Learning Japanese

[pKjd]

Anyways my question is how many people here have tried or wanted to try to learn japanese? If you tried and gave up why?

Well I've only taken a few Japanese classes in college, and to be honest, it helped but only with the basics. I feel I can get more out of the language if I study on my own and practice when I can (I just do it for fun you know). I've also had an interest in studying German but have not found the time. On the other hand, my best friend who attends UCLA w/ me is a Japanese major. She'll be into her junior year soon and is serious about the field *obviously ^_^ ... She really is a big help when I'm in need of translating certain items (especially when receiving my issues of 'Megami' magazine) I love that magazine to death because it's filled with posters, exclusive interviews, sneek peeks of upcoming titles, and of course... for the 'moe!' XP ... Problem is my skills at the language are limited to just holding basic conversations, so that's where she would come in^^; (Though I did try my hands at translating doujinshi for this one group, heheh). Anyway, if you're serious about studying a foreign language, I'd say do it. It takes a lot of time and dedication of course. Oh, and yes, my friend plans to study abroad soon for 6 - 12 months since the college does have a special program for J.majors...