Just took my first Japanese class...

Thank you so very much. But it seems that the site is giving some problems right now, I will make sure to check it out soon. Also as thanks I feel that I should rep you but I see negative rep on you so I want to confirm it, do you want me to negative rep you? I mean, are you like Harmonian who wants to have negative rep or are you normal who got negative repped?

I don't care about rep.

Very well then, have it your way.

Hey guys, after looking at some reviews I noticed that that although it seemed that Rosetta stone is great for most languages it didn't go very well with Japanese because all it does is make you say the words with pictures, but you wouldn't know what you were referring too. On the reviews I saw that "rocket Japanese" and tell "me more Japanese" were well regarded.

Rocket Japanese torrent(im seeding it)
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/182241205/Rocket+japanese?tab=summary

Tell me more japanese torrent( helping seed this as well)
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/48746603/japanese?tab=comments

Just some variety, I downloaded and installed these myself so they are verified.

now if only I had the motivation to use them. :P

Whats "Excuse me but I need to go to the toilet" in Japanese?

looks like google translate is getting better though.

すみませんが、私はトイレに行く必要がある

Sumimasen ga, watashi wa toire ni iku hitsuyō ga aru


personally I'm only good at the vocabs, so understanding is quite easy.

but I'm still a noob at grammars and sentence structure.

Brain is now fried, spent about 4-5 hours studying the pronunciation, whispered mora, and accent/intonation. Brain hurt now, still do not understand the whole accent marks and what the difference really is.

Thanks for the links. It's always nice to have a variety of options to go through with this sort of thing.

I took Japanese in my second year of highschool, my teacher was really good at pronunciation practice, although I could've done without the Alphabet song... I never tried the internet but I think I will download them to check it out :3

here's what i usually say politely.
すいません、　ちょっと　お手洗いに行きたいんですけど　よろしでしょうか
suimasen,chotto otearaini ikitaindesukedo yoroshideshouka.

moshi-moshi

heres one that should help if you should not have anything with a clock

nan-ji= time?/ shorter or slang for what time is it

or a general greeting

hajimemashite=How do you do?/Nice to meet you.

domo=slang or short for thanks

also dont forget your suffixes when your speaking 'politely'
japan is still largely based on formal and polite speech even if the youth of japan are still trying to do away with it

I give you all 26 lang rosetta stone.
http://www.picktorrent.com/download/36/2029306/rosetta-stone-ultimate-language-disk-v2-multi26-%5Bdvd-iso%5D/

Using tips:
you only use "hajimemashite" for people you just met, it means one "hajimemashite" for one person. Using it for the second time might get you a few chuckles and strage stares.


and I don't really consider "Domo" a slang word, it's more of a shorter version, like "Thanks"

and you must use "Ima" if you want to ask for the time, ex: "Ima nan-ji?"

Thanks a lot, I will take them as well, don't know how long it will take with my slow internet but I will download it sonehow.

You could just say, "sumimasen, toilet/toire"

Or you could do a little dance and put your hands between your legs while you mutter "oshikko!" and they'll help you out after laughing at you.

But the best way is probably "toire ni ikitai desu" which is "I want/have to go to the bathroom." However, nobody would likely say that in real life imo. It is almost the equivlent of saying "I have to go pee" in english, it makes sense but you wouldn't say something so... crude I guess?

If I had to go to the bathroom, I would simply say "chotto sumimasen" and excuse myself as it is odd to announce that you have to use the bathroom. If someone asked where I was going I would say "toire" or perhaps tell them to mind their own business.
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Kaimax is also completely right on his points.
1.Domo is not slang
2.if you don't add Ima then your saying "time?" instead of "What time is it now?
3.hajimemashite is for introductions. It probably stems from its root word "hajime" which is "began/beginning" as in "lets began our acquaintance or meeting". I don't know about not saying it more than once though. Maybe if it was like for an instructor you meet only once a month? You could say it then I think. It isn't another way to say hello to people you know though.
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If you are using rosetta stone, stick with it. It is meant for you to struggle at first. You start realizing what the pictures REALLY mean once you get an answer right but then another one wrong when you swore it is just like the last question. It helps you learn subtleties about the words so you don't improperly use them. You learn the syntax of the language so you don't sound so much like a foreigner.

I wish we could have japanese classes at high school. Oh well, I'm done with that anyway.

すみません、おてあらいはどちらですか／トイレはどこですか。

...on a semi related link: http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1314314953

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