Originally Posted by Ferra

I don't totally understand some of them either since they use weird slang, but here's a few that made me giggle:


The Japanese reads:














As you can see, they're all pretty weird. But the English makes it sound nice and inspiring.

!!! That's hilarious! I hope I haven't written anything down that's really the wrong translation of something. > 3> (Not from there, but still.)

Originally Posted by Elsa Shawcross

@Ferra I hope so. They're highly traditional. I mean, I'm also Chinese like them but unlike them, I'm Chinese-Filipino, so I dunno if I would fare to their standards. Plus I'm not rich like them. I belong in a middle class family. xD which is kind of why I want to study Law after my current undergraduate studies so that people can be impressed by me xD but really, I wish his family would stop being so traditional and start being open minded

Aww, well in my experience I've found that I'm happier if I just do things for myself rather than try to seek someone else's approval. People who look down on you because of your social class tend to find faults no matter how far you come. It's not worth the effort.

Keep your head high!

Originally Posted by Ikuto Akihiko Hasegawa

!!! That's hilarious! I hope I haven't written anything down that's really the wrong translation of something. > 3> (Not from there, but still.)

Yeah, I got a big kick out of them. Some are kind of odd since they use really obscure slang, but others are quite funny. A few reference Game of Thrones.

Originally Posted by Ferra

Aww, well in my experience I've found that I'm happier if I just do things for myself rather than try to seek someone else's approval. People who look down on you because of your social class tend to find faults no matter how far you come. It's not worth the effort.

Keep your head high!

My first reason to go to Law School though is because I love the law and legal issues here in my country interest me. The credentials are just incentives. XD

But yes, I will still fight for the relationship because I'm growing on him. Like idk we're best friends and I'm falling in love. The only time that I'll stop fighting is when he ties the knot with someone else. o3o

Originally Posted by Elsa Shawcross

My first reason to go to Law School though is because I love the law and legal issues here in my country interest me. The credentials are just incentives. XD

But yes, I will still fight for the relationship because I'm growing on him. Like idk we're best friends and I'm falling in love. The only time that I'll stop fighting is when he ties the knot with someone else. o3o

Well that's good then. I was interested in law, but I decided to pursue teaching instead.

Have you told him how you felt? Seems like it might be better to act rather than hide your feelings and watch him fall in love with someone else, if you're really serious about him.

Shenownow... then what the alphabets are called over there?
Erm, no, XD latin alphabets are pretty common here. So not many Jawi.

Haha we call it Hrof hija'aia in arabic but i found that its called Jawa Here xD and i guess u mean countries like Indonesia

Originally Posted by Ferra

Well that's good then. I was interested in law, but I decided to pursue teaching instead.

Have you told him how you felt? Seems like it might be better to act rather than hide your feelings and watch him fall in love with someone else, if you're really serious about him.

Already did. He seemed to be cool with it, but he said it would be better if we were friends for now. But if he's done having issues, then he might date me. XD

Finnish looks and sounds like a lot of fun to speak, but also looks kind of complicated to learn. If I weren't so lazy, I'd love to try.
I did study a little bit of Norwegian and Danish, along with Swedish and German, but never got far. I'm also aware that even though Finland is considered Nordic/Scandinavia, Finnish is closer to Estonian, is it not?

Really the only languages I can speak comfortably are English and Japanese. Then I only know few Chinese words from dad's relatives. I probably know more Spanish than Chinese, though, just because I hung out with friends that speak it sometimes.
Where I currently live, I remember most kids in my school knew Tagalog, since over half the population is Filipino, but the only word I ever learned from anyone was "baklah(sp?)" which is an insult, and "adobo" which is just a food name.

Where I plan to move in the future, I'll need to learn some French, even though English should do fine. French has been hard for me, though. Hopefully I'll be able to make better progress by naturalization?

Good luck with the French, Kouki! It's funny, I was listening to some Turkish commercials earlier and some of them sounded kind of French-like. XD

Originally Posted by Ikuto Akihiko Hasegawa

Good luck with the French, Kouki! It's funny, I was listening to some Turkish commercials earlier and some of them sounded kind of French-like. XD

Thanks. XD
It is pretty interesting to listen/look at languages and notice how they can be similar to others, and often are a gradual change varying by geographical location as well.
I used to think Korean sounded like French x Japanese x Chinese, before I learned any Korean or French. xD

Haha, it is neat! I like the similarities I'm finding between Turkish and Japanese too. Subject-Object-Verb order for both instead of Subject-Verb-Object for English (did I get that right?? XDD). Turkish uses sentence enders to make questions, like Japanese uses ka. Theirs goes a bit further though. But really neat stuff! \ o /

Originally Posted by Kouki

Finnish looks and sounds like a lot of fun to speak, but also looks kind of complicated to learn. If I weren't so lazy, I'd love to try.
I did study a little bit of Norwegian and Danish, along with Swedish and German, but never got far. I'm also aware that even though Finland is considered Nordic/Scandinavia, Finnish is closer to Estonian, is it not?

