Do you (importers) understand, or do/did you learn

ShadowHeart · 12-28-2002, 07:23 AM

Could any of you read japanese when you first gor the game, or did you "learn" it by playing the game ???

Elite · 12-28-2002, 07:35 AM

The story you'd probably understand by whats going on and the menus and stuff like that you learn within a few hours of play just by messing around with them. Dialogues how ever you'd have to ask somebody if your part of a linkshell or just interpret it by context.

xeu · 12-28-2002, 08:04 AM

if you can read kana it makes it easier, even if you don't actually speak japanese. If it's in katakana, it's usually easy to guess what it is because it's a word borrowed from English, so me-ru is mail (in POL), aitemu is items, etc. The kanji is difficult, though. No furigana to help you...

dbeeo · 12-28-2002, 10:14 AM

xue is right, once you know the katagana, it would be easy to play the game. And if you are a chinese, it will be more easy because most of the kanji has the same meaning as chinese.

12-28-2002, 07:23 AM	#1
ShadowHeart Member Bronze Ribbon of Service Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 610 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Do you (importers) understand, or do/did you learn Could any of you read japanese when you first gor the game, or did you "learn" it by playing the game ??? __________________ Tonks White Mage, Black Mage, Bard

12-28-2002, 07:35 AM	#2
Elite Senior Member Brass Ribbon of Service Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,129 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts	The story you'd probably understand by whats going on and the menus and stuff like that you learn within a few hours of play just by messing around with them. Dialogues how ever you'd have to ask somebody if your part of a linkshell or just interpret it by context. __________________ \|Elites\|PLD75/RNG75/WAR37/NIN37/MNK54 Sandoria - Rank 10

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

12-28-2002, 08:04 AM	#3
xeu Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 102 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts	if you can read kana it makes it easier, even if you don't actually speak japanese. If it's in katakana, it's usually easy to guess what it is because it's a word borrowed from English, so me-ru is mail (in POL), aitemu is items, etc. The kanji is difficult, though. No furigana to help you...

12-28-2002, 10:14 AM	#4
dbeeo Member Bronze Ribbon of Service Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 884 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts	xue is right, once you know the katagana, it would be easy to play the game. And if you are a chinese, it will be more easy because most of the kanji has the same meaning as chinese.