Has gaming helped you in learning Japanese?

I'm on my 10th year of Import Gaming It started 10 years ago with my first Dreamcast and continues to this day. I've been flooded with Hiragana and Katakana to the point where I recognize Characters and at least know what "YES" and "No" are. Everything else looks famular but I don't know exactly what they mean. Like I see the character that looks like a side ways lower case e alot and the t with a dash next to it. (just of the top of my head those are the most recognizeable.

I can tell Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji Apart, but I can't tell Japanese Kanji and Chinese Kanji apart (I've been told they read different)

But when you guys had to learn Japanese for whatever reason did your import gaming past help you learn it at all?

In the fall I'm taking Spoken Japanese (if for no other reason so I don't have to read subtitles anymore) Going in all I can say are threats, that you're an idiot and I'm sorry:nod:

 

Gaming has definitively helped me in learning Japanese. I've been importing for many years and, although I studied Japanese for about two years, gaming allows me to practice a lot, especially reading. My level is still average and I'm better at reading than listening (and speaking) which I totally lack practice for. But during a trip in Japan a couple of years ago, I surprised myself and felt a lot more comfortable asking for directions after only two weeks or so. But yeah, Japanese is tough, especially when you start learning Kanjis, damn this is hard and time consuming...

 

It helps you talk like a total homo, no question. It's a great tool if you can strip the fake emotion from it, and use it to learn grammar and vocab. Nothing beats a text book, though.

 

I totally forgot about that - a friend of mine learned Japanese from his Japanese girlfriend. Bad move.

 

I've LOL'd.

 

I liked it better when you weren't around here, filling the place up with retarded weaaboo threads.

As for this: no you can't expect to learn proper Japanese from games, just as you can't from watching anime, reading manga, listening to J-pop and all that other stuff that some people always claim taught them Japanese.

 

hey you're the one with a midori day's Gif not me. so STFU

 

Nice comeback. Not. As usual completely unrelated and childish, as to be expected.

 

You know what's childish? saying you're sick of somebody posting on a forum when really it was just something they were wondering. having an ANIME GIF AS YOUR AVATAR and calling somebody weeaboo.

 

Good thing I just figured out the ignore list function! Bye bye.

 

A winner is me

 

^ perfectly right.

I play Japanese games for about 7 years now, watch a lot of Japanese movies (no anime and manga though, not at all!) and I wouldn't have learned shit if it wasn't for my efforts in text books, university courses and internet research on expressions and kanji.
I obtained most of my humble knowledge when I took one year of Japanese at the university. Kanji, grammar, SPEAKING, all that stuff nobody will ever learn effectively from movies or games. And it's so essential... I can't say too many things, but I can read simple phrases and about 200-300 kanji. That's what self-education gets you: being a class-A gaijin that can't do shit but read a couple of funny characters.

Text books, colleagues and having a teacher to talk to is the way to go. In about a year from now, I'll finally start my studies in Japanese to learn it properly. Gaming provided me a nice preview on what's next to come, but nothing more.

 

I think you misunderstand the question.

Has being exposed to the language and in particular the written language in videos helped you in learning Japanese?

Like we're constantly exposed to Japanese characters so they're embedded in our brain though gaming.

 

This is exactly what never will happen. As long as you do not properly learn the characters, they will go in and right out again at the very same time. Same for the speaking/hearing, if you don't get yourself a very good amount of basics, things goes in one ear and straight out the other. Even over years just very little next to nothing will remain in your brain.

 

Directly it has helped me a lot with speed reading and some kanji and indirectly helped me get in contact with the language and culture which resulted in some nihongo classes.

Also games helped me alot with English, dunno if that makes me a wenglish/wamerican?

 

I learned the kana from playing "Mario's Super Picross". That's about it.

 

well games and anime have just taught me how to threaten to kill you and say I'm sorry for touching your massive rack because i fell down on it.

No I dont think you have a distorted and unrealistic view of the west

 

Well, apparently that's not the case

You say you're on your 10th year of import gaming and you recognize a handful of kana like テ (te). That's not much for subconcious learning, students learn the entire kana spectrum (ca. 110) in no longer than a week.

And I don't think I misunderstood the question, my response matches perfectly:

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That was just off the top of my head now and I wrote this thread pretty late at night