Comments on: A Slacker Relates http://www.lucidindeutschland.net/2007/03/12/a-slacker-relates/ a Florida girl living in Munich, Germany Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:36:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: hezamarie http://www.lucidindeutschland.net/2007/03/12/a-slacker-relates/comment-page-1/#comment-563 hezamarie Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:32:00 +0000 http://www.lucidindeutschland.net/?p=157#comment-563 @Tracy: thanks :-))<br /> <br /> @James: Learning a foreign language as a hobby or to use some of the time is pretty difficult to achieve fluency without having more than 50-80% of the time hardcore Japanese streaming through the brain. In all honesty, you are going to find a lot of her mistakes either hilarious or painful to your ears and it will show. Sometimes she'll agree, sometimes not. Just remember it's an awesomely sweet gesture; it shows commitment and interest in her future with you. <br /> <br /> @Betsy: I couldn't have explained it better. The first six months were pretty tough. I've got a ways to go before I correct him, but I'm gaining ground.<br /> <br /> (I corrected the URL problem. My antispam software has issues with blogspot it seems. Sorry about that.) @Tracy: thanks :-) )

@James: Learning a foreign language as a hobby or to use some of the time is pretty difficult to achieve fluency without having more than 50-80% of the time hardcore Japanese streaming through the brain. In all honesty, you are going to find a lot of her mistakes either hilarious or painful to your ears and it will show. Sometimes she’ll agree, sometimes not. Just remember it’s an awesomely sweet gesture; it shows commitment and interest in her future with you.

@Betsy: I couldn’t have explained it better. The first six months were pretty tough. I’ve got a ways to go before I correct him, but I’m gaining ground.

(I corrected the URL problem. My antispam software has issues with blogspot it seems. Sorry about that.)

]]> By: Betsy http://www.lucidindeutschland.net/2007/03/12/a-slacker-relates/comment-page-1/#comment-562 Betsy Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:05:00 +0000 http://www.lucidindeutschland.net/?p=157#comment-562 Stick with it-- as annoying as it may seem to be corrected now it will pay off in spades later!<br /> <br /> My husband is Dutch, and at some point I realized that I was never really going to learn the language unless we switched over and stopped speaking English to each other. <br /> <br /> The first six months were horrific! I was going through the same thing you mention, torn between wanting to learn to speak properly and being frustrated and hurt whenever he'd correct me. (I even remember him correcting me once during one of our rare arguments! I wanted to kill him!!!)<br /> <br /> But in the end the effort was really worth it. Because the annoyance can be an incentive as well, and you'll eventually become fluent enough that you'll end up correcting him at some point! And that's a wonderful feeling. :P<br /> <br /> Plus, it never hurts to have a reason to eat homemade chocolate cupcakes...<br /> <br /> (tried to enter my URL but keep getting an error message for some reason.) Stick with it– as annoying as it may seem to be corrected now it will pay off in spades later!

My husband is Dutch, and at some point I realized that I was never really going to learn the language unless we switched over and stopped speaking English to each other.

The first six months were horrific! I was going through the same thing you mention, torn between wanting to learn to speak properly and being frustrated and hurt whenever he’d correct me. (I even remember him correcting me once during one of our rare arguments! I wanted to kill him!!!)

But in the end the effort was really worth it. Because the annoyance can be an incentive as well, and you’ll eventually become fluent enough that you’ll end up correcting him at some point! And that’s a wonderful feeling. :P

Plus, it never hurts to have a reason to eat homemade chocolate cupcakes…

(tried to enter my URL but keep getting an error message for some reason.)

]]> By: James Cooper http://www.lucidindeutschland.net/2007/03/12/a-slacker-relates/comment-page-1/#comment-561 James Cooper Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:35:00 +0000 http://www.lucidindeutschland.net/?p=157#comment-561 My fiance has been considering learning Japanese for a few reasons (her mother in law will be Japanese, a lot of her Buddhist friends are Japanese, I like watching Japanese TV and movies, etc) so she's in something of a similar fix. Her biggest concern though is that I'm a bit of a prankster and she's worried that if she needs help she won't be able to turn to me because I'll mislead her.<br /> <br /> I probably wouldn't, but I guess even I can't be entirely certain... My fiance has been considering learning Japanese for a few reasons (her mother in law will be Japanese, a lot of her Buddhist friends are Japanese, I like watching Japanese TV and movies, etc) so she’s in something of a similar fix. Her biggest concern though is that I’m a bit of a prankster and she’s worried that if she needs help she won’t be able to turn to me because I’ll mislead her.

I probably wouldn’t, but I guess even I can’t be entirely certain…

]]> By: Tracey http://www.lucidindeutschland.net/2007/03/12/a-slacker-relates/comment-page-1/#comment-560 Tracey Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:40:00 +0000 http://www.lucidindeutschland.net/?p=157#comment-560 Best of luck with the continued language studies...at least you are both supporting eachother as you learn. And what better way to reconnect then over chocolate cupcakes!! Best of luck with the continued language studies…at least you are both supporting eachother as you learn. And what better way to reconnect then over chocolate cupcakes!!

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