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Something I've learned recently(While learning Japanese) is that anime uses a lot of slang/improper ways of speaking. It's not a good source in learning the language. The other day, I stated to this to , and they said their friend used the comparison that 'someone trying to learn Japanese from an anime was like someone trying to learn English from Sponegbob' which I thought was funny because it was true.
I was going to make this into a stamp, however because it was so long-I would have to make it animated. I'm still trying to figure out photoshop so that didn't work out to well.
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X) like ryu in binan koukou, I have compare the subtiles and what he say for real... I don't know all words in japanese, but I know he talk a bit in (teenage language) in the subtiles, but totally (teenage language) in litteral translation
also, you CAN'T learn japanese only with subtiled animes because the words are not in the same place.
example : "somebody" no musume is "somebody" 's daugther...Β
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I feel like this is a bit of an oversimplification.
As another person said before me, some anime use proper grammar. Β And, besides that, there are some general words that you can pick up on. Β Now, of course, watching anime in it of itself will not each you, in the same way that watching Spanish movies cannot truly teach you Spanish. Β But if you're learning from other sources? Β Then yeah, any sort of Japanese media, be it books, anime, live-action dramas, or whatever, can be useful. Β After all, any good language class tells you to go and, you know, read and watch things in the language that you're learning. Β And of course some it it isn't going to be entirely "grammatically correct", but again, that goes for all media for all languages, but that doesn't stop language classes from recommending it. Β Heck, I'd say it's actually useful to learn some slang and specific dialects, just so you can understand the culture a bit more. Β Even some Japanese people I've met said that subbed anime wasn't too bad of a supplement if you're learning Japanese. Β
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I learned english by playing video games but yeah....the best way to learn a language is by taking classes.
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I learnt English by watching movies in said language.Β
I favorited it but I cannot laugh xD
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*goes to japan* whuh-where-where are the subtitles
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I learned English from cartoons that weren't mean to be educational......But what you're saying makes sense.
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Same, I did learn English from cartoons that were educational for other reasons than learning English.
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Actually some people are intelligent enough to actually be able to do that. As for how? They basically hear the words being repeated and pick up on their meanings. I've been able to do this myself, when you think about it, they're still speaking Japanese in the language, so you can learn a lot if you're good at hearing and able to pick up stuff like I can. I'm actually able to under stand bits of raw clips and such now.
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or is it... what about learning english from something like "friends" or disney movies that use proper english? Seinen anime and many slice-of-life anime contain proper Japanese that'd you use every day. Textbook Japanese isn't always appropriate either. I lived in Kyoto for over a year studying intensive Japanese (but I'm an economics grad student) Saw a blog post on this question Can you learn Japanese with anime Β
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Funny thing is, I had Ethiopian roommates who would try to improve their English by watching (dubbed) Pokemon.
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Yeah, They'd repeat things the characters said like "It's so cute!" and "Pikachu, I choose you!". Had to tell them Pikachu was actually a Japanese(ish) word. Had to calm another one down by telling her wrestling was fake. She also thought Neelix from Voyager was scary. (Well, some people are inclined to agree with her.)
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Honestly, learning English from Spongebob is pretty impressive.
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I actually learned from shows that were more mind numbing than Spongebob.
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I actually said my first words by watching Spongebob, as the show acknowledges that "wumbo" isn't a word by Spongebob's confusion. Cuz' let's be honest, there's no such definition to "wumbo"!
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I agree. I learned Japanese when I went to Japan 7 months ago.Β
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Indeed. Unless you're a baby learning your first words, or manage to pick up on the occasional word (how I learned Germany in Japanese), you can't learn much from it.
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I learned my first english words from watching dexter's lab when I was 3 or 4. I've come a long way!
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My friend from Burma learned english from watching older hollywood movies (in a refuge camp) Using cartoons, movies, sitcoms and news casts is a GREAT way to start learning or supplement learning for a language especially in the listening and in knowing slang /colloquial speech. But you're right, you can't JUST use cartoons, orTV.
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<--- Watched lots of anime but doesn't speak fluent Japanese.
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it's like learning about zoology by playing pokemon
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or learning spanish from dora the explora
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I learned the word 'FOOD' (In English) from Spongebob
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So true that it's not a place to learn Japanese. I would just go to a website and learn it there, but learning it is almost impossible! There is no correlation between them and English. I remember this Otaku from the 9th grade who thought he learned Japanese from watching anime... >_<
And there was this guy I knew who said Japanese culture is better than American culture, did he even study American culture? And with no back up proof.
Embarrassing...
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Yeah, I can see that. I can see some idiot fan trying to be cool by screaming, "I'M READY! I'M READY! I'M READY!" and thinking that they're practically American already.
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I speak only Russian, but I'm gonna learn English from SpongeBob!
"HAI!! MEH NAM IS SPONGBOB!! BAAHAA!!"
I'm also attempting to learn from my favorite anime to speak Japanese
"SQEEE!! WATHASI! KAWAII DESU!! SENAPI!!"
In reality, I'm English fluent, but I can't even speak Japanese.
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xDDD i donΒ΄t know anything from japanese but i had to laugh ^^
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ok let me speak japenese by watching anime
DESUKWAIIOMGSENPAIWAT WOW OMGGGGG U CHEATED ON MEEEE SOB/MURDERS/
ok let me speak english by watching spongebob
DURRRRRSFJHBSCRIENG
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Ok, let me try to "learn English from spongebob"
Gary sponge patrick!!!! *Look how much I can speak English!!!!* (Translated some other language to English)
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Well, I can identify some words if you gave me a list of them. But I would never ever say to someone "I'M SMART CAUSE I LEARNED JAPANESE FROM ANIME!"
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My friend is convinced that she learned fluent Japanese by watching Anime. I just mentally face-palmed. Trying to teach yourself a language by watching a TV show is near impossible, as you have with your SpongeBob example.
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XD hahaha My mother only knew Spanish when she came here from mexico and she learn English by watching spondebob
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Well, I've learned a boatload of english from cartoons back in the day (all the Cartoon network classics 
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Funny. But not exactly true. You don't wanna sound like a grammatically correct robot. Swell as learning through books you need to learn through Telly and music and mags. I'm sure you already know this...
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It's my opinion, wasn't saying it was a fact. One doesn't want to sound like grammatically correct robot, but they do want to know the proper way to speak, read and write the language instead of using slang all the time. That was the point of this stamp.
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That's fine. I do understand what your on about.
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