Where I currently live, I remember most kids in my school knew Tagalog, since over half the population is Filipino, but the only word I ever learned from anyone was "baklah(sp?)" which is an insult, and "adobo" which is just a food name.

Yep, Finnish is more related to Estonian, and Norwegian and Danish are almost the same (whereas Swesish is like their distant cousin), and Icelandic is I remember ancient Norwegian since Iceland is the only remaining country that use the old Scandinavian surname where your surname depends on your gender and your father's name (e.g. Karl Magnusson = Karl, son of Magnus; Johanna Kristjonsdottir = Johanna, daughter of Kristjon). :)

And I'm Filipino lol. Bakla means gay, that can be offensive. Bading is a more acceptable term for male homosexuals. Adobo is indeed a food name, and it's mah favourite 8D

And I remember that German also usually puts their verbs at the end of the sentence unless the sentence is simple like "Ich liebe dich" (I love you) or "Ich wurde eissen jetzt" (I will eat now).

I think Finnish is an extremely beautiful language <3

Well I can speak English of course.
Other than that I can speak Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish.
I am intermediate level Chinese though >.>... (My grandmother forced me to learn it since I am part Chinese and she can be an evil Asian grandma sometimes!)
I would really like to learn German, French, and Swedish. I have no idea why but I have always wanted to learn French. I have tried before but to no avail :c.

Seems like there are a lot of Japanese speakers here! Any particular reason you learned how to speak Japanese, DaisyKeehl?

Originally Posted by Ferra

Seems like there are a lot of Japanese speakers here! Any particular reason you learned how to speak Japanese, DaisyKeehl?

My immediate family lived in Japan (for 5 years) around the time my mother was 4 and my grandmother taught me a little when I was younger. My friend Misaki (lives in Osaka) has been my friend since I was younger and in exchange for teaching her to better English she has been teaching me Japanese slang and ways to better my Japanese speech. In reality, I grew up with Chinese, Japanese, and English but English is my main since I live in America.
I also have friends and several cousins that live in Japan, Taiwan, and China.
The other half of my family lives in America.

Originally Posted by DaisyKeehl

My immediate family lived in Japan (for 5 years) around the time my mother was 4 and my grandmother taught me a little when I was younger. My friend Misaki (lives in Osaka) has been my friend since I was younger and in exchange for teaching her to better English she has been teaching me Japanese slang and ways to better my Japanese speech. In reality, I grew up with Chinese, Japanese, and English but English is my main since I live in America.
I also have friends and several cousins that live in Japan, Taiwan, and China.
The other half of my family lives in America.

That's really cool! It's great that you had a lot of international ties growing up. I hope to give those sorts of opportunities to my future children. Which dialect(s) of Chinese do you speak?

I found out way later that my mother had a Japanese exchange student living with her and studied Japanese a little in college (apparently not much) but she never taught me anything she learned. I found her old college textbook though. Sadly, it was only slightly more outdated than the textbook I was forced to use at my university. The old professor in charge of the department refused to change it, so it still referred to "East Germany" and some old political parties in Japan.

Originally Posted by Ferra

That's really cool! It's great that you had a lot of international ties growing up. I hope to give those sorts of opportunities to my future children. Which dialect(s) of Chinese do you speak?

I found out way later that my mother had a Japanese exchange student living with her and studied Japanese a little in college (apparently not much) but she never taught me anything she learned. I found her old college textbook though. Sadly, it was only slightly more outdated than the textbook I was forced to use at my university. The old professor in charge of the department refused to change it, so it still referred to "East Germany" and some old political parties in Japan.

Mandarin and Taiwanese I suppose. My grandmother told me that is what she prefers and that is what she taught me.
Well I love how I got to grow up with all of the traditions and celebrations

I think it is cool how your mom had a Japanese exchange student! Wow, the old parties?! How weird to go by such old terms xD.