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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by dragg @ Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:59:39 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by :&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;I love you = aishi te massu or aishi teru?
&lt;img title="Shocked" src="/images/emoticons/classic/icon_eek.gif"
alt="Shocked" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;its actually the same.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
just different way of saying it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by Gordonator @ Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:22:14 +0800</title>
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&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by ad3285:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;I noticed a mistake from the list ^^&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It should be:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Genki desu - I'm fine&lt;br /&gt;
Genki desu ka? - How are you?&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;noted. i'll use it accordingly. ^^&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by ad3285 @ Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:49:27 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;I noticed a mistake from the list ^^&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Genki desu - How are you?&lt;br /&gt;
Genki desu ka - I am fine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It should be:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Genki desu - I'm fine&lt;br /&gt;
Genki desu ka? - How are you?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:49:27 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by ad3285 @ Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:48:06 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by dragg:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;it is wa only when used as a
particle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- bleh. the forum doesn't recognize japanese wording -&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
anyway i was trying to use some words to explain better.&lt;br /&gt;
anyway, in pronouncing u read it as WA but in writing you have to
write it as HA.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by Gordonator @ Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:40:34 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by :&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;I love you = aishi te massu or aishi teru?
&lt;img title="Shocked" src="/images/emoticons/classic/icon_eek.gif"
alt="Shocked" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;japaneses seldom express their love of others by saying 'i love
u'.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
instead they use 'sukidayo' meaning i like u. &lt;img title="Cool"
src="/images/emoticons/classic/icon_cool.gif" alt="Cool" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:40:34 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by Hanagata @ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:00:51 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;woo thumbs up&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:00:51 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by Yuki~! @ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:23:13 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by :&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;I love you = aishi te massu or aishi teru?
&lt;img title="Shocked" src="/images/emoticons/classic/icon_eek.gif"
alt="Shocked" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Aishi teru &lt;img title="Very Happy" src=
"/images/emoticons/classic/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=
"Very Happy" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I like ____ &lt;img title="Arrow" src=
"/images/emoticons/classic/icon_arrow.gif" alt="Arrow" /&gt; _____ wa
suki desu&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:23:13 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by &amp;lt;Precious&amp;gt; @ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:21:23 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;I love you = aishi te massu or aishi teru? &lt;img title="Shocked"
src="/images/emoticons/classic/icon_eek.gif" alt="Shocked" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:21:23 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by abao @ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:01:51 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;its in teh list liao.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
morning: asa&lt;br /&gt;
noon: hiru&lt;br /&gt;
rice/ meal: gohan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by Yuki~! @ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:13:28 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;YUKI MEANS SNOW~! &lt;img title="Mr. Green" src=
"/images/emoticons/classic/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt="Mr. Green" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:13:28 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by dragg @ Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:29:14 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Originally posted by ted_nhg:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;therez an issue which i'm kinda confused,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
how do you pronouce the following .....&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is it [b]kimi &lt;span style=
"text-decoration: underline;"&gt;WA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;kimi
&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;HA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Speech-wise, i've heard ir as Wa&lt;br /&gt;
but MS word input-wise, i've it as Ha&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[/b]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;it is wa only when used as a particle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by Gordonator @ Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:42:44 +0800</title>
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&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by dragoncloud:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;Anyone knows the meaning of de arimasu?
&lt;img title="Very Happy" src=
"/images/emoticons/classic/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=
"Very Happy" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;it's the polite way of saying "to be".&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img title="Arrow" src="/images/emoticons/classic/icon_arrow.gif"
alt="Arrow" /&gt; &lt;a href=
"http://japan-studies.com/language/grammar/constructions/tobe.php"
rel=
"nofollow"&gt;http://japan-studies.com/language/grammar/constructions/tobe.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:42:44 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by dragoncloud @ Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:26:22 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Anyone knows the meaning of de arimasu? &lt;img title="Very Happy"
src="/images/emoticons/classic/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=
"Very Happy" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:26:22 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by snop_coolz @ Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:03:10 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;humm&#8230;its kimi wa&#8230;i think&#8230;eg&#8230;kimi wa kirei&#8230;you are beautiful&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:03:10 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by ted_nhg @ Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:29:00 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;therez an issue which i'm kinda confused,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
how do you pronouce the following .....&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is it &lt;strong&gt;kimi &lt;span style=
"text-decoration: underline;"&gt;WA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;kimi
&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;HA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Speech-wise, i've heard ir as Wa&lt;br /&gt;
but MS word input-wise, i've it as Ha&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:29:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by Master -_- @ Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:51:34 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by Rika Ishikawa:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;how to say u r cute, how much u charge 4 1
day in japanese language&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anata wa Kawaii desu.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:51:34 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by Master -_- @ Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:46:03 +0800</title>
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&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by popikachu:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;aish&lt;img src="" alt="image" /&gt;iteru means i
love you right?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
watashi ai shimasu means what?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
then is someone say aishi&lt;img src="" alt="image" /&gt;teru how to
reply back 'i love you too'?&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Watashi mo aish&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;teru
&lt;img title="Wink" src="/images/emoticons/classic/icon_wink.gif"
alt="Wink" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:46:03 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by Master -_- @ Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:43:57 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by SGBelair:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;Any knows what s-kate (sounds like)
means?&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;take care (Tsukete)&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:43:57 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by Rika Ishikawa @ Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:21:54 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;how to say u r cute, how much u charge 4 1 day in japanese
language&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:21:54 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by Xephone_xenon @ Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:56:04 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by SGBelair:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;Any knows what s-kate (sounds like)
means?&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sake?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by SGBelair @ Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:11:59 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Any knows what s-kate (sounds like) means?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:11:59 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by popikachu @ Sun, 24 Jun 2007 03:36:42 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;aish&lt;img src="" alt="image" /&gt;iteru means i love you
right?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
watashi ai shimasu means what?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
then is someone say aishi&lt;img src="" alt="image" /&gt;teru how to
reply back 'i love you too'?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 03:36:42 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by Mewlove @ Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:24:44 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Actually, wakarimashita is past tense yeah?&lt;br /&gt;
Arigato gozaimashita is also past tense. Though it sounds weird cuz
in English there is no past tense for thank you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Wakarimashita is understood&lt;br /&gt;
Arigato Gozaimashita is sort of like thanked you. The present tense
is used before the act and past tense is used after the act.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Present tense:&lt;br /&gt;
Please pass me the tissue thank you(arigato gozaimasu).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Past tense:&lt;br /&gt;
"I have passed you the tissue."&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
"Oh ... thank you(Arigato gozaimashita)"&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But most people do not care about that anyway...&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by MooKu @ Sun, 06 May 2007 20:39:15 +0800</title>
      <description></description>
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      <title>Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese replied by kopiosatu @ Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:48:51 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;oooh, looks like thai inc can start a language topic soon
&lt;img title="Laughing" src="/images/emoticons/classic/icon_lol.gif"
alt="Laughing" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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