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Posted by Precipitation24 - July 10th, 2025

Wow! My fanart of Takanashi Kiara got Frontpaged!! Thank you, Newgrounds! Thank you, everyone!



By the way, do you have any languages you want to learn? There are many efficient ways to study a language, and I think the best way depends on each person's personality. (Like watching movies from that country, joining VRChat servers in that language, reading Wikipedia pages written in that language, etc...) For me, one of the best ways was watching streams of my favorite VTubers!


Other than English, I love German. That's why sometimes German words and phrases appear in my art. Takanashi Kiara was the VTuber I watched the most to study German. Now, my German is not as clear as my English, but I’ve become able to understand little German words she says in her streams. So this time, I filled this fanart with German words to show my respect to her, because she is from Austria!


By the way again, recently I’ve seen many Frontpaged works on Newgrounds including Japanese text, and I love them — it makes me so happy!

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Ropender

All I know in german is Gutten Tag and Ich Liebe Dich xd

Precipitation24 (Updated )

That's great! "I love you" is the most beautiful phrase in any language.
I also like "Schatz," which means "treasure" in German. "Du bist mein Schatz" means "you are my treasure."

SouSTAR

English isn't my first language, so i learned it because i like american culture :)
English is also mandatory in schools, in France.
Spanish too (in highschool) although I didn't really liked it, even if i had good grades.
Now I'm taking college courses in english and spanish, so i have to learn spanish too! :)

Also congrats for the frontpage!

Precipitation24

Thank you!
Spanish is a very interesting language too (like how Castilian and Mexican Spanish have differences). But I’ve only just started learning it, so I’m probably not as good as you…
As for French… because the spelling and pronunciation are so different, it’s too difficult for me to even learn the basics. There’s an anime I want to watch that was made in France, though…

SouSTAR

@Precipitation24
French and spanish are pretty similar, there's even some words that are shared between the two languages :)
But i find spanish grammar super complicated lol
But yeah, french pronunciation and grammar is very weird. Like two letters who make a different sound like "eu", "ai", "en", "un"

Also what is the anime? Is it named "Wakfu"? Its pretty popular in France, it was a video game originally! There's also the french manga "Radiant" :D

Precipitation24 (Updated )

Yes, exactly! Wakfu has beautiful artwork and the story looks very appealing as well. Unfortunately, there’s no Japanese version available, so I’ve been listening to their conversations while imagining how much more fun it would be if I could understand French.

Radiant seems interesting too! In fact, in Japanese articles, it’s often introduced with the note that Yusuke Murata, the artist of One Punch Man, highly praised it. To begin with, Japanese manga — from Osamu Tezuka to Katsuhiro Otomo — has been strongly influenced by French comics, or rather bande dessinée. Even though I don't know much about manga myself, I’m at least familiar with the concept of a “Moebius strip.”

And as you said, Spanish verb conjugation was one of the biggest reasons I gave up studying the language. But I did give it a try…!

MagentaNova

I've been around Spanish most of my life, but really had to study it in middle school. In high school, I took three French courses (and did some personal study of Japanese). Now that I'm in college, I'm taking Japanese courses and might even minor in it.

Since learning Japanese, the other two languages have gotten a little rusty (even my Japanese ability has dropped over the summer). I'd love to try and study all of them more, especially Spanish since I'm starting to know more Spanish speakers. I have some more languages I want to study too, including Russian.

Precipitation24 (Updated )

Oh, I feel like so many people on Newgrounds speak or learn Spanish! Perhaps I should try learning it again.

I think everyone has their own reason for studying a certain language, and I really love the motivation of "wanting to talk with someone." I've started studying Chinese recently too, and that's also because I have a Chinese colleague.

Also, thank you for including Japanese as one of your learning languages! I'm really glad!
Incidentally, as a native speaker, I always wonder how Japanese particles are taught in other countries... Even for Japanese people, they can sometimes be difficult, and many people skip them in casual conversation.

MagentaNova

@Precipitation24

I hadn't considered picking Spanish back up until I realized "damn, I'm around a lot of Spanish-speaking people!" I tend to have different reasons for learning the languages I do. As a history buff, I feel it's easier to get into a culture by knowing the language. It's also cool to write dialogue for some of my multi-lingual characters. These are some of the reasons I wanted to focus on Japanese.

Ironically, I'm fine with Japanese particles so far. During a speaking test, sensei said I didn't use any, so I dedicated my life to them! One of his main examples was "wa-ni-de-ou" to help us remember the basic particles and their order in a sentence.

Precipitation24 (Updated )

That's really interesting! I also sometimes imagine the day I can say something like, "Excuse me, I can hear you. Stop talking like that!" in their own language when I overhear something rude. In Japanese, by the way, we would say, "すみません日本語わかるんです。そういう言い方やめてください" LOL

And wow, it's amazing that you've studied particles so well! Let me say this, I've checked some English websites about them a few times, but honestly, I was like, "Who could possibly understand such an explanation?!?!"
(If I may explain a bit, just for a fellow language otaku: most sources rely on the theory by Akira Mikami, where he defines "wa" as a "topic marker." It's a revolutionary theory, and many educators adopt it because it makes things a bit easier to remember. Still, I wonder how many Western learners can really accept the idea that Japanese is a language without subjects)

MagentaNova

@Precipitation24

That's a fair point. I'll have to keep that phrase in mind.

And thanks. I'm glad I'm taking Japanese in college, makes it easier to learn stuff like this. Having a professor use anecdotes he had to learn has helped a lot. I can't remember how/if "wa" was really explained to us, but "topic marker" sounds familiar.

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