjugation, etc.

watakushi is also correct.