Give me a call weekdays after 8:00 pm Japan time, and I'll let you practice Japanese, or we can switch to English when you want.
Greg JO3SLK Rptr JP3YHJ node B --- In [email protected], "J. Moen" <j...@...> wrote: > > Eric VK3EJP/K5EJP wrote: "some of my favourite works are French... like > 'Sandwich...'" > > Sandwich, as in Earl Of....? > > I almost became fluent in Spanish in high school (had QSOs in Spanish, but I > wish I'd gone to live in a Spanish-speaking country for a year), and German > in college (got to the point where I'd dream in German sometimes). But alas, > I let it all drop, and now at age 66 I'm struggling to re-learn German so I > can talk to the neighbors when I visit my grandson there. He, of course, is > bi-lingual. > > Learning languages is a good thing. Taking the trouble to speak to someone > in their native language may be painful to them, but it does show some > respect. > > Jim - K6JM > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Eric Pinnell > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 10:43 PM > Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Japanese Language Lessons > > > > > I think these lessons are all right. I don't have a need for Japanese, but > as an American that used to work in Paris, France every few months I found > that knowing your way around a restaurant and day to day stuff isn't bad. > > > When it comes down to it, the French didn't want you hear your bad French > and would speak English, but they appreciated the effort. I would imagine the > same is true for the Japanese stations. > > > btw, some of my favourite works are French... like "Sandwich" and > "Mayonnaise" :) yum! I have some favourite Japanese words, like "toro" and > "Uni"... and "Sapporo" :) > > > -e > > > VK3EJP / K5EJP > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > From: kevin asato <kc6...@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sun, July 11, 2010 3:35:43 PM > Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Japanese Language Lessons > > > The lessons are pretty basic but helped me get back into the Nihon-go > mindset before my first trip to Japan in 2009. Still, this Japanese-American > benefitted (survived) a week in Tokyo by the better English language skills > of the Japanese. (I lost whatever Japanese language skills learned in > J-School living in SoCal where I hear the language spoken less and less). > Need to study further as my daughter is asking to go again next year. > > 73, > kevin > kc6pob > > --- On Sat, 7/10/10, bosshardss <bossh...@gmail. com> wrote: > > > From: bosshardss <bossh...@gmail. com> > Subject: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Japanese Language Lessons > To: dstar_digital@ yahoogroups. com > Date: Saturday, July 10, 2010, 9:13 AM > > > > I had a nice call sign routed chat with Kohji, JA4NYY in Hiroshima > this morning (US Time). JA stations do not have Dplus or reflector liinking, > but many have dongles to listen with. Kohji mentioned Japanese Language > lessons on NHK 1, the website for the Japanese equivalent of BBC or VOA. > > http://www.nhk. or.jp/lesson/ english/index. html > > Sayonara, steve nu5d >
