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Hattori Hanzo

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  1. Studying the hardcore way...

    When it comes to studying a language, there are many different ways of attacking the „target language“. Some people open their internet browser and scan the internet for study resources for the respective language, others might buy a book in a bookstore and some simply listen to an audio book  in language XYZ.

    There is nothing wrong with that. However, there is also a „Hardcore study approach“. Click on the link to see how „Khatzumoto“ studied ((maybe still studies)) Japanese (this study approach can be applied  to any other language).

    http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/japan-is-wherever-you-are-10-ways-to-turn-your-environment-japanese

    What do you think about it? Is it too Hardcore for you?  :millionaire: :laugh: :sweating:

  2. German loanwords in the English language

    I already started a thread about Loanwords in the Japanese Language. I would like to do the same for German loandwords in the English language. Up to now I found those one’s here:

    Hamburger ,Schnapps, Handstand, Rucksack, Kindergarten,Poltergeist, uber / über, Blitzkrieg, Zeitgeist

    I am sure there are many more and I hope that maybe some German speakers can provide more :=) The  Uber / über one is really strange to me, I can not really understand it. Would be grateful for an example / a clarification !

  3. Loandwords in the Japanese language

    Japanese can be really funny..when I first heard some of the english loan words in Japanese, I was like...wtf?  :=)

    Dou you know some funny loanwords ? I will get you going with some:

    ice cream  -  aisu kurīmu                  (from English)

    apartment –    apato                            (obviously from Englsih too)

    arbeiten    -    arubeito / beito          (from German, my favorite one haha)

    butter      -    batā                              (from English)

    computer  -    konpyūta                    (from English)

    fight          -  faito                            (from English)

    to google  -    guguru                        (from English) 

    number display -  nanbādisupurei         (from English)

    I just put English and Romaji to keep things simple. Feel free to provide the rest if you feel like it ^^ I am looking forward to hear some different funny loanword!

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