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Oct 05th 2011 20:32

September 12 I had my first course of 日本語. Now I attend this course for 90 minutes every week. I only know a few words and am able to speak very few sentences. However, I can already translate Hiragana to Romaji and vice versa. After practicing writing Hiragana, I will start learning Katakana. Is it okay if I would introduce myself like this:

はじめまして
わたしはまれえんです
おなまえはなんですか

What I want to say is:

Nice to meet you.
I am Marleen.
What's your name?

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Oct 05th 2011 20:45 Fumi

Japanese
English

Good job.
Probably, Japanese people say your name まれーん .

Oct 05th 2011 21:10 Mitsie

ありがとう! Is まれーん pronounced the same? Mareen would probably be closest to Marleen.

Oct 05th 2011 21:17 Mitsie

My nickname is Mitsie, which in Dutch sounds like Mitsi. How would that be pronounced in Japanese?

Oct 05th 2011 20:46 Ratty

Japanese
English

はじめまして。
ひらがなをおぼえるためになんしゅうかんひつようでしたか。

Hi, nice to meet you too.
How many weeks were required to study Hiragana?

Oct 05th 2011 21:03 Mitsie

It was not required. So most people in the course only learn how to speak Japanese. I am learning the reading and writing by myself and then the teacher gives me a quick test every week to evaluate how I'm doing with the Hiragana.

Oct 05th 2011 21:13 Mitsie

Also thanks for writing in both Hiragana and English! That's great!

Oct 05th 2011 21:23 Ratty

すごい。じぶんだけでよみ、かきをおぼえただなんて!
すぐにかたかな(カタカナ) もかんじ(漢字) もつかえるようになれそうですね。

You are learning read / write Hiragana your self! Great!!
You will master Katakana and Kanji soon...

Oct 05th 2011 21:28 Mitsie

I don't worry about mastering カタカナ. But 漢字... seems like neverending learning and very difficult.

Oct 05th 2011 21:44 Ratty

きらくに。せんりのみちもいっぽから。といいますよ。

Take it easy. As the saying goes, 'Every journey begins with a single step'. You are already do your first step.

Oct 05th 2011 20:48

はじめまして！
I love Dick Bruna!

Oct 05th 2011 21:05 Mitsie

Nijntje ( ' x ' )

Oct 05th 2011 20:55 ksg1r

Japanese
English , Mandarin

わたしはまれえんです
わたしのなまえはマレーンです

おなまえはなんですか
あなたのおなまえはなんですか

マレーン　is まれーん　in katakana.

Oct 05th 2011 21:09 Mitsie

Oh, so now it says: 'MY NAME is Marleen' and 'What is YOUR name?'
ありがとう!

Oct 05th 2011 22:46 mino

Japanese
English , Spanish

I want to help your Japanese language.
Please feel free to ask me any question.

Oct 05th 2011 22:47 Mitsie

ありがとう!
Thank you very much!

Oct 06th 2011 00:02 koube

Japanese
English , Dutch

わたしは　koube　です。
Mijn naam is koube.
Ik studeer Nederlands.
わたしは　オランダご　を　べんきょう　しています
よろしくね

Oct 06th 2011 00:16 Mitsie

Hey Koube!
Nice to meet you!
Laat het me weten wanneer je in Nederland bent, dan laat ik je weten waar je schilderijen van Vermeer kunt zien :)

Oct 06th 2011 00:37 koube

Leuk om te voldoen aan jou.
Dank u!!
If I can to save money, I want to go to Holland in March or April.

Oct 06th 2011 00:47 Mitsie

Als dat lukt, zou dat geweldig zijn! Er zijn hier in Nederland meerdere prachtige musea en verschillende mooie steden.
Ik hoop genoeg geld te kunnen sparen om in juli of augustus naar Japan te kunnen gaan.

Translation:
If you can that would be great! There are multiple amazing museums here in the Netherlands and some beautiful cities.
I hope to save enough money to be able to go to Japan in July or August.

Oct 06th 2011 01:05 koube

I always delusion when reading dutch's guide book.
hahaha
If you can come to japan,I want to guide to you:)

Oct 06th 2011 01:36 Mitsie

That would be nice :) ありがとう Where in Japan are you from?
I live in Utrecht and I work in Amsterdam, which both are nice older cities in the Netherlands. I have also lived in 's-Hertogenbosch (a.k.a. Den Bosch) and near Tilburg. I travel a lot through almost the whole country every month to visit family and friends. It helps that it's such a small country ^_^

Oct 06th 2011 02:14 koube

OMG!!I love Dick Bruna!!so I wanna go to Utrecht!!
and Delft.
I live in Koube(so my name)
Near the Osaka.
it's my city.: http://photohito.com/photo/321758

Oct 06th 2011 02:31 Mitsie

Nice picture: looks impressive and modern.
In Utrecht hebben we een Nijntje stoplicht: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nepaltibet2005/101801620/
I don't know Delft that well. Den Bosch is also quite nice: http://www.tripadvisor.nl/LocationPhotos-g188581-Den_Bosch_Noord_Brabant.html#25058134
I used to live around the corner of this large church: http://imagene.youropi.com/sint-jan-kathedraal-den-bosch%28p:activity,491%29%28c:0%29.jpg

Oct 06th 2011 02:44 koube

awesome!!!
miffy!miffy!i wanna go.
And wanna go to Het Vermeercenturm,mauritshuis(it's den haag)

Oct 08th 2011 21:09 Mitsie

I have been at the Mauritshuis, but that was years ago. I should go again sometime :)

Oct 09th 2011 05:24 koube

lets go now?!lol

Oct 09th 2011 07:07 Mitsie

Yes yes! :D LOL

Oct 06th 2011 02:05 Micamelia

Japanese
English , Dutch

わたしはまれえんです
わたしはまれえんです。 ★Dit is ook goed. Actually, there is no sound like Dutch 'r' in Japanese. So まれーん（マレーン） may be the closest sound to Marleen. (I think Dutch 'ee' is not a diphthong but a long vowel, so まれーん is better than まれえん, which sounds like a diphthong.) If you want to include an 'r'-like consonant, まるれーん（マルレーン) would be good, too.

Hoi Mitsie,
Congrats on your first Japanese entry!
I think 'Mitsie' would be みっしー（ミッシー） or みっすぃー（ミッスィー） in Japanese. (Type 'suli' for 'すぃ'）

By the way, July and August are the hottest months in Japan. I think Spring or Autumn is the best season to visit Japan. :-)

Mika

Oct 06th 2011 02:23 Micamelia

To learn Kanji, I think the information on this entry is helpful.
http://lang-8.com/30490/journals/1034389/For-Learning-Kanjis-%2528Voor-het-leren-van-kanji%2529

Oct 06th 2011 02:34 Mitsie

Thank you very much! This is all very helpful information :